...At least you have a family to care about. The closest I had was my group, and even then...

[...Let's not go down this path. Yet again...]

Half of it was manager's orders, I want to say. The rest was instinctive. All of it was over time, starting after we gained steam. I let the environment influence me so much that it just...became instinct. It's pretty laughable, isn't it? An industry of cute, pure, wholesome, sweet girls...and we're all just tearing each other to veritable shreds.

[Sayaka laughs, but the sound isn't nice.]

I just wanted to be loved, for once.