It is, in part, duty, but in part it is borne from a selfish desire of mine—to know that you, a person that I'd like to become friends with, have been hurt by one of my countenance, and moreover by one of my relationships, is something that weighs deeply on me.

To speak nothing of the guilt, it is that I wished to reach out to you because I, quite selfishly, did not want our relationship to be strangled by that time.

[ a little softer, gaze falling to the teacups ]

. . . And, because I'm no stranger to pain.

Above all, it is no burden—Levity-san. If anything, I'm grateful to you for allowing me here.