[ She really does appreciate it, even though she rarely says so. Kyouko takes it slow, trying to make the trip up several flights of stairs as easy as possible for the both of them. ]

Everything had gone rather smoothly for most of the trip, but we came across a monster that outmatched us... [ And two members of the group died while others were severely injured. It wasn't pretty.

She pauses. ] Compared to the others, I was lucky.