It was a relief to have Peter take the lead, and not just because he was the one with a functional light. Of course, that put Hanatarou in the rear of their two-person group, and what if some monster decided to show up and pick them off from behind? Or... maybe he shouldn't be thinking about that kind of thing, because it'd just make him even more nervous than he already was. They were going to get supplies and then come back and nothing bad would happen. Right. Focus on that.

The shinigami glanced up at Peter and blinked at the question; he'd been wondering much the same thing himself, since he hadn't seen most of the others that day and nobody else had responded to the note on the bulletin. "Um, I... guess so...." he replied, giving a tiny shrug. "Sakura-san is usually busy at night, and Nataku-san said he couldn't come, and... I haven't heard from, er, Kibitoshin-san or Tsukasa-san...."

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