[. . . yeah. as raring as she is to get to work so she can get her mind off of this week's losses, there will be time for that later. as strong and level-headed as Milla is trying to remain, she is just as affected by Shinnosuke's (and Xion's, honestly) death too]

[Shinnosuke may have denied it, but he was their ally. is their ally. his loss. . . well. they can feel it, in the echoes of the empty spaces of the room where he used to be]

I wish I knew.

[she says quietly, almost to herself]

If he was chosen by a Bandit, then there might not have been anything for us to do to save him in the first place.