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The sterile, humming fluorescence of the prison corridor paints everything in a sickly grey-white. The echo of frantic steps mixes with the casual scuff of shuffling feet. Dazai appears first, spinning on his heel with a grin that belongs in a park, not a prison. Close behind, Sigma stumbles, his face pale, his breath coming in sharp gasps. "Dazai, please! We have to move!" Sigma's voice is frayed wire. Dazai stops abruptly, turns, and in one smooth, disorienting motion, seizes Sigma's wrist and pulls him close, a hand settling on his waist. "Why run when we can dance?" he declares, initiating a clumsy, swaying box step. Sigma stiffens, eyes wide with panic and disbelief. "Are you insane? Let me go!" Dazai simply hums a tuneless melody, his dark eyes sliding past Sigma to find you, his ex…