Slowly Rex walked towards Corner Sweets. What took him 30 minutes the day before now took him nearly 2 hours. Stark white hair which was (thankfully) still full on his head and now suddenly covered with a short-trimmed white beard... were the features that greeted him upon waking.<br/>As he started his walk this morning, he realized he needed coffee right away. Normally he could wait until arriving here, but the older he felt, the more he needed that extra kick. Waking this morning, he was again stiff... which exercise helped but it wasn't quite as easy as it had been the day before. By his estimation, he had aged another 20 years overnight. Yet he was calmer about it today. Maybe he was resigned to the fact that his time was up. Yet each time he let that thought hit his mind, he would get angry wondering 'why me?'.<br/>Walking into the sweet shop, sadly... he smiled towards his friend. He saw for a moment the look of concern flash across her face before she covered it with optimism.<br/>"Good morning, Aoi... how are you today? Nice to see it's stopped raining!"<br/>Sinking in his chair, he started guzzling his coffee. "Ahh, this is so gooooood."