Yeah... it definitely wasn't easy. But I guess we all find ways to get by. [she drops her arms to the table to expose the etching she'd gotten, the same one they'd figured out together. see, ange? she does listen.]

What have you been up to, anyway? The last thing we talked about was me—as usual, I guess. What's been going on with Ange lately?

[what has been going on with ange ushiromiya lately? with ange, with jessica. with sayo. it's a difficult subject to even lead into and anna knows just the barest of facts about things. but there must be more to the story than sayo's singular outburst that had scared anna into also asking her to meet at the bar. not at the same time, of course. that would be disastrous.]