[ -- then, Rei grits her teeth, because she has tried to keep strong, for the senshi, and for everyone else in Adstringendum, but sometimes, even the strongest brick cracks under pressure.]
I'm not going to forget that there are people here who want us dead, Usagi. I can't do that. And as badly as you want me to, and as badly as you want me to let it go, I can't.
[Her voice rises, ever so slightly.]
We aren't safe here. This isn't Tokyo, Usagi, this isn't a place where we can go to school and pretend and have another life, okay? We're soldiers. That's who we are, in this world, and there are people here who are dangerous, and I'm trying to keep all of us safe and be the soldier I'm supposed to be and I can't do that if you just tell me to forget it!
[Voice | Same Filter] 2/3 actually sob
I'm not going to forget that there are people here who want us dead, Usagi. I can't do that. And as badly as you want me to, and as badly as you want me to let it go, I can't.
[Her voice rises, ever so slightly.]
We aren't safe here. This isn't Tokyo, Usagi, this isn't a place where we can go to school and pretend and have another life, okay? We're soldiers. That's who we are, in this world, and there are people here who are dangerous, and I'm trying to keep all of us safe and be the soldier I'm supposed to be and I can't do that if you just tell me to forget it!