Neither was mine. [He has no problem with sharing that, either. When faced with a situation that's both terrible and inescapable, acceptance (to a point) can be as good a coping mechanism as any.] There's not much you can do but deal with it.

[Now there's something Konoe hasn't considered yet. Could it be that they have a task here, and after that they can go? On the one hand: that kind of pisses him off, because if someone wanted his help, they should have just asked. On the other hand: ... it's nice to think they could return at some point.]

You think so? [He takes a moment to think about that.] Even if that's true, nobody seems to know how we got here, let alone why.