What a thing to thank her for. Kyoko shakes her head, though that likely goes unseen.

"I'm the one who didn't have the guts to push him harder on it myself." There's a rueful smile in her voice. "Since he surely had a reason for only half-answering when I asked him about it... if I pestered him more about it, I was sure he'd resist." Hounding firey people like Moko-san was one thing, but Kaito... what if he got upset with her for real? A gentler prodding from someone closer was just safer for everyone; she couldn't imagine him ever getting fed up with Shinji.

"You were my best bet, for sure, and you really pulled it off. I'm grateful, you know?"