[ There is a heavy lull in the conversation as the pair continue their shuffle towards the promised arbor. Nogi Wakaba is left to stew in her fear and worry for a time as her words are weighed and measured, examined from all angles for any hint of a flaw.

It isn't until the gazebo is in sight that the silence is broken. Admittedly, it's with another of those soft gasps of salt-in-a-wound, but they push past it without allowing comment. ]

Good. Pushing yourself will only make the process of recovery worse in the end.

[ Said with all the trite hypocrisy of someone who very definitely isn't making it worse right now by demanding she let them inside the school. It's fine. It's fine. ]

.... But honestly, "no strangers on campus" is a good rule to keep even at normal times, as frustrating as it might be for circumstances like these. You could always come up with a system to vet specific people you know are safe, and it stops...

[ A pause. There's no polite, Successorly way to phrase "random monsters coming in and eating kids" that doesn't sound like an insult. ]

Accidents. From occurring, when things like this month happen.

[ #nailed it. ]