"I have some thoughts. If we play our cards right, we can get everything sorted out before the 19th. Except Yaldabaoth, I guess. And maybe Maruki. But they're not part of United Future. They don't want you in that room."

He strokes Goro's hair. "And if we don't make it in time," he says, ignoring the leader act and speaking to the terrified boy he knows is still there, "you can all join me in Mementos until Shido and Niijima are taken care of. I didn't agree to survive just to watch you throw yourself on the fucking pyre, Goro. I won't take part in any plan that involves you and Shido's cops."