Their worlds were, after all, connected. It was not such a stretch to imagine one would be affected by the other, no matter how much the denizens of either world might want to ignore it.

The tip of one of Heiji's tails twitched in amusement. "My old man told me to get lost."

Then, because he'd had a little time now to consider it further: "He probably had some purpose in sending me here, though."