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His gaze softened slightly as he leaned against the door frame, arms crossing over his chest. “You don’t… it’s not our fault that happened Rebecca. It was an accident. No one could have predicted what happened.”

That Kai existed… And Tomoe…

“… Have you talked to X?” It felt a bit… awkward to bring him up, almost as if he was shifting the responsibility onto the other, but there was no denying that Rebecca was closer to him than she was to Zero. If there was anyone she would go to about something as troubling as this, it would be him.

“It f-feels like I sh-should have-”

She cut herself off, not really able to continue talking as she choked on a sob before shaking her head. She hadn’t talked to X yet, she had been chugging along just fine until now, and she knew that X would say it wasn’t her fault.

“I h-haven’t.”

Her voice cracked a bit painfully there and she coughed to recalibrate before continuing.

“I h-haven’t really talked t-to anyone since I g-got out of the med b-bay all th-that time ago.”