[ it's true. and now she'll be on the record for saying this forever as well. ]

Thank you. [ tragically this is the one sticking point where uta's optimism fails. still, she'll offer zelkova a small smile. ] As much as I would want to believe that they will, I don't think it will happen. Not unless a lot of things change.

[ her coming out of ""hiding"" being one of them. ]