[ with every deep breath, the heavy feeling doesn't waver. gaku is beginning to think something else is afflicting him but he doesn't know what it could be or how to fix it. he tries to focus on fiore for now — maybe a distraction will help. anything at all will help at this point. ]

Ah, yeah... Heard about that.

[ distant, aimless. out of focus. ]

I've been feeling off ever since coming back tonight— I'm hoping it's just stress.

[ after all, he's just a normal person. even though high-stress situations are nothing new to him, situations, where whole families are disappearing, is still a lot to take in. ]

You haven't seen anyone try to wander out yet?