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Oh, no, he was one of us. [Pensively, her gaze becoming distant.] There were 15 of us. We were at a summer nature school when we wound up piloting Zearth. We called each other friends, but... we didn't really have much of a chance to get to know one another. And I was only the fourth pilot, so I had less time than someone like Ushiro, who was last.
[Her voice is small and a little shaky, but she's mostly under control. It's hard to place distance between herself and those experiences when it all feels like about half an hour ago, but she has to try. That's the only way she'll stay sane is to distance herself from... all of it.]