Ray nodded. "Yes...I don't know how...or why, but he did. I haven't been able to talk, see, hear...anything...for two years." He sighed, and looked down the hole. Ray walked over to a small, locked box hidden in a bush, and opened it, pulling out Slash's top hat. He put it on his head, and smiled. "At least...I'm going back 'home'." He took Acon's paw, and bowed. "After you, m'lady."
((Gotta call it here, good-bye.))