I know, I know. I'm definitely not the type of character to appear during something like this.

[She's disappointed with herself, okay? She's supposed to be at the end of things, not appearing so early on. But that situation's entirely out of her hands here. She can't really do the whole final boss thing or be the mysterious secret character when she's been here for years. It doesn't really work that way.

Which is incredibly despair inducing for her to think about, but she won't mention that right now.]

Just think of it as another event flag if that makes it easier.