And I can't even--I don't get the option of fighting it, because... because she...

[Junpei's right hand clutches his left wrist tightly, knuckles whitening.]

Akane Kurashiki... the woman I've dedicated every waking hour of the past year to finding... God dammit, I was going to help her, I was ready to--to give up everything again, start over with her, spend my life working at her side...!