It's true, though... [ Meiling dusts her hands off, staring at the fingers as she flexes them. ] There's not much I can do when I'm like this -- and even less when I'm not around. [ She looks over to Alice, something fragile behind that smile of hers. ] I was late, but if she wasn't there with others, I wouldn't have had anything to be late to. [ And then she'd never forgive herself. ]