Sealed her. And only because I got a literal card that let me break the rules... but... yeah. I want this to be a second chance. Whatever that looks like.

[ minako lets out a breath, nestling in a bit more. ]

I had a lot of time to think. In that last month, when you all... [ she closes her eyes for a second. that phrasing sounds like an accusation, and it's anything but. ] Anyway. I was... set up for what happened that day. I know that now. Ever...ever since the lab explosion. [ maybe we both were, she doesn't say. ] And I think... you know, part of me always knew I was only getting that one year.

[ she strokes her thumb over the back of yukari's hand. the mention of aigis stabs at her heart--all of it does, really--but the idea that they still had each other to lean on? it means a lot. finally, quietly: ]

How is she? How...how did she take it?