[Surprise: the face Mash makes at her, which isn't terribly serious anyhow, is more for the no rest than the wicked. Of course Ritsuka isn't wicked, and she knows it. Mash knows she knows it! But Ritsuka not getting rest hits much closer to home!

She softens immediately, though, at the rest. A good time is hopefully enough like rest to do Ritsuka some good.]

I'm glad to hear it. I am, too. Maybe we can do things like this more often. . . . I feel a little selfish hoping for it when I know how serious things are, but . . . I've been thinking about it, and I tell myself that moments like this are what we're all fighting for.