[ Dryly: ] I have no choice but to know how they're all doing. I don't think I could get them to leave me alone even if I wanted to.

[ She says it in a grumpy voice, but she's clearly kidding. Marissa knows just as well as anyone else who was under Jack's thumb just how much and how fiercely Ryoko cares about the people she'd found there. ]

The people who followed me back to my world are settling in well – Majima and Serizawa-san were right at home anyway, and Harumi and Claptrap are adjusting as well. And we see the others more often than we don't – I'm planning to try and attend college in Parker's world with her and the others, so we're trying to get used to it before we settle there.