Anthy shook her head lightly, eyes fluttering closed for a short minute. "It's still my responsibility. I have to deal with what I've done. But..."

It came back to her in flashes, the other night, the last duel, all the times she'd taken flat-out advantage of Utena with barely a second thought. She'd learned that she could do a number of truly awful things to Utena and the girl would just keep coming back to call Anthy a friend.

She lifted her head and shot Utena a quietly amused side-glance. "I know how stubborn you can be."