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[ Ritsuka finally legs to of Monika's hands so she can put her own on the other girl's shoulders, then gives her a single, very gentle shake. ]

It's okay to cry over things that are unfair. It's okay to be upset or sad about stuff like that. That's still a part of you, and it's not gonna go away. That doesn't make you weak.

[ Like everything else, this is one of those things that's easier for Ritsuka to say than to apply to herself. But this is also one of those things that she's actually tried to internalize for herself. She doesn't want to undo the grief she's experienced, or deny the things that she's been forced to do in the name of survival--but she hasn't forgotten her original desire, either. She wants to live.

By all rights, her own fate should have been death, or erasure, and somehow she'd overcome that. The last thing she wants is to ignore someone who seems resigned to simply accepting her own suffering. ]

If you're sad, or you're hurting, it's okay to grieve. No matter what you were, or what you are... you still have that right.