[ The whole world was watching? Ardbert can hardly understand how that's possible, let alone imagine what it would be like for someone who was directly participating. Maybe Fukawa had just been an observer, then, but somehow he doesn't think that's the case. There's a personal way that she talks about all of it, like she'd been there to experience it herself.

As she starts to back off for the subject, however, Ardbert realizes that he can't blame her. ]

My apologies. I didn't mean to dredge up something that's no doubt difficult to relive. [ He'll need to be more careful in the future. He still isn't all that used to talking to anyone who isn't Aria. ] To return to the subject at hand... you believe that something similar, if not exactly the same, could be taking place here? Or it's at least a possibility worth considering.