Honestly... I was expecting it to be worse than it was. When we weren't fighting, it was almost like we were one big family. We all looked out for each other, and we were pretty friendly. ['Except for a few bad seeds,' she admitted mentally, 'but I try not to think about those anymore.']

But when we had to fight... I was scared. A little for myself, but mostly that I wouldn't be able to protect the people that were precious to me. I put on a brave face for my team, and for the others... but I don't think they ever realized, until the very end, how worried I got.

[She stares wistfully at a partly-exposed arm, and an odd tightening of her skin that Tohru might recognize as a large, slowly-healing burn.]

...How much I was willing to lose for them.