[Forced is perhaps a stronger word than most of them would use. If he'd spoken it aloud, though, this Akechi at least wouldn't have gone so far as to deny it.]

Do they still have Leblanc in your world?

Because, frankly, I haven't been able to go in three years, and I find myself misting up a bit at the thought.

[The words are delivered with good cheer - anything to get off the subject of Shido, frankly, that man doesn't deserve any further page time in his life - but the emotion behind them is genuine.]