"Don't promise that," he snapped automatically. No one could always be there. It was impossible and Ritsuka didn't want to believe in impossible things. Inevitably, reality would crash down and he'd just fall harder than before. His tone a little softer, he stared down at the bed and said, "Don't lie to me."

Taking a deep breath, Ritsuka swung the backpack onto his shoulders, wincing when the straps hit the bruises there. He didn't want to be out long tonight, but he was still worried about his missing friends. Turning to look up at Soubi, he frowned. "It's not like you could meet or anything. It'd be a paradox - two of the same people existing in the same place at the same time - and people theorized it might cause the world to end."

At least, that's what he read. It had seemed so unlikely at the time, but now he wasn't so certain. Shaking his head, Ritsuka put a hand to his forehead and thought over the places he'd seen so far and the maps he'd been able to glimpse along the way. "I'm not one hundred percent certain, but I think the patient files are on the first floor. I haven't seen anything like them on the second, and I think they'd be close to where the doctors are - first floor, near the Sun Room. Logically, that's where I would keep things."