[His head shoots up to the ceiling, wincing as dust gets in his eyes before looking back down, the impending manic stress replaced by a different flavor of manic stress. Is- is that...?]
They're collapsing the building! Kanna-!
[He reaches out for her, grabbing her wrist as tightly as he's able. He made his choice in his thoughts several posts back; even if it's meaningless, even though it's not real, even though it's just playing into the hands of this and it's going to hurt, he's still going to try. He hates it and he's still going to try.]
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They're collapsing the building! Kanna-!
[He reaches out for her, grabbing her wrist as tightly as he's able. He made his choice in his thoughts several posts back; even if it's meaningless, even though it's not real, even though it's just playing into the hands of this and it's going to hurt, he's still going to try. He hates it and he's still going to try.]
R-right. Let's go. Don't look, Kanna.
[You don't need to tell him twice, he's running.]