[ Notes that past tense. So much for trying to avoid things that cause her heart to break -- being left behind as the whistle becomes louder. As if on reflex, she turns so as to fully face Rogue and casually moving her wings backward as if to hide them. ] I'm sorry.
[ Flicks ashes onto the ashtray. Her unease doesn't break the surface and Reki manages a gentle smile. ] Well-- the school lives on, and so does his name. Whatever he's left behind is carried on by the people in his institution so... he's not truly gone.
[ They were words she had heard before; but even so, she has a hard time believing them for herself. ]