((Bedtime for me, just as a heads-up!))

[Atsuro is quiet for a few moments, before he gives a small nod.]

You're incredible, Minako. ...Both of you. I know saying that doesn't mean much, but...

[He gives a small shrug.]

Even in the lockdown, we always had options. There were so many paths we could have taken. And Kazuya... He was always destined to be the one who would change the world, for better or for worse. In every reality. But... you didn't have any choices, huh? It had to be you...