[Wiping away her tears and taking deep breaths, Lailah tried to calm herself down. She was usually as tough as nails, but when things overflowed like this, it was like trying to use a piece of gum to plug a hole in a shattered dam.]

It's not your fault.

[Breathing in and out once again, she managed to be able to talk, though she still kept wiping away her tears with her sleeve.]

It's just... well, I don't think you want to be bothered listening to an old lady, do you?

[She tried laughing it off.]

It's not you. It's me.