[ a pause to think back to that-- and then to the last time they'd sat together in a hospital, except then her eyes darken. It had been painful enough worrying about Nanako, but what had it been like for Kanji, who had lost someone? And just how much worse had it been for him when a new loss had been added? ]
You were really hurting, huh...? And I had no idea...
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You were really hurting, huh...? And I had no idea...