I know. It's why I take this seriously. Everyone else... thinks I'm a s-stick in the mud, that I worry too much about all this. But... because of those people, I have to put a lot into all this. I can't... let something happen because I was unprepared. I admit that I'm n-not perfect, and I have to relax sometimes, or I'll go crazy. But everything that I can give, I will. Everyone is... too important not to. I'll protect them. That is a promise.

[After a moment, she just... lets out a deep sigh.] I hope that you're right. There are... too many variables. T-too many things that can go wrong, that I can't control. I don't know how to fix this. And even though I know... that I don't have to, that there are other people to help me, I still worry. Every life is precious. Nobody else has to die. There were... too many in Locke City that we were unable to help. I am h-here now because there will be no more. I won't pretend that I can... stop everything. But if I can save even one person, I will have made a difference. So I hope y-you're right. It's... what I'm counting on.

[At the last, though, her mouth quirks in a smile again.] I've seen midway games m-more "fair and balanced" than the stories on us. That lesson, I know from experience. I try not to put... too much stock in them. It's just hard, when you walk into a room and everyone knows you from television.