[ Lupin watches him for a few seconds. Akira is fairly quiet; he doesn't think he's ever heard him make such a bold statement, and that only drives home how much the other thieves matter to him. He wishes he could comfort him better, but the fact of the matter is that he simply doesn't know what happened. There's so much about this place that's out of his control, out of the range of his information-gathering, out of reach, and he respects Akira too much to feed him an empty reassurance on Yusuke's whereabouts. ]
... Don't give up on him. He's strong. I'm sure the phantom thieves have gotten out of tighter pinches before.
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... Don't give up on him. He's strong. I'm sure the phantom thieves have gotten out of tighter pinches before.