Of course Risei doesn't see the black ice coming. He's used to hills and cobbles but almost never snow, and the slipperiness of the road is as insidious as it is sudden. He skids, spins around one and a half times until the headlights of the sedan behind him are whirling behind his eyes.

He's just as worried about the passengers in the car behind him as he is about his own life and safety. That doesn't mean he's not worried.