[Rose smiles when she sees Takame wake. It would be easy to assume it’s because she’s happy her companion is hale and whole, and that wouldn’t be entirely incorrect. The other part of it is some sort of karma; Rose is happy that the echo is finally someone else’s problem, and not just hers.]

You have the echo. Honestly, I should’ve known as soon as I saw you weren’t tempered by Titan; he might be a brute, but he rarely misses.

[She sighs. This conversation is going to be long, she can feel it.]

You saw something when you passed out, didn’t you?