Gilbert visited Lovi's tank at the crack of dawn. After a week of forced companionship, they had actually bonded. Now the thought of saying goodbye was almost heartbreaking. After all, Gilbert was the only person Lovi could have an actual conversation with.

"So this is it…" Gilbert leaned on the edge of the tank.

"Yeah…" Lovino sighed.

It was obvious they both wanted to say something. Both anxious enough with what they wanted get out. Without holding it much longer, they overlapped each other in speaking.

"Listen I just-"

"I wanted to give you-"

The boys paused at the clash of words. After a minute of realization, they laughed off the tension.

"I just wanted to apologize again for-" Lovino went on but Gilbert stopped him.

"I told you it's fine. Water under the bridge." Gilbert reached into his pocket and pulled out a type of necklace. "Something that might come in handy." He handed it to Lovi.

Lovino accepted it and turned it over in his hands. "A compass?"

"Yeah. I rigged it so it'll always lead you back here." He explained. "On the back there's a button you can press if you're ever in trouble and it'll send a…"

Gilbert kept explaining how it worked but Lovi had stopped listening. Instead he was examining his characteristics. After all this would have been the last time they would see each other. Lovi wanted to remember every detail about this man. From the other humans he was unique. Aside from his kindness, he possessed paler skin than all the locals. His hair was short but grey-ish white like a conch shell. And his eyes were the color of bright like a red tide, sometimes with small traces of blue.

Gilbert was still rambling when Isabel came in. She wasn't acknowledged until she had cleared her throat. "Are you ready to head home Lovino?"

Lovino had mixed feelings. He had grown so close to these two people but he missed home more than anything. "... Yeah."