[Emet-Selch's obvious internal torment makes Hijikata's resolution waver. Normally he really wouldn't budge from this spot, but... this is a dream. It's only a dream. Will it really do harm if he fulfills the other man's wish? He still doesn't know where in the dying world he could possibly find refuge from whatever new additional calamity the ritual may bring down on it, but if it gives Emet-Selch some peace...]
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Alright. Alright, I'll stay back.
[This feels wrong. He barely understands the implications of either decision, but it is as he said: a policeman doesn't leave civilians in danger. He takes a few steps back from the ritual site with great hesitation, looking back at Mukuro and Darin and the others.]
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Alright. Alright, I'll stay back.
[This feels wrong. He barely understands the implications of either decision, but it is as he said: a policeman doesn't leave civilians in danger. He takes a few steps back from the ritual site with great hesitation, looking back at Mukuro and Darin and the others.]