[He won't tell her how. She can guess, though, and she understands without it being said that she might need to make a choice now. She tries to steady her breathing, but finds herself coughing into her sleeve instead. It hurts, and she can taste iron in her mouth.

How long does she have? If she could, she'd put it off for as long as possible. It'd just be an accident if she missed the deadline. Her mind is so cloudy, and it's so hard to focus, it'd be easy to just give up on everything.]

I was ready for whatever would happen. F-for a long time--for a long time I thought that it would've been better if I'd died too.

[She shakes her head again. She can't say that, though. Not anymore.]

But I... If something happened now--if I just disappeared like that... What would happen to Czes...? I can't--can't leave him.

[Her breath catches, and she sniffles. Kyoko knows what would happen to him if she were to die now. She's seen it again and again, the struggles and hurt that he had to work through each and every time he came close to losing her. He worked so hard to keep her near, to keep her safe, and loved her no matter how many times she made a mistake. He would break. He would hate everyone and everything.

She doesn't want that for him.]