[ She shrugs a little bit. ]

We probably have to.

[ Minako knows the fox - or likes to think she does, anyway. There's no way that being would let them off so easily. Not to mention it'd probably be kind of crappy to be all cagey about this when Casey was a whole lot more open about his own statement, right?

Maybe she can just talk about it without fully revealing her secret. While still protecting Usagi and Usagi's secret identity. ]

I.. um. [ Minako starts, but then goes quiet again, having to think really carefully about her wording because of the above. ] I have a princess. It's my duty to protect her. It's always been.

[ She's let it define her entire life. ]

She fell in love with someone she shouldn't be with. Someone she couldn't be with. It was forbidden, but.. she was stubborn. She refused to give up on that love. Even though things got so bad that it triggered an entire war between the place she came from and the place he came from. I tried so hard to protect her during all of it, but-- the man she loved died, and when she saw that, she..

[ Minako swallows.

She looks like she's trying really hard to keep a brave face, but she has to swallow at this part-- hard, too. ]

She killed herself. I-- I was right there. I saw it happen. I couldn't stop her.