[ A small nod of acknowledgement. The other man has already seen the lengths to which he will go for his partner. There is little more to be said. ]

Look for a woman who is about as tall as I, with long, white hair. She uses blood and light magic.

[ Exhaling noisily, he turns back to stare at the vista. It looks so real. It smells and feels exactly as he remembers. Glancing over his shoulder to the shadowed doorway, he wonders... ]

Does this illusion have a boundary?

[ He starts walking cautiously away from the lantern, and to his surprise finds he can move a fair bit further than he would expect considering where he has chosen to channel magicks into it. Is this all in their minds then? He turns back to Hijikata. ]

I can show you my home, I think. If you would like to see it as it once was.