I'd get Futaba to survey every camera in this city looking for you. [ Maybe, if things were different, he'd let Akechi run -- but not when he could die from merely being away. Akira isn't willing to risk that, even if Akechi is.
Akira offers him a small, half-hearted sort of smile. ]
Okay. I'll see you in the morning, then. [ He's slow to move away, like he's unwilling to turn his back on Akechi, but he finally takes a breath, inhales and heads up the stairs. He has to trust he'll be there. He can't have Akechi right next to him all the time. ]
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Akira offers him a small, half-hearted sort of smile. ]
Okay. I'll see you in the morning, then. [ He's slow to move away, like he's unwilling to turn his back on Akechi, but he finally takes a breath, inhales and heads up the stairs. He has to trust he'll be there. He can't have Akechi right next to him all the time. ]