[ Hibiki gulps. She considers backpedaling. Something like "ahaha nevermind!" would work, wouldn't it? ]

Say... say there was someone you really cared about... and you thought that they cared back just as much, but then they suddenly just... leave. And they don't come back.

[ Hibiki's voice cracks, but she can't stop now. ]

Is... is it normal to think... to wonder if they still care? Or if they cared at all? Even after they left...?