...Everyone on LiliS agreed to abstain.
But even with them agreeing...

[ a heavy sigh ]

I don't think Cypress realized just how bad it could be. Or Coriander and Ayumu, for that matter—though I can't imagine Coriander admitting it.

And now we may have sent them the message that we won't protect them. Kohime—speaking of her again... I know she would have felt that way—not least because she told me as much.

...Principles are terribly thorny things.