[Setz is good to trust that that's Akira's priority, because it is, and always has been. but what he says next throws Akira even more off guard than the part about killing the Composer]

-- what?

[because even if that isn't a "yes, they can save those who have been erased, for sure." it's actually. . . a lot better than a no. and the one thing Akira hadn't thought to ask Max, if only because he has assumed that there was no way to rescue those killed during this Game]

[. . .]

[he settles down quickly, features scrunched together]

If there really is a way. . . then you can bet your ass I'll ask. I'll ask every week, until he tells me how it can be done.

I promise you that, Setz.