[Hajime is not having a good time of things. After Karis's disastrous last meeting with Galen, he suddenly found himself as himself again, albeit in the Underworld and completely cut off from the network and the ability to return to Liminal. That would be distressing and lonely enough if he hadn't just had his head chopped off. Between that and having been Karis in the first place, he wasn't in the best shape.

He went wandering around a bit, trying find a way out. It had been long enough that when he finally spotted Lyall, he wasn't sure if he was hallucinating or not.]

...Lyall?