[She glances sharply over at him, brows furrowed with annoyance that his mouth is full. It's the same thing she usually does, and she never realized how infuriating it can be to have to wait for someone to continue speaking.]

How can you be sure? [She starts to squeeze her hands into fists, remembers the manju when it starts to squish between her fingers, and forces herself to relax. Pressing her lips tightly together, she shakes her head again.] He and I were really close last time, and he still just... left.

He said his time as Ryoji Mochizuki was really important to him. I don't want to take that away from him.