"Yeah..." Coraline nods distantly, softening a little somber too as she breaks up her half of the cheesecake with her fork. "It's only a vacation."

That gets harder and harder to believe, the longer time goes by. If what other people say is true, it'll seem like no time has passed back home... but she also wonders if Naoki's heard about the girl called Alice yet.

"I guess it's a good break from hard responsibilities? (I mean, I'm just a kid and I wasn't in the middle of school or anything, so it's not like I had a job or any real-) But it's nice. You can do whatever you want? And it's hard to feel bored, ever."