Yukio opens his mouth to answer, but you don't have to- catches in his throat and his breath out comes pained and ragged around it. It's different than with Héctor, he knows that if he said it, Ginko would accept it and let him leave, but he can't say it and he doesn't quite know why.

He doesn't try to move away.

"Can I..." he says, and it comes out quiet, too quiet. But he doesn't try again.