[It kind of hits her hard how she knows exactly why he asks and why it's important because she has the exact same priorities when it comes to Kouka, and what their (his, especially) absence would do to the country. As much as she wouldn't want to admit it. And that's why it hurts. Their goals aren't so different, are they? And yet... and yet.
...... All the same she has that answer for him.] It's the truth. Time won't move at all.