Haku's smile faltered slightly. "I ... didn't find him last night," he said, raw voice growing even softer. "At the rate the people from my world seem to be vanishing, I wonder if ..."

He shook his head, ignoring the tug from the brusies. "I won't know for certain though for a while." He looked up, smile a bit wider. "But you won't have to worry about him."