398 Intense feelings are exhausting, no matter what kind

Aah...truly, having a friend is a good thing!

As expected of my dearest old friend, she knew exactly what I was getting at. I would have come to allow negotiation in the first place, but it wouldn't be too credible if it came from me, right?

Since it was the other party who 'requested' a negotiation, I could proceed without losing any bargaining position. 

Honestly, it was tiring, getting angry. I was channeling both my and Valmeier's disappointment, and it exhausted my mental capacity to process this anger, this sorrow I had suppressed ever since I heard about her from D'Ara. Of course, I knew that it was also a part of what fate had drawn for us, but...that didn't mean I could just forgive her for what she did to grandmother.