Well, the first few times I did it, I just thought of it as another sparring session.

[Just another thing people did to survive, even if the thought was weird at first - even for him.]

You'll just have to ask if they are willing to help you to survive.

[Souji averts his eyes a little at the question. It's probably - or rather very likely, extremely unusual for him as a small blush crosses his cheeks.]

I do.

[This was really hard to talk about, and a part of him is sad that Ryoji doesn't even know Saitou or the other way round, he'd like people of his kind of surrogate-families to know each other.]

Yes, pretty much, or else it won't help too much - or so I've heard.