ruminate on these stones

They parted ways, amiably enough. Hattori could not say for sure if Identification would come to visit, or need anything in turn, but it wasn't as if the Maze's location was a secret. What happened within was only of the clan's concern, but more out of preference than any real sense of caginess. There was solace and comfort in their isolation, in knowing they could depend on one another if no one else. All was as it should be.

That is how Hattori saw it anyway, his thoughts musing as he wandered back East, heading to the maze he called home.