[ "i cannot be your neechan"... with that again, the knife in rei's heart is twisted and turned, causing her to grip her sweater even tighter. it causes her to take a pause, barely be able to breathe in through that choking feeling in her throat, but that's enough for terry to scream all... that. ]

T-chan!

[ she looks back at terry with a disapproving expression. it's not like rei doesn't completely agree with everything because she does, but cursing, yelling, and getting angry isn't the right way. she doesn't think so. she doesn't want nekogami to start lashing out or for shadow kido to push them out, just because it seems like things might get aggressive. ]

I-- I'm sorry, neechan... T-chan is just trying to help and-- I'm sorry that we keep letting you down... I'm really, really sorry...

[ just like with yuki and her nurse, niko shouldn't have stopped giving them chances and tried to cut off connections with them, just because they've disappointed her and she was angry at them. it only alienated her so much further and only made her feel so much worse. she can see where kido's shadow is coming from, but it's not right. ]

But rejecting friends and the people around you, to stop giving them chances, that's not good either... being alone is bad. It won't make you stronger. You'll just get alone and-- and sad and angry and you won't be what you want to be...