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» There are a few reasons that Akira knows that isn’t his Goro. He doesn’t notice it at first, on Christmas Eve, for he’s too distracted by the shock of Goro showing up at all. Stunned into silence throughout the entire conversation, he watches, frozen, as Goro goes with Sae to turn himself in, thus clearing him of his crimes. He does, however, notice when Goro shows up at Leblanc a few days later, black gloves on both hands, bracing himself on the countertop while his entire world seems like it’s turned upside down. — akechi enters leblanc one day with broken fingers. akira remembers.