[It's a long time before she responds -- but when she does, it's only a message, and it's on voice. Her tone is thick and her breath is hitching softly, but it's there.]

My memories of this place mean more to me than you will ever know. Ever.

Just because I wished, for one moment, for something to be easier, doesn't make me a weak or bad person.

[Another moment as she clenches her PCD tightly.]

I'll always be there for you, when you're ready.

[And Rei shuts off her PCD. She will not respond for the rest of the evening. She needs her own time.]