Saori turns to look at Yuuna, one arm reaching behind her to stroke her partner's hair. It is horrible, but it's something that's happened. Something that's entirely possible. Other faces take shape, friends of Saori's, and people she's met in passing.

"It is, dear. And it's what happened last Halloween. I know you may not want to believe it. But it's possible it could happen again. This is what I lived with for a year. I...had to fight on this draft. I killed the child to protect someone else from the infection." She slashes her hand in the air, and all the creatures fall over in showers of sparks and the simulation ends. Turning, she fully faces her lover.

"It's...something I've had to live with for a while. And it's awful...and..." She breaks off, her voice breaking into a choking gasp. Her eyes fill with sudden hot tears, welling up from deep inside at the memory. She doesn't even want to think it, but if something happens to Yuuna...

"It's why I need you...I need you to be strong..."