[ you know, if anything... this makes her mood pick up because she has an outlet for irritation in the form of putting a hand on her hip and affixing a light glare to the mage. She begins, ]

Of course it's not family. Family's eternal, unbroken, defined. It's uncomplicated, because blood and love ties people together in a way that's impossible to let go of and ought not to be looked at different.

[ She shakes her head, but even as she's saying that... Sayaka did say not three hours ago that Elda was the closest thing she'd had to a mother.

... She's still not sure how to feel about it. ]

Honestly, listen to yourself. It's that which got that Blue girl killed.