I'll take all responsibility for any inconveniences one baby chocobo might inflict. [ Tear's response came in the form of a half-shrug, extracting the culprit from the sack so that she was safe in her hold. Whether she was meant to work as a distraction, it did allow the melodist a few seconds more to consider Jade's question.

And in the end, she could only answer with a soft sigh. ]

What else is there to say? [ Her displeasure? Disgust? Just what could she possibly tell Jade that he didn't already know? He was right—she had acted of her own volition, when it all came down to it. ]

Unless... you are saying you regret that I did choose to walk down that path with you?