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[ Hikage doesn't go to find Akechi for quite a while; he has a lot of baggage of his own to sort through, as was made spectacularly obvious at the end of the trial. A few hours have passed before he makes his appearance. He doesn't come bearing food or drinks or even weapons. He just brings himself, with a rather complex emotion on his face that can't quite be determined. ]

... Your luck finally ran out.

[ he puts a hand on the bars, trying to read Akechi's mood. ]

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[ The main reason they're all together is because they have to figure out some sort of plan. Time is clearly running out, and, to be honest, so is Hikage's sanity. Feeling himself slowly chipped away is a chillingly familiar sensation, and he almost welcomes it for the escape from reality it offers.

But he doesn't, because he wants to be with them. And that's the other reason they're here in his and Steph's room. He's afraid that if he's away from them, he'll forget the way he felt when they first confided in him - the happiness he's trying so hard to preserve now.

That said, he looks considerably haggard, and he doesn't say anything right away; he simply looks between the two of them, waiting for someone to say something, anything that might give him a little bit of hope to hang onto. ]