Sunshine accepts the handkerchief with a rough word of thanks, leaning back with the heel of her other hand against the counter. She tries to hold back her own grief, but Seimei's words bring back everything that had momentarily quietened, and the tears - once started - don't stop.

"He loved his people so much," she murmurs, voice broken and words interspersed with sobs. "His sister, A-Yuan, everyone in their rough-won little village. Everything he did was to make life better for them."

Eventually, seeking to give comfort as well as asking to receive it, Rae opens her arms to offer Seimei a hug.