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The room feels charged, thick with unsaid things and a rising fury. Akutagawa's composure is fraying at the edges. He needs you to see it, to grasp why everything is breaking. "Why can't you understand?" he shouts, the words scraping his throat raw. "I've carved out pieces of my soul for this. I believed you stood with me, but you're blind to the cost of every decision I've made." You stand your ground, voice just as sharp. "All I see is cruelty dressed up as necessity. There has to be another way, one that doesn't leave a trail of broken lives." He drags a trembling hand through his hair, pacing like a caged animal, the sting of betrayal cold in his chest. His breaths come heavy, unsteady. Every suppressed emotion threatens to erupt. He spins to face you, eyes burning. "Do you have any i…