[It's that small crack in her voice that gets Scott to hold her even closer, face still buried atop of her head as he deeply breathes. She's still trying so hard to keep it all together, huh? That's how Kotone is. He can already imagine his girlfriend smiling behind a forced grin the entire time he was gone, probably wondering, maybe hoping, that he'd return. He can only hope that he's wrong and she managed to... release some of her feelings in some way, but he doesn't want to talk about that right now. Because they're both here, together. Reunited. It's lucky that he returned, huh? If returning to Aldrip could be considered as such.

With Kotone in his arms, Scott's willing to say 'yes,' especially since he still remembers everything. Even if he's stuck in this simulation once again, at least she's here with him. He can't imagine anyone else that he'd rather be with right now.]

I'm okay. [...] And I know that you haven't been okay. I'm. I'm sorry, Kotone. But I'm here now. I'm here and... I remember you.

[He says, wanting to make sure that she knows that above all else. Guess she probably could've figured by the way he's hugging her, but Scott wants to say it out loud too.]