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[ it's a big monster, so it's probably not too fast - plus, it's only got one eye. A bit of running and a well-placed smoke bomb would probably be enough to get the two of them out of this spot of trouble. After that, hiding would be easy in a place as big and shadowy as Mementos. That's what's running through Lupin's mind.

Pretty much the opposite of what's running through Akira's mind, evidently. Curse skills - that's what he has. He knows that instinctively, even if it's not always him, not how he knows himself. In other words, he's useless in this fight - nothing new there. Lupin offers a wry laugh. ]

Sorry about that. If you need a distraction, maybe...

[ it sounds like he's got something else in mind, though. ]