Hiyakawa can't understand what Mikado is feeling. And for his part, while Mikado recognizes how deviant Hiyakawa is, he just can't cut ties with him.
In the middle of all this, Mikado is as good as kidnapped by Sakaki and taken to Erika in a car. Erika asks a bewildered Mikado for help with her homework, as though the situation were quite normal. As Erika works on her homework, she tells Mikado about the mysterious man who employs her and about how her powers awakened.
I sort of felt sorry for them.
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Das tat mir irgendwie leid, …
y me daba algo de lástima.
y me daba algo de lástima.
que ça m’a fait de la peine.
e io provavo una certa pena per lui.
Eu tinha pena delas.
Мне было их чуточку жалко.