Setsuna hesitates for a moment, and then reaches out to take one of Adora's hands in hers, giving it a quick squeeze, and then just keeping it held, so she knows 'being held' is a thing she can have like this. She lets Adora talk and then waits for her to meet Setsuna's eyes again, giving her a firm nod when she does, deeply sympathetic.

"If it helps, ... I had to fight some of my friends, too, for a while. They didn't understand what had ... changed, for, with me. It was so hard, because they didn't understand why I just couldn't ever go back. They didn't see it the way I could, the ways it was ... hurting us, to be like that."

She squeezes Adora's hand again, her head tilting slightly as she smiles. "I ... really hope you don't have to watch her die like I did my friends before you get a second chance to make things right with her." The words come out slightly forced and ragged, but she doesn't sound upset, only trying to reassure. "And I can't tell you if ... not giving up on that friendship, and what it means, is the right thing to do or not. Because I thought I'd have to, too, once. But I can tell you that ... it doesn't have to hurt forever."