[ oh. there's a small stretch of silence on her end at that — like she's really taking in the answer and what he says. it's not entirely surprising, yes, he's a sword... it's expected that his answer to a question like that would be super important. ]

Good answer.

[ her response is kind of about the same. she knows personally that someone's duty wasn't the best course of action—how getting so blind about a mission could have massive repercussions, and narrowing in on one outcome because it coincided with your beliefs made you ignorant to possibilities.

she also knew not having a duty and purpose was equally terrible. ]

It's complicated, [ milla says again, continuing as even and apathetic as always. ] But I'm not the only Milla. You know about parallel worlds, don't you? I took the place of the... [ here she actually hesitates. real one? ] ... Milla of the world I ended up in after... something happened in mine, and because of me, she couldn't return.

[ she isn't sure how much sense this makes. her situation was just a big mess of things, but she wants to make it as clear as possible. ]