Y-Yeah. I really tried to motivate everyone, but...

[But it still turned out like this. Kaede squeezes her eyes tightly shut and shakes her head.]

I just... it feels like no matter what I do, I keep making mistakes, and other people keep dying for them. Even before I came here, it's just like...

[She waves her free hand as if to encompass, well, everything. Tears are starting to well beneath her closed eyelids, and it's audible in her voice.]

I keep trying to be better, but I just can't!