[ Hearing that doesn't feel like a victory. ]

...I'm sorry because I know what it's like to have someone important to you killed. Even if it's someone you...haven't known for long. [ ... ] If you want to be alone...then I can leave.

[ She winces at that, because just thinking it makes it harder to stay...well, manifested. ]

But I felt I owed you that. ...As someone who cares about you.