"... proactive," Haku corrected softly, looking up at him through a fringe of white. "I... I get it... I just..."

She closed her eyes, fingernails digging in to the apple harder than she meant to.

"When... all those shadows attacked... I was with Winner-san. I tried to save him, I really did! But..."

She trailed off weakly, voice cracking. She didn't need to finish that sentence for him to know what had happened.