[ suguru looks back at him, a little too disoriented to put on his usual unaffected front. in this moment, he's vulnerable, lonely, and he misses his girls so much that his worry for them keeps him up at night. things aren't supposed to be like this.
but perhaps it's just as well that satoru sees them -- sees it, the front row seat to his darkest moment, the day he had made his choice and ended up leaving the one person that he's loved. ]
I couldn't tell you then. [ he admits quietly, apologetic. the higher ups were hunting him, they would've come for them, too, and where would they be, then? ]
...would you have done differently, if you were me?
[ satoru with his moral compass, satoru, who had wanted to kill everyone in the cult -- and satoru, who had ultimately been a better man than he is. ]
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but perhaps it's just as well that satoru sees them -- sees it, the front row seat to his darkest moment, the day he had made his choice and ended up leaving the one person that he's loved. ]
I couldn't tell you then. [ he admits quietly, apologetic. the higher ups were hunting him, they would've come for them, too, and where would they be, then? ]
...would you have done differently, if you were me?
[ satoru with his moral compass, satoru, who had wanted to kill everyone in the cult -- and satoru, who had ultimately been a better man than he is. ]