[We won't talk about the time she stopped talking. It wasn't a very pleasant time. And yet, it was a time when EVA had still been at the school. She hadn't minded how quiet Vianca was at all, and used to brush Vianca's hair just like this. It had been such a long time since then.

Vianca was still feeling just enough under the weather that she didn't have her reservations about the touch, finding it both comforting and just a little bit sad. It's doing its job though, and Vianca relaxed even more in Lup's lap.]

That makes sense... You're just borrowing it for a little while. Is it hard to remember sometimes?