It was the sort of thing that would have come as a surprise to anyone, but Guy realized that it had been wrong of him to see anything as a constant here. Anyone could be taken and have their mind rearranged at any time. It made it hard to make friends and keep them, but at the same time he couldn't think of going through any of this alone.

What if Claude disappeared next? Or Anise? Of course, it was also possible that he would be the next one on the chopping block, but that was almost harder to fathom. Still, if it had happened to Okita, it could happen to any of them.

When Claude's hand clapped down on his shoulder, Guy glanced at it before meeting his friend's gaze with a strained smile. "It's not really the sort of thing you can prepare for, I guess." That hardly encapsulated all of his feelings about what had happened, but he couldn't dwell now.

"Anyway, we'd better keep moving or Anise is going to worry." Though for the moment, he didn't move away from Claude's grip.