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[He doesn’t answer right away, but when he does, it’s with a sigh.]

Yeah. Kinda feel like I brought this on, somehow. Brett and I were chatting one night about how we wouldn’t want the people we care about here. No matter how much we miss ‘em.

[He’s trying not to stare at Shirayuki. He knows that if he does, he’ll never fall asleep.]

Master’s gonna skin me. It’s one thing for me to wind up in a place like this. But both of us…