I swear to god if Kira cheats on me with Doc I will turn into the Emperor.
After the 5 year time skip will companions appearences have changed, for example, some characters may have grown their hair or others recieved scars in the abscence, much like Lana has changed in appearence, if not do you think they could make a 5 year time skip appearence item, which is a slightly altered version of their original appearence.
Things that they could change:
Hair Length
Hair Colour
Hair Style (wig)
Contacts
Scars (from battles?)
etc.