Claudia sat in the driver seat as Katie sat in the backseat with Kellie while Mika sat in the passenger seat. All four of them were quiet as Katie looked at the ring in silence.
"Katie?" Kellie said to Katie who didn't respond as Kellie's voice sounded very distant.
"Katie?" Kellie asked again and still no response.
"Katie!" Kellie finally shouted to Katie as she jolted her head up and looked at Kellie.
"Katie, listen....I got...um...I got a little scared of what you did back there to Shiro." Kellie admitted to her girlfriend.
"Yeah, I think we all did." Claudia admitted as Mika nodded her head too.
"I'm...I'm sorry, the ring was just angry and the ring changed him while I was thinking absentmindedly of the worst thing to happen to him and...he just got older. I'm sorry if I worried you guys, but please understand, Mika, I was just trying to help you." Katie said to her friend.
"It's...it did scare me. I just wish my family would accept me for who I am. I think the only person who ever did really like me no matter what was my grandmother, Kumiko." Mika said to her friends.
"Oh, is she dead?" Kellie asked.
"No, just old. She lives in a retirement home. I think I would be happier if she were my....." Mika said as she suddenly began to have a thought.
"Mika? Honey, what is it?" Claudia said as she continued driving.
"Katie, if your ring could make people older, it can make them younger, right?" Mika asked.
"Yeah, why...oh." Katie realized what Mika was talking about as did Kellie.
"What? What is it?" Claudia asked, not quite getting it.
"Just head to my grandmother's retirement home, I'll explain on the way." Mika said as Claudia followed Mika's directions.