[ Minako just settled down on the floor, two toddlers sitting in front of her, apparently having been lured to her by the promise of food. She's busying opening the jar and starting to alternate giving the toddlers a spoonful of the food when Zelda asks the question.

There's no immediate response. Instinctively Minako wants to say she's alright and shove every single negative feeling down. Why should she bother Zelda with negativity when she seems to have the most talent for cheering up her goddess? What good is it to show her uglier sides to people? She's just supposed to be cheerful, silly Minako. That's all she knows about herself, after all.

But she does remember the pamphlet when she first arrived here. Maybe she doesn't remember every single detail, but it did say to talk to your god or goddess. That bad things will happen if you don't. And while Minako would be pretty okay with taking the risk if it was just herself at stake, she definitely doesn't want to make things even worse for Zelda. ]

Oh, I'm just.. [ She falls quiet for another moment. For as candid as Minako is most of the time, it's hard to talk about these sort of things when everything in her tells her she shouldn't. ] I just thought.. maybe it'd be better if you had someone else as your shinki? Someone who could do these sorts of things better.

[ Thankfully the toddlers asking for her attention and feeding gives her an excuse to not look at Zelda as she says it. ]

I mean, I'm not being very helpful, right?