I really should have seen it sooner.

[ Maya pauses, blinking back tears that she... honestly hadn't quite realized were there. ]

... That's my regret, Minato-kun. That such a lonely kid had to go through all of that on his own and I couldn't be there for him.

He used to call me "Maya-nee", but what kind of big sister would have ever let him deal with so much by himself?