[...he can't quite manage to say the same thing back to buzen, even if he thinks it in his heart -- his genuine relief that buzen came back to him, temporarily overriding the memory of his fear that buzen wouldn't.
...he can't say it, because buzen wasn't safe -- and a part of that was because of itsuki. because he knows that no matter how many times he wishes buzen to be safe, he won't be. it's not his job to be, and it's not what the mission requires from him.]
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...he can't say it, because buzen wasn't safe -- and a part of that was because of itsuki. because he knows that no matter how many times he wishes buzen to be safe, he won't be. it's not his job to be, and it's not what the mission requires from him.]
...I'm glad you're here.
[he can say that instead.]