[ Of course Sano will believe him... It settles something in Haruaki's heart, and his tears dry up, his expression smoothing out.
He moves to sit up straighter as he speaks, hands still on Sano's forearms. ]
This place... it's a world totally separate from ours. People get brought here from all kinds of places. There's no guarantee that someone from your own world will be here, too. I've met a lot of people who are alone...
[ He squeezes again, a grounding force. ]
I've been here for months. Takahashi-sensei got here way before me, too. And then there's Principal and Ebisu-sensei... and now you.
[ What does it mean? Why so many of them, and why is Sano the only student? Are more of them going to start showing up now? Guilt twists Haruaki's gut into knots; he'd just talked to Odasaku about this, about how dangerous it would be to want them here at all. Is this his fault? ]
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He moves to sit up straighter as he speaks, hands still on Sano's forearms. ]
This place... it's a world totally separate from ours. People get brought here from all kinds of places. There's no guarantee that someone from your own world will be here, too. I've met a lot of people who are alone...
[ He squeezes again, a grounding force. ]
I've been here for months. Takahashi-sensei got here way before me, too. And then there's Principal and Ebisu-sensei... and now you.
[ What does it mean? Why so many of them, and why is Sano the only student? Are more of them going to start showing up now? Guilt twists Haruaki's gut into knots; he'd just talked to Odasaku about this, about how dangerous it would be to want them here at all. Is this his fault? ]
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