Especially because even if our bonds are really strong we're still going to be hesitating to attack...

They know you'd just ace it too easily if they did that.

[ gives her shoulder a little squeeze ]

There's a chance we can repeat what we did last time, or the other possibility is picking a team where we know and like the least amount of people. If that team is playing to avoid hitting people they like, we could be mutual attacks.

... But that's also a gamble, obviously.

Cerberus is the team we matched with last time this happened. We've got that history, which is about the only thing we've got to go on.

Yeah. Anything else would just be guessing.

I'm okay with going with Cerberus. If we're wrong... well, we'll figure out a way to make it up to them.

It's not just your idea. If we sign off on it, it's just as much our responsibility as yours.

[ handhold!! ]

We knew this place could demand things like this, but it's easy to forget when so long passes between them..

And hope no one else hits us, yeah.

He wouldn't like it, but... there's not much I can do about it. He'd understand.

[ PHEW ]

Let's just hope they're thinking the same as us.

[ yeah he's squeezing back just as hard ]

If we tried to narrow it down by 'not them, not them, not them' it'd... I'd like it less. So...

For Cerberus, too, I think... if it were me I'd rather be killed because someone with good intentions misjudged than because I was the person another team liked least.