"Mostly around the institute," Kyousuke responded, trying to keep up a reasonable pace. He didn't want to push himself too hard, but he didn't want to slow them down too much, either. "But there were a couple of strange places. There was a toy store, ... and a place back in my world."

He managed to keep his tone neutral, but it was still frustrating to have that sort of thing dangled and snatched away like that, so he still ended up frowning as he pushed the door to hall open.

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