[bro he is like the worst person to be getting this message because not only was he already considering [redacted] but if "fulfilling the terms of the contract" meant their hostages would live, he would permadie for Kondou before anyone could even bat a lash. He has a weird, old-friends type of relationship with death; it hasn't frightened him in ages.

HOWEVER. This sure is bad news for the people who probably are more insistent on being alived, so his brow is furrowed by the time the wave of dread passes and the record drops back into silence again.

After a beat:] ...I don't suppose I'm the only one who thinks it strange that this found its way to us in spite of a watchful host that can track us across various timelines and worlds, yes?