[Undertone completely missed: Saitou is zeroing in on that thinking of everyone else and running with it. He should be thinking of everyone but himself, clearly. Which still includes her, and includes his entire unit, and his own needs, as usual, are a distant last.
He turns, waving his division off to split up and find shelter until the rain lets up a bit. An entire division invading the nearest shop might make people a bit uneasy, and they're hardly popular even at the best of times, so dispersal is the best solution - and as his men break off in twos and threes to duck into nearby shops, he turns to Chizuru again.]
Perhaps in -
[No, a few of the others have already gone into that shop.
And that one.
And that one...
After a moment, he spots an awning a bit further down the street, and reaches over to take Chizuru's wrist - gently but firmly - and start off at a quick trot towards it. He's fairly sure nobody else is heading there already, and if they are - well, if they get there first, then fair is fair.
She's under his protection, after all. He needs to pay special attention to keeping her safe and in good health.]
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He turns, waving his division off to split up and find shelter until the rain lets up a bit. An entire division invading the nearest shop might make people a bit uneasy, and they're hardly popular even at the best of times, so dispersal is the best solution - and as his men break off in twos and threes to duck into nearby shops, he turns to Chizuru again.]
Perhaps in -
[No, a few of the others have already gone into that shop.
And that one.
And that one...
After a moment, he spots an awning a bit further down the street, and reaches over to take Chizuru's wrist - gently but firmly - and start off at a quick trot towards it. He's fairly sure nobody else is heading there already, and if they are - well, if they get there first, then fair is fair.
She's under his protection, after all. He needs to pay special attention to keeping her safe and in good health.]