It wasn't often that there was time for them to share all the details about their lives back home, so Sora was actually grateful for this escalator ride. He did his best not to let his guard down even as they spoke, though. Things seemed quiet here, but Link was right about that usually being the calm before the storm.

"The future, even? That must be pretty cool! I'd like to be able to visit different times like that..." Still, Sora was content enough to be able to travel to a variety of different worlds. In a way, that already felt like time traveling, since some worlds were more advanced than others.

It made sense that Tsurugi hadn't heard of Winnie the Pooh, which meant that Link probably hadn't either.

"Winnie the Pooh is a story about a group of animals who live in the Hundred Acre Wood together. Winnie's the main character, he's a bear who loves honey! And there's Piglet and Tigger and..." He trailed off, realizing that this wasn't going to make much sense unless he had more time to explain.

And they'd already reached the top.

Sora stepped off and eyed the door. This was where night had ended for them before, but it wasn't going to work that way this time.

"Ready, you guys?" Once both Link and Tsurugi gave their consent, he led them through...

[To here.]