"Actually... I know exactly how you feel. I keep running into Rei," she dragged her hands over her face, perhaps all Pearl needed to know on how well that went.

"I wasn't ready, I didn't... I didn't think I would run into her only a few days into the mission, I didn't even go looking for her. And it was... it was terrible." Her shoulders slumped forward. "I broke down and tears and scared her."