[For his part, he does manage to take about a dozen steps before she reaches him. That's a dozen she didn't have to run! He's starting to shake from the exertion involved keeping himself going, but nothing is going to stop him.
Her words hit him hard, knocking all of his pain away for a short moment, to be replaced by anticipation. She knows who he's looking for! That must mean--she's already seen Kaoru?]
Where is he?! [He demands it, more forcefully than would ever be considered polite. He doesn't consider that she may have heard from someone else, or that if she has been sent to find them that of course she would know who he was looking for. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out, after all.]
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Her words hit him hard, knocking all of his pain away for a short moment, to be replaced by anticipation. She knows who he's looking for! That must mean--she's already seen Kaoru?]
Where is he?! [He demands it, more forcefully than would ever be considered polite. He doesn't consider that she may have heard from someone else, or that if she has been sent to find them that of course she would know who he was looking for. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out, after all.]