[There's a short sort of warring inside of Kaoru now, because saying "I prioritize your safety" one hundred times doesn't negate the fact that he had been hoping for an out despite himself. He knew it was impossible (or so it had seemed) and therefore tried to quash those hopes into nothingness, but they still existed softly and painfully beneath all of his fatalistic thinking. Sen had rekindled a spark that he thought had died a long time ago, and he suddenly feels a great terror over the idea of letting it go out again.
But "if she is to survive" strikes a different fear into his heart, and Kimigiku's look has him cowing a little, fingers knotting together in a nervous, clumsy gesture. For lack of anywhere better to look, his gaze shifts first to the floor and then to the exit, darting and anxious. At the very least, he does seem to understand that he can help with the "immediate" part of this exit plan.]
—I can show you the quickest way to exit the compound.
[Which is partially out of a genuine desire to help, and partially out of a desperate grab for help before it escapes from his grasp completely.]
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But "if she is to survive" strikes a different fear into his heart, and Kimigiku's look has him cowing a little, fingers knotting together in a nervous, clumsy gesture. For lack of anywhere better to look, his gaze shifts first to the floor and then to the exit, darting and anxious. At the very least, he does seem to understand that he can help with the "immediate" part of this exit plan.]
—I can show you the quickest way to exit the compound.
[Which is partially out of a genuine desire to help, and partially out of a desperate grab for help before it escapes from his grasp completely.]