[A person she decided to let go... there's something sad about that, but it's a feeling Aether can sympathize with, even if he doesn't know the circumstances.]

I can understand that. Paimon and I were travel partners, so I knew she'd be happier by my side than stuck in a time loop. But there are others here from the same world I came from, and as happy as I am to have more time with them, it's hard not to question whether they're actually better off being here or not.

[Those stuck in the loop lived in blissful ignorance of the horror they were trapped in, after all. And perhaps some may have preferred to stay that way.]