[ Openness is something that Ayaka's found difficult growing up, but she's realised that she can afford to be a little like herself around Edelgard. While their problems at home may be vastly different, the two have some similarities shared, as well. Which was why it seemed so easy for Ayaka to befriend her, but with a question like that asked... ]

Well, if you mean the aches I'd been feeling, it's all gone now, so I feel comfortable. And yet...

[ There's something else. While not necessarily pain, there is something that's bothering her. It is unlike the feeling of heat in May, during the month of love, but that is the only thing Ayaka can compare it to at this time. ]

I feel unsettled. I am not in pain, at least.