[A painful memory? How many of those has Ayumu locked away so deep within herself they've never seen the light of day? Everything about her true profession, the things she's done and would have continued to do had Ayumu not been plucked directly from the hands of the enemy by divine power.... none of it's fit for a youngster's ears. But there's something in Sora's expression that's calling out to her, something that touches her core and urges her to speak.

Or maybe she's just tired of living a life that's nothing but emptiness, heartache, and deceit. Toshi had said her death hadn't been in vain, that thousands of lives had been saved because of her sacrifice, but the person Ayumu had wanted to save the most still died far too young and all her loved ones had moved on without her. And she'd just lost the one she'd depended on the most to keep her moving forward along with the shinki whose well-being she'd kept living for.

But despite all the violent turmoil inside her, Ayumu's expression remains mostly placid. Concerned for Sora, weary, but there's still few other visible signs of her grief. It's not that she doesn't feel it, it's that she's often out of touch with it, and has no idea where to even begin expressing it in any kind of constructive, emotional way.

And so when Ayumu speaks, she sounds detached, her confession almost mechanical.]

When I died... I saw Axel. He'd changed.. into that thing. He looked at me but didn't know me, I was just food... There were children. I was afraid he'd hurt them so I teleported us both away but it was all I could do. I couldn't fight him so he picked me up, pulled me toward his mouth... and I guess he bit me. That's all I remember. I'm sorry.

[It's the first time Ayumu's spoken about what happened to her that day in such detail. Toward the end of her confession, emotion does start to creep into her voice in the form of a slightly audible sadness.]