[ She laughs at the face. Of course she does! She'd known exactly the sort of response she'd get for that, and it's nice to see it happen as expected. ]

It's not selfish. It's just being human.

[ Now Ritsuka leans back a little, onto her hands, looking upwards to the dark starry sky overhead. ]

Wanting to be able to take a break, even when things are serious, wanting to have a moment or two where things aren't so grim... you're right. That's what we're in all this for. But it's no good if we don't get to be part of that, right? Always working, always observing, never getting involved... that's not really a "human life" at all, is it?