[ Susato stays quiet for a while while Yujin speaks, and probably for a little while after. Everything is still sinking in, but she feels compelled to speak, because she'd rather not leave her father lingering in that uncertainty for any longer. It's not as if this changes anything about how she feels either.

It's just... unexpected. Though the fact that it feels as such is probably a failure on her part. ]

No, it's not... it is not that odd. You already had a very strong partnership, did you not? One that you were able to pick up right where you left off, after ten whole years. Not even most marriages could withstand that. Not even with the most dutiful of wives.

[ Though who is she to speak of marriage, anyway, or being a dutiful wife...? ]