[You know... The way Sayaka speaks when she responds surprises Rideaux a little bit. He supposes he didn't expect her to show the amount of concern that she is, in the way that she almost sounds mad about it too.

Then again, she did understand the competitive nature of his job more than anyone else here could.

He blankly stares at the back of his door, trying to find words of his own. His hand trembles a little bit on the doorknob.]

...Yeah. I know you can. [...] Thanks for understanding. I am still in the process of coming to terms with it, so...putting it into words is very difficult. I imagine you already know how that goes.