[He opens his mouth to reflexively say that no, nothing's wrong. Everything's fine. He's cool, don't worry about him.
But he can't lie to her, and logically, he knows there's no way that kind of lie would even have a chance of succeeding. He reaches out his fingers to the Countess to let her sniff them, feeling tears welling in his eyes again as he tries to say it.]
Nanami's... gone.
[People have disappeared before. Friends of his have disappeared before. Classmates, too. But this...? This is different, and he has to take another breath to try to keep those tears from falling.]
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But he can't lie to her, and logically, he knows there's no way that kind of lie would even have a chance of succeeding. He reaches out his fingers to the Countess to let her sniff them, feeling tears welling in his eyes again as he tries to say it.]
Nanami's... gone.
[People have disappeared before. Friends of his have disappeared before. Classmates, too. But this...? This is different, and he has to take another breath to try to keep those tears from falling.]