[ Even though Yuji shakes off his desire for the answer, Nanami is still going to answer it. He'll continue to hug Yuji as well, his hand lifting up again to continue petting his hair like before, slow strokes of his fingers through the hairs at Yuji's nape and just making sure the boy feels some sort of grounding right now. ]

I checked when I arrived. I talked to some of the other residents who had left and came back. It's the standard for the hotel, time doesn't pass. It's just how it works here.

[ Of course there's an outlier like Sumina but Nanami doesn't think it'd be wise to let Yuji know that just yet. He doesn't want him to spiral on the low chance that their world might be one of the ones that time passes in as well.

And at the second part, Nanami nods, giving Yuji a squeeze. ]

We can.

[ Part of him wants to promise more, wants to say I'll stay as long as you're here and make sure Yuji knows he won't leave him. But it'd be foolish to promise that, especially when it might cause Yuji to stay longer than he wants to for fear of not being able to see Nanami again. No, it'd be like cursing him with his death all over again. ]