... Maybe you're right. The fact I was also ignoring my own shinki at first, and how lonely he was the whole time, didn't help either, since we feel what they feel, so that didn't help either.

[She stared at the table for a few moments, before sighing.]

But... none of that's an excuse. I can't keep folding in on myself like this when you all aren't around. And I've made a lot of other friends, all on my own, so it just comes off looking even worse...