606 A Rough Reunion

The two looked at one another in shock. Centuries they had spent looking for one another, always having the goal of reuniting lodged in the back of their minds, and only now they realized that, for years, they had shared the same universe.

"Der.. What are the chances.." Roley muttered to himself as the man's rough hands squeezed his shoulders. As his eyes met his old friend's, however, he noticed something odd. Happiness, but also confusion and, to some degree, compassion.

"What happened to you?" The middle-aged man asked as he looked into the worlds of light and darkness that stood where once were a pair of human eyes he could still remember. The young man in front of him had little more than the face of the scholarly young man he had known.. The spiritual cultivator with a comprehension of the elements only second to one more individual of their shared past.