"No, not really... I saw a friend off at the train station and took a walk. Then I saw somethin' shiny at the bottom of the pond, reached for it, and here I am." Which sounds totally weird, but so did a river that connects Japan and America somehow. He reached under his shirt and produced the heart-shaped pendant.

"...And the thing I reached for ended up on me somehow."

He shook his head. "Been there. They got no ships comin' in or out."