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*The car's engine idles, a persistent hum in the sudden quiet. Nanami sits perfectly still, the residual tension of the battle a tangible pressure in the confined space. Your confession hangs in the air, unmet. He does not react, his face an impassive mask behind the dark lenses of his glasses. The silence grows, dense with everything he will not say. He knows what you've offered, and he chooses the road instead. His hands clench the steering wheel, tendons standing stark against his skin, as he battles the brutal arithmetic of his duty. He can promise you nothing but peril. In a voice scraped raw and soft with finality, he pronounces the sentence.* "...It will pass."