[ Hibiki hesitates for a moment… but ultimately lets her hand settle in Ai’s. It’s comforting in its own way, holding someone’s hand.

She knows already… she already knows in her heart everything that Ai just said. Feeling it is another matter, but… ]

Aha, I guess so… I just never wanted to bother anyone… I mean, even now, it must be…

[ She looks up at Ai… apologetically. As if apologizing for dumping a problem without a good concrete answer onto her. ]

…but bottling it up just got me stuck in a disturbance, so now… I just don’t know what to do anymore.