"I appreciate the sentiment behind your words," there she went again being overly formal. It was almost as if she just forgot she was talking to someone as young as Mono seemed to be. "Until recently I truly only had two that I could refer to in such a way. Though we also spoke much less than we should have." Sometimes, especially lately, she'd found herself wondering if things could have been different if they'd talked more openly with each other. They'd all grown so comfortable with focusing on their goals and ignoring their pain that it was all they knew how to do now. Which only caused more pain, didn't it? She let out a tiny sigh and shook her head.

"That's quite disappointing to hear. Are the locals simply incapable of explaining the details?"