"N-now you get why I want ya to be checked out, right...?"

But Junpei couldn't hold himself back from giving the girl another hug, this time a little less desperate and clingy; more like his usual, even if his shoulders were still shaking.

"None of us... none of us knew for sure what was the cause, y'know? I mean, I guess maybe it was the fight, somehow, but I dunno for sure..."

She had been the only one able to face Nyx and seal it away, after all... maybe that came with the price of her life. Which only pissed Junpei off more; why couldn't they have all helped with that? Why did it need to be her?

Funny. He used to ask that question a lot in the past, but the meaning was far, far different from this time.

"It wasn't fair... it was like some messed up, horrible joke..."