[ she's glad for the short reprieve the questions offer, and she looks away from yukari, hoping the trembling of her chin doesn't show. minako tilts her head down a bit, letting her bangs shadow her eyes. her response comes just as softly, voice shaking around the edges, as she squeezes yukari's hand again, heading down the walkway with her. ]

Of course I did. We all promised, didn't we? [ she debates for a second whether to go on and tell her about it. she can't hide the truth from yukari, not at this point. ] I was so tired, Yukari. I don't know if you remember, but I couldn't focus, I was sleeping all the time. I... I was fading, and everything hurt. I said my goodbyes to everyone--to all of you--in those last few days, but I don't know if any of you realized that's what it was...

[ she chuckles, but there's no joy in it. she wonders, passingly, how yukari's meeting with her mother during spring break went. ]

I barely made it to the roof. Aigis held me like that because I couldn't stay on my feet.