[She slid closer to Jyuushiko, carefully putting an arm around her and half-turning her face in towards her friend. It had been so hard to keep going for the past week.

She'd had to take over the duties of the soutaichou in the short term--there simply wasn't anyone else. And she wasn't ready for this--to try to fill Yamamoto-sensei's shoes during such a crucial time.]

I was...unable to save him. [She had tried, desperately and even dangerously to pull him back despite her well-honed healer's instincts telling her that it was impossible; he was already gone.]