[Normally, Susato would treat this like a puzzle, but she's already quite frustrated by circumstances, and it's hard to feel this lost. These stupid goddamn angels.]
I'm not sure, Alisaie. Because you had met them before? [. . .] Perhaps they had given you instructions, simply not the ones I assumed?
[A huff.]
I wonder, though, if I thought what I first thought, why I - [She trails off, as though she's thinking better of continuing that thought.]
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And they offered him something. But he could have refused it, yes?
[Alisaie frowns, trying to figure out if there's any way to share what she wants to say. Finally...]
...The story I told you before and what you said about why you've continued to speak with me. I must needs leave them to you to find the truth.
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[She seems quite uncertain.]
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Not quite, though close. Let me try once more--
When I heard Alphinaud's voice calling, he said that "they" had taken Esmerie when they came for him.
I was certain he meant the Angels.
Why might I have thought that?
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I'm not sure, Alisaie. Because you had met them before? [. . .] Perhaps they had given you instructions, simply not the ones I assumed?
[A huff.]
I wonder, though, if I thought what I first thought, why I - [She trails off, as though she's thinking better of continuing that thought.]
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But then Susato adds to them, and a look of bemusement comes to her face.]
Why you...?
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[Oh, well. Her body language conveys enough.]
So they gave you instructions, and these instructions are somehow related towards your suspicions about Yukio Okumura-san.
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[But there's a look of relief on her face, a tiny quirk of a smile.]
As I said--there was a reason for my belief. I cannot be certain, however.