[She's quiet for a moment, her arms gently squeeze his again. When she speaks again, her voice is hushed, but now much more calm and level again.]
A little, yes...
[There's another lingering pause before she sighs quietly.]
I don't want to let this go. These murders, the investigation into who's behind them... I can't just ignore what's been happening.
But...
[Images of Johan's decapitated corpse, and his head sitting in the crook of that tree again flash through her mind and she shudders slightly.]
But... I don't know if I'm ready to see something like that again... not yet...
[At the time, an intense anger had sparked within her and had been enough to keep her fear aside, though her calm demeanor still suffered. It had been enough to shield her from the shock at first, but it hadn't exactly kept her cool and sharp on the scene. Not like Shun had been. And the anger hadn't been enough in the sight of Johan's head. That grisly image had stopped her in her tracks, and the fear that had been momentarily swept aside washed over her and dragged her under. It took everything she'd had to not collapse right there in front of Izuku and Shun. She'd wanted to do her part, to somehow help them both. They'd each handled themselves so much better than she had, and she was embarrassed for it.]
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A little, yes...
[There's another lingering pause before she sighs quietly.]
I don't want to let this go. These murders, the investigation into who's behind them... I can't just ignore what's been happening.
But...
[Images of Johan's decapitated corpse, and his head sitting in the crook of that tree again flash through her mind and she shudders slightly.]
But... I don't know if I'm ready to see something like that again... not yet...
[At the time, an intense anger had sparked within her and had been enough to keep her fear aside, though her calm demeanor still suffered. It had been enough to shield her from the shock at first, but it hadn't exactly kept her cool and sharp on the scene. Not like Shun had been. And the anger hadn't been enough in the sight of Johan's head. That grisly image had stopped her in her tracks, and the fear that had been momentarily swept aside washed over her and dragged her under. It took everything she'd had to not collapse right there in front of Izuku and Shun. She'd wanted to do her part, to somehow help them both. They'd each handled themselves so much better than she had, and she was embarrassed for it.]