[Clover finally looks up, her cheeks marked by the tracks of so many tears that were being cried at last. She grips her handkerchief tightly.]

I'm not asking either of you to replace him or anything like that. I know you and Ken are different...and you two will always be my friends, no matter what.

Still...even though I know crying isn't a sign of weakness, sometimes I just don't want to cry because I have to be your big sister, the one who looks out for you and Ken. And I end up feeling weak anyway...I feel like I'm back in the operating room with Junpei, telling him my brother could be dead and I could be next...

[Without further ado, Clover opens her arms and embraces him, holding him close to her the way she had hugged Snake when she first saw him rise from the coffin, alive and well and not dead.

She held him as if she would fall apart if she let go, and the tears didn't stop.]

Being alone is horrible.