( if it were anyone else, anyone with less of a bleeding heart and more of a sense of justice, or even self-preservation, well... she sees no reason why they'd let someone who promised them a living nightmare off the hook. but she's her, and she has slain monsters before, huge and bizarre and terrifying, and he's nothing like them, nothing like the beasts she knows.

maybe if he lunged at her, with hands ready to wrap around her throat, she'd let him. she doesn't think she's strong enough to hurt people she cares for — not desperate enough to weigh her life against theirs and decide she's the one worthy of continuing it. )

I'm sure. ( she promises, resolute. ) I want Senpai to graduate from this hell of a school — but I don't want him to lose all of himself in the process.

( so if it means dragging him back from the brink of becoming a monster, then so be it. she's sure komaeda would do it for him, too. )