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[ And that was, of course, the reaction he expected to hear from Shibuya. He gives his friend a look, keeping his fingers close to his mouth, and says nothing.
He's been willing to do what was otherwise unthinkable before, to preserve the plan and make the pieces move into place. If need be, he would do it again. And here he'd thought he had left the plan behind.
Except this time, there was no Shinou waiting at the end of it. That part was over. ]