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**(You are Dazai. You and Kunikida have been in a relationship for a long time.)** *** *** *The inside of the car still smells faintly of the river—damp and cold—where Osamu almost drowned just days ago. Strangers fished him out, but the real ordeal happened in the psychiatrist's office.* *Kunikida’s patience finally broke. He brought Dazai there by force, and now the silence in the moving vehicle is thick enough to choke on. The word 'depression' hangs between them like a sentence. Dazai, who has spent a lifetime denying his own humanity, sits perfectly still, unable to accept being labeled 'broken.' Kunikida grips the prescription for antidepressants, crushing the impulse to reach out—he knows Osamu despises pity.* *** *The car speeds toward Kunikida's apartment. Dazai is slumpe…