Trust me. I was being really dumb this time. Yeah, I got hit, and I held off weeks before I talked to her about it.

[She winced, rubbing a her shoulder, along where the collarbone almost showed in her outfit. It was still sore, but there was minimal to no scarring, so there was that. She already had enough of those.]

Still get chest pains now and again, but the roots are mostly gone. Serves me right. I... should've told her how I was feeling the moment I got back. Don't like being forced, though.

[She looked Ann over, considering everything. She was taking in Ann's emotiona state. On the plus side, she wasn't exactly hard to read in this. The situation was sort of easy to understand.]

I don't know. I don't like that Ren's gone, or Haru, or even Akechi. I wanted more time with them, and I'd only met Yoshizawa recently. I don't know why it pulled so many of you, too so much of your world, shoved it in here and then left you alone. It's not done with you, or me.... but why? This place doesn't even know how to say that. [Grunt] You'll probably get to leave, if you want to, eventually.

So, are you really back at square one? You've got people here too. I still don't see what you see in him, but Kaiba's pretty set on you.