[ --Well it's a lot harder to be even slightly unhappy with her role in this when he says that. All Saya ever wants is to help the people she cares about, to be more than a source of pain. Here's her chance. (It's even, in some tiny way, a chance to redo what happened to Riku. To do things better, this time. To not let those who need her down.) ]
[ She reaches down to squeeze his shoulder. ] I'll be back before you know it.
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[ She reaches down to squeeze his shoulder. ] I'll be back before you know it.