You needn't feel awful, Mey-Rin. You really needn't...

[ Riza closes her eyes and her fingers brush along Mey-Rin's cheek one more time before her hand drops away, back into the water. She sighs, her voice tinged with exhaustion. ]

That's how they do things in this sort of regime. They need to distract people from the harsh reality of what's happening, so they just... do all these sorts of things.

[ She closes her eyes again. ]

I'm sorry to have worried you.