It did. [ But the way she says it is bemused, because she knows, as surely as she knows anything, that there are more questions to come. She refrains from explaining that matter further only partially for this reason; the rest has to do with the fact that it's... something of a personal matter. ]
[ Then come the inquiries she was expecting. Under normal circumstances she might try harder to avoid answering them properly, but given the context, she can't find it in her conscience to do so. No, if Naoto is going to continue putting herself at risk, she ought to know just how much risk. ]
... Yes. [ There's a quiet, guilty sort of resignation in her voice. ] To all of those things. [ Her shoulders are tense; she won't meet the other girl's eyes. ] It might be different if all of this weren't going on, and if everything wasn't behaving so strangely, but... it's possible.
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[ Then come the inquiries she was expecting. Under normal circumstances she might try harder to avoid answering them properly, but given the context, she can't find it in her conscience to do so. No, if Naoto is going to continue putting herself at risk, she ought to know just how much risk. ]
... Yes. [ There's a quiet, guilty sort of resignation in her voice. ] To all of those things. [ Her shoulders are tense; she won't meet the other girl's eyes. ] It might be different if all of this weren't going on, and if everything wasn't behaving so strangely, but... it's possible.
[ Probable, even, she tries not to think. ]