oof, i felt the little sting of an either accidental or deliberate utena reference with 'heartless doll' (anthy on the rooftop saying because she's the rose bride, the doll with no heart, she thought she wouldn't have to feel this pain) and oof, nothing in yasuda's life is easy. 'cruel unscalable cliff of probability' is such a vivid perfect phrase, it took me a moment to realize why, because it was a cliff that yasuda tumbled down and split their fate from lion's. and lion living for yasuda's sake, just as yasuda struggles for lion's, that's just the perfect conclusion, the perfect peak to end on.