[He nods rapidly against her, not trusting his voice any further. Yes, straight to Kaoru, please - Kaoru will make everything better. With concentrated effort, he begins to try and reign in his breathing; he's starting to feel light-headed from the lack of air he took in during all that happened just now, and the short, quick breaths he was taking didn't help at all. He hasn't even considered getting off Rin's back - for all he knows, they might need to start running again at any second.]
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