[She nods slowly.]

Were it just that... maybe.

But that was before I told him the truth... about Kiyosatto and Kenshin... my involvement with the Yaminobu and the Ishin Shishi... I had to tell him to make him understand...

...

Those were words spoken about a different woman... some innocent thing in need of protection... not the wife of a Choshuu hitokiri... not a traitor to the bakufu...