[Control- something she's either inherited from her father or learned from Zero is something she has much better than Yuuki. But even Yuuki notices the flash of pain, before it's tightly reigned in and sealed beneath a lid.
Before she mentions her father. Before she says anything else, she realizes that this is a person she's supposed to recognize. And the fact that she doesn't is painful to her. Time differences are far from abnrmal here. While she can't remember the experience, her own memories tampered with over time, she knows that her very own mother was here once upon a time.
If Juri Kuran could be here, then who is to say it can't happen in the reverse? His daughter. Kaname's. And if she recognizes her, then to this young woman, to Ai, Yuuki is--]
Ah--
[At once she feels the heaviest weight lift from her chest. Confusion stirs, as well as sympathy and upset for the girl before her. But overwhelmingly it's relief that strikes. This girl is supposed to be her daughter. The thought is numbing. But the fact that she is, means that Zero was wrong, too. Wrong about what he had told her upon the day of his arrival, and what she had mentally pushed to the back of her mind to preserve herself.]
Ai. [Love, affection, even. It's a beautiful name. Reaching forward as tears sting her eyes her arms envelope the other girl and pull her into a firm embrace against her. This beautiful piece of life-- she's proof that everything turns out all right. The tears steak silent down her cheeks as her grasp tightens.]
Ai. [Her name is whispered again.] I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It's this place. But everything will be okay. Everything will be all right, I promise.