[yeah that's what she thought. even if it was out of a kindness, in the end, and out of duty, it's not something that would have been easy.]

...and to preserve the history as it was, you would have had to kill him anyway instead of altering the path. [that...hm. difficult. very, very difficult.] It can be tempting to want to change things, especially for people you love. In the end it was better, I know, but...that must have been hard for both of you.

[imanotsurugi because that was his master, and iwatooshi because it was a man he cared for and also having to see his partner suffering.]