“True . . . Perhaps his life merged with Daisuké-san’s or abides alongside it—but if that is so, then when we fall for someone, what part of them is it that we love, I wonder? When we meet a person who will become our beloved, we are attracted to who they are in the present and grow to love them as a whole, including their past. But if a lover finds out that their beloved’s past is in fact the past of a stranger, what happens to the love the two shared?” Misuzu looked at Kido as though the answer were obvious. “Once the truth came out, they’d have to renew their love,” she said. “I mean, it’s
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