Her eyes fall on the noodles that were barely starting to boil, the small bubbles mirroring thoughts in her head that almost seem like a good way to answer and then pop; dying before they reach her lips. Unblinkingly she watched them for an exorbitant amount of time.

"No." All that time to think of that one word. "No, let's just- give ourselves time."

Time for her, Leonardo, and Mike to adjust to Leo's absence and time for her to try and get used to the fact that her future just made itself her present. Despite all that she did to fight it, and how much all she and Mako managed together was-

useless?

No, that wasn't it either. Time for her to figure out just what it meant.

"That's all."