[ In her heart of hearts, Elda knows what she just said, what she just promised cannot the whole truth. But in spite of - no, because of the fact that Lusamine is her friend, she cannot and will not be totally honest there.

And so she's left licking her lips a she trails around the next nail. ]

That's... very kind of you to say, Lusamine. [ . . . ] Survival isn't about deserving though, I don't think. Really, it can't be, at this point.

[ Or Gold would be alive. Or Chiyuki. ]