“The thing about danger is that even if people understand it intellectually, it never quite feels real to them.’ ‘What do you mean?’ The short-haired man turns toward her. ‘They still think they’ll be fine.’ Hiyoko laughs again. ‘No matter how dangerous the situation, they assume they’ll be okay. When there’s a box that says Danger, they figure it can’t be that dangerous, right until the moment they open it. It’s why a wanted criminal will go to a pachinko parlor. It’ll be fine, they think. Nothing’s going to go so badly so quickly. They’re convinced that trouble comes gradually. That’s why people keep smoking even though they know it could lead to lung cancer.”