It's both better and worse that most of the previous cutting that word did was self-inflicted. Better in that there's no need to kick anyone's ass over it, but far worse in that the habit is harder to break.

"I'd only just started to get to know him. We knew each other in passing, but - he said the others brought him along for my Palace because he was the only one of the bunch who'd actually met Kasumi." She's starting to wonder if there was more to it than that, but it's not like she can ask any time soon.

"So... I don't really know. But I do know he'd say I'm allowed to have messy feelings about all this, and I'm pretty sure he'd agree that leaving Morning-san like that is - it isn't an option. Not when he's a puppet."