"That'd be her brother," Noriko says. And shrugs, very clearly--if not obviously, physically--closing up. It's still a struggle to stuff everything that had rushed out in relief at seeing someone she knew back into that tiny box it was only just learning to stay in, but Nori kept trying.

"We don't have time for emotions. Emotions get you killed, maybe that's why they don't teach us to deal with them."