[ There is choked sound; half laugh, half sob. ] If I could have remembered, do you think I would've let this happen to us?! [ It isn't Ashley's fault. Presumably, no one told the girl what was happened back home; had happened; was going to happen. No one in their right mind would've involved any outsiders. They couldn't do anything about it, couldn't process it, couldn't grasp the concept.

Yang doesn't think it's funny, but her bitterness and anger certainly do. ] I was talking my partner—

[ She sneered and dropped her head. ] My ex-partner.