[It takes her a moment to answer. It's bad enough that people were killed, but to have known that the threat was there ahead of time... and to have been so sure it wouldn't ever manifest...]

Professor Hastings, I'm so sorry. [...] It never gets any easier, but if there's anything I can do to help, please let me know. Having a friend to talk to can help, at least.

[At least, it helped her a bit when Goroh was killed some time ago.]