And suddenly, once Kyuubey reaches the edge of the fallen building he found himself lying on - he is on the edge of the other island, somewhere to the left and behind Subaru. There is no sound, nor breeze, nor blur - nothing to suggest natural movement. He simply appears and reappears.

"I'm not the one to ask, Hoshikawa Subaru," he answers. "I've only just arrived in this world. To be quite honest, I have no knowledge of why I am here."

The ocean whirls beneath them, deep and condemning as the pits of damnation themselves. "But I know this place."