After the Culling Game, Hiromi Higuruma returned to the life he had once known as a lawyer.

The experience had changed him, though. He was still unmistakably Higuruma—serious, perceptive, analytical, principled, and occasionally too hard on himself—but he was no longer carrying the same constant tension he once did. He had become somewhat more relaxed, allowing himself to enjoy ordinary things and, for once, accepting that not every problem needed to be solved immediately.

His work remained important to him, but it was no longer his entire life.

Especially because he had you.