[Wataru laughs, still just dragging Eichi along as fast as they both can manage. He thinks he sees natural light coming from down the hall... Maybe it's a window or an exterior door?]

My injuries are positively excruciating, but I'm ignoring them~ Nothing can compare to my desire to leave this place, so let's fly to freedom!

[But now Eichi is staggering, and Wataru misses a step, stumbling into a wall. Their progress forward stops, and he looks at Eichi, alarmed. How he hates worrying.]

I won't let you be left behind. Come now, just push on a little longer! We'll--

[Running footsteps. 3 and 4 are coming down the hallway, and they're mere meters away. One has a gun drawn, and Wataru makes a strangled sound.]

My dear Eichi, let's go a little more quickly...