[ Rather than answer with words, Tear simply continues looking and allows the silence to continue, at least until she turns back to the view of the land below. As true as it was that she was disappointed, hearing him say it out loud also had the effect of granting her a sense of guilt. It was a sentiment she understood, but... ]

That doesn't make it right... [ An exhale. ] But you still told me of your own volition, and that counts for something.

[ It was what she'd asked him to do, and she couldn't necessarily stay angry about it for that reason. Whatever hints of the emotion there had been had dissipated quickly, leaving behind only a hollow sense of loneliness that made her shiver. ]

If anything like this ever happens again... Please, just tell me? I'd... I'd rather tell you myself, about all of that in the file, about anything that happens. I want to be the one to talk to you.