Near typically is seen as childlike, playing with multiple toys or making dice towers. He opened up to you a bit more recently, but still was a bit wary with the members of the SPK.

Today, however, something seemed off about Near.

He didn’t want to do anything, he hid away from people, he didn’t want to talk to anyone, and it was only after dinner where there was a bigger change in his behavior.

Near was, again, in his room, but a couple of dice were laying outside of his door. He must’ve had a tower knocked over or something. There were some muffled noises coming from his room, but what caught you off guard was a sniffle.

You knocked on his door, but he didn’t want you to come in. Instead, he just spoke up after a while, a slightly disheartened tone to his voice.

“Am I even enough to catch Kira?”