[In a way she understood this perfectly. It was the truth of it her heart refused to deal with. Umi knew what a promise meant. If this had been her, waiting for either Fuu or Hikaru herself, Umi wouldn't have minded what danger she'd have had to face to fulfill it.]
I don't want to see you go through something like that again... I just couldn't bear it. I know this is important to you... That this is selfish of me. But I...!
action; it was meant to happen e_ea;;
[In a way she understood this perfectly. It was the truth of it her heart refused to deal with. Umi knew what a promise meant. If this had been her, waiting for either Fuu or Hikaru herself, Umi wouldn't have minded what danger she'd have had to face to fulfill it.]
I don't want to see you go through something like that again... I just couldn't bear it. I know this is important to you... That this is selfish of me. But I...!