Of War and Peace

[Nodoka Hanamura]

Honya looks to see the Keeper behind her, at a distance. "Hai, Keeper. I am." She turns to you, her hand still on the glass. She moves to sit down again, her head tilted downward towards her lap and her hands together. She seems deeply troubled. "I've been having to handle discussing the meeting with Miss Shepard.. As well as other things. She wasn't taking to kindly to the idea of you coming, but I've been trying to convince her to at least hear you out." She says, passing a tablet across the table, stopping just short of the edge of the table. On the screen of the tablet is Shepard's response to Honya's request to meet, as well as Honya's latest response.

"When things like this happen.. I feel like I've let Hanamura-sensei down. Like my efforts to help her.. help all of us.. are in vain. I do my best, but sometimes I feel that my best isn't enough." Honya continues, as she slowly begins tearing up.

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