[That manages to get a rise out of her, likely the first spike of emotion she's felt since that day. Everything has felt so fuzzy and dull, like she's been looking through mist or a film. The only thing she's been able to process is the fact that somehow, she's alive despite the three bodies and one missing person in her wake.

But now, defiance surges within her. She turns to him, drawing herself up as close to her full height as possible. She's still smaller than him, but she recalls having managed to hold her own in a fight with him once. She's in far worse condition now but... It's probably fine.]

I made plans before I knew to value the lives here! Plans that bloomed and died weeks before any of this. They were considerations to save all of us, and I determined that it was not worth the sacrifice!

You are right, Angus. It was late, and I was tired. But I was also ill. I do not even remember going to the roof. I was in the stairwell, and I had the voice of a Wizard and a Goddess in my head! We were all sick and you know that!

Elle was one of the best of us. She helped me grow closer to Discord and Salieri-sensei. Hold her death against me all you want, but do not think for a second that I ever deliberately planned to harm her. If I had, I would not have worked to lay her and the others to rest as I did.