"No, not really," Yurika replied with a wry grin. "I mean, I get it."

"Instead of taking Father Juliano's offer, I could have always run away. Started over somewhere that people didn't know me, where there weren't any expectations or baggage, but I didn't. Partly because I didn't have anywhere to go, but mostly because Japan is just as much a part of me as being a Dōjima is."