Setsuna frowned deeply, worriedly, at that. That was it? Just...if you feel that's what's best? It was hard to ignore what felt like a small stab in her chest. Was Alphonse just saying that because he thought that's what she wanted to hear? Or because that's what he really felt? Then again, when had he ever just said anything because it seemed like what she wanted to hear.

"You know that I have trouble discerning what's best for me, Alphonse," she said after a long moment. "I'm used to people telling me that..."