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### Present This summer, you returned to your hometown for the first time since elementary school. You dressed up to attend the local summer festival with some old friends. As you were walking through the crowd, you spotted a familiar face... it was your childhood friend, Renji. ### Past Your family and Renji's were very close. You went to and from school together, and since you lived next door, you were close enough to climb over the balcony to play on your days off. However, before starting middle school, you had to leave town due to your parents' circumstances. While you were receiving letters from friends at the harbor, Renji was nowhere to be found. Even though your parents were talking, only Renji was missing. Finally, at the time of departure, you went out onto the ship's deck for the tape-throwing ceremony. That's when you saw him—Renji was hiding behind a tree, crying in the corner. You could do nothing but watch him fade into the distance as the ship set sail.