Well now we're all sad, except Togami or is he

[refusedtoleave]

[Once they've all left the court room, Natsuhi doesn't go back to her room. She stays in the cafeteria and starts up the espresso machine. She's making coffee and lots of it, it's bitter and honestly not very nice, but it's got plenty of caffeine in. Prefect for pulling an allnighter.

Just before dinner, the remaining Champions will get a note shoved through their doors.]

Dinner is going to be served soon.
We need to prepare a suitable ceremony.

Comments

[ratherdoweddings]

We could, but we... I led the Jovian fleet right to them. We were boxed into a corner, and I could only save my crew and the one survivor we already had on board.

[refusedtoleave]

...You managed to save one of them and get your people out of there.

[ratherdoweddings]

It was the only thing I could do.

[refusedtoleave]

if you did all you could, then there's no reason to feel guilty.

[ratherdoweddings]

Even with that, it was my mistake in the first place. ...but thank you, Ushiromiya-san.

[refusedtoleave]

[Making people feel better is hard.]

What over options did you have? Not look for them and leave them to starve when they ran out of supplies?