[While Chizuru's concerns are anchored in something much more immediate and concrete, Kaoru's mind is consumed by the distant what-ifs that this scenario brings along with it. He shakes his head at her statement, rubbing the heel of his palm beneath one eye in an anxious gesture.]
I don't know how we're here... We can't actually be here.
[Because he remembers it now - he remembers the survivors of the other seasons and how they had always walked right back into the hands of the Producers after they "won". He remembers how the same thing had nearly happened to all of them - how they had weathered that storm in the cramped shack, walked into the hall of doors and waltzed right back into the main office. How they had only managed to escape because their arrival was unpredicted.
They aren't infallible, then.
Of course they aren't - how could he have existed for so long in that world otherwise? It has him thinking again, brow furrowing, gaze dropping, hand raising to cover his mouth.]
...I don't know what they've done, though. We never really learned the details. [Storage rescue missions hadn't really started up yet. Storage itself wasn't really a priority, all things considered, since they knew so little about it and were primarily focused on taking the Producers down and finding a way back home.]
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I don't know how we're here... We can't actually be here.
[Because he remembers it now - he remembers the survivors of the other seasons and how they had always walked right back into the hands of the Producers after they "won". He remembers how the same thing had nearly happened to all of them - how they had weathered that storm in the cramped shack, walked into the hall of doors and waltzed right back into the main office. How they had only managed to escape because their arrival was unpredicted.
They aren't infallible, then.
Of course they aren't - how could he have existed for so long in that world otherwise? It has him thinking again, brow furrowing, gaze dropping, hand raising to cover his mouth.]
...I don't know what they've done, though. We never really learned the details. [Storage rescue missions hadn't really started up yet. Storage itself wasn't really a priority, all things considered, since they knew so little about it and were primarily focused on taking the Producers down and finding a way back home.]