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[dereban]

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[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Saki sighs. She's been doing a lot of that these days.]

I know. I'm being selfish, too.

I don't want to see a friend die right in front of me, trying to protect me. Not again.

[dereban]

. . . I can't promise that I won't volunteer again. But it won't just be to protect other people.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

Then why?

[dereban]

[ She wears a thin smile and shakes her head. She won't say. Not here. ]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Of course not. That would be too easy.

She'll reach out and pat Inaba on the head.]

...If I have any say in it, I won't let you die so easily.

[But she probably won't.]

[dereban]

...

[ She's quiet, just for a moment, and then: ]

Thank you.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[She smiles weakly.]

I'm just being selfish.

[dereban]

That's not a bad thing, you know.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

Maybe not right now.

[But there's still some things she'll never quite get over, some feelings of jealousy that will never heal.]

[dereban]

. . . maybe.