Mob let a moment pass between them to be sure that Misaki said all she wanted to say. He didn't want to interrupt her mid-thought. Then he spoke.

"My friend Teruki told me recently that adults have their own troubles that they never tell kids about. I think... no, I know he's right. They live in a world completely separate from us that none of us will probably really know until we're adults ourselves."

Another crack of lightning.

"There's not a lot of things that I really understand, but I definitely know that no matter what happens, none of this is your fault."