[Kaoru isn't too optimistic about that now that he realizes how tenuous that promise had been in the first place. they never even saw the numbers - the decision could be as arbitrary as "no, not high enough".]
They had better be able to manage that much. ...But they have outlasted us all, so it isn't completely hopeless.
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They had better be able to manage that much. ...But they have outlasted us all, so it isn't completely hopeless.