[the touch to his face comes as a genuine surprise, and it gives Manabu cause to sit up a bit, blinking rapidly in confusion as he looks over at Jun.
what's he saying? you can afford to breathe? he is! he--
he'd been periodically holding his breath in long spurts, hadn't he? to keep it together.
he swallows again.
thickly:] S'just that. Ryunosuke's handle...is deactivated. [the hand of the captive wrist slowly starts to curl into a fist.] He was there, too. But I--I lost track of him. And now he's...not here. He might still be-- [there] Or... [dead? gone? something. and it's ripping Manabu to pieces. it's one thing for all his loved ones to vanish to the sea without his say, but Ryunosuke was within his reach.]
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what's he saying? you can afford to breathe? he is! he--
he'd been periodically holding his breath in long spurts, hadn't he? to keep it together.
he swallows again.
thickly:] S'just that. Ryunosuke's handle...is deactivated. [the hand of the captive wrist slowly starts to curl into a fist.] He was there, too. But I--I lost track of him. And now he's...not here. He might still be-- [there] Or... [dead? gone? something. and it's ripping Manabu to pieces. it's one thing for all his loved ones to vanish to the sea without his say, but Ryunosuke was within his reach.]