[Rei takes in the statements with a sort of quiet understanding. She…maybe not here, but in the past she realizes that she’d never really told people how much they meant to her. Usagi and the other Senshi sure, but not Mamoru, or Motoki, even Michiru and the Outer Senshi. They were her friends, and they were also potential casualties of whatever was going on here. Things at home had been different though, as Rei had learned to open up. Perhaps Ryuko had never done the same, but it was plain that she was learning now to express that.]

I’m sorry to hear that.

[And in true blue shoujo fashion she offers Ryuko her hand.]

But I’m sure that you’ll find a chance to tell them some other time. And you’ve certainly shown me and Athena-chan how much you appreciate us. You’re learning, I’d say.