It was pretty dire. That wouldn't be any surprise to Yusuke, who had been here for a month and was still regularly disturbed by things he didn't know or hadn't considered. That Akira seemed to be taking this so well was a small comfort. He hoped that his fellow thief wasn't keeping cool just for his sake.

There was no way of knowing whether things would work out or not, but now that Yusuke had him, it was feeling a lot more likely.

"There are imPorts who have been here for years, and some who leave as quickly as they came. The consensus is that we are at the Porter's mercy," he continues. "It is locked in the government military base, and they claim they have no control over it. There are plenty of people who don't believe that."