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He's not going to find out in stopped time.

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Not in the destroyed remains of the one he just killed?

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She looks hollow from here.

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But the witch is not dead. He flees—

(Haru's body)

—reasonably far before resuming time.

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A few beats later, yes, a smaller witch, this one only slightly larger than life. She blooms out of the previous one like a satin-clad phoenix, with bouncing ginger ringlets and opera gloves and buckle shoes and a violently pink dress.

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Pause.

Grenade.

Run.

Resume.

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She is rendered into a rosy confetti, a shower of shards and shrapnel and shirring.

Now, now the labyrinth disappears.

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And then he's back a fraction of a second after he resumed time the first time and he's stopping it again before the bullets have even hit true and he's hugging Haru and sobbing desperately.

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"- what - Yutaka, what happened -"

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Nope he's crying too hard and the way he's squeezing Haru might actually be a bit painful.

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Haru has pain turned down! He hugs Yutaka back. "Yutaka, it's okay, whatever it was you rewound it - what happened -"

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"Y-you, y-y-you—" He needs air. "It k-killed—"

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"...I'm okay. You got me, I'm all right."

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"We, we h-have—just a minute. Please. I, I need a minute, I just—"

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"Yeah. Yeah of course." Haru can shut up and hold him.

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It takes him a minute to stop shaking, then another minute to be able to breathe properly, at which point he lifts Haru in a bridal carry and starts carrying him back in the direction they came from.

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"- where are we going, Yutaka."

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"You're going to stay right here," he says, gently setting Haru down, "and I'm going to kill the witch." His voice falters into a squeak by the end of that sentence. "Please."

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"- you, uh, checked, that you can solo it -"

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"Yes. Just trust me."

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"Okay. How long do I wait before I panic."

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"Ten seconds."

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Haru nods and then kisses Yutaka on the forehead.

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He shivers, leans into Haru for a second, then steels himself.

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He is going to kill a witch.

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