[ She had... hoped that particular memory hadn't followed her here. People knowing the truth about her make it really difficult to get away with things. Back some time ago she had simply seen to it that those people who saw that side of her... disappeared. With a few extra needles in their body they didn't need.

Ah, but... Gundam is a friend. He was anyway. At least something someone like Mikan could almost think of like a friend. But she'd done something terrible right? And he probably blamed her for it. But he just didn't know what she knew.

At the same time... he knew things she didn't either. ]

I-It's okay, not helping is just another form of bullying that I'm used to! No one used to help me up before.

[ There's a strange sort of strain on her voice, but she seems to stop it by tugging hard on her hair. And somehow, just like that, she's back on her feet as if she never fell at all, rewrapping the bandages around her arms. ]

Oh? Are you saying you're the same as me now? [ Her voice has changed completely again, taking on a playful, but no longer uncertain tone. ]