So they're as bad as everyone says... [It's hard to dismiss several different sources on this. The Malnosso seem just like the awful enemy everyone makes them out to be. Otonashi has yet to see for himself, but from everyone's accounts—he isn't so sure that he wants to. And though Aang never says the word dead, the the meaning is clear.]

Ah— it's... all right. She has her own way of doing things. It's not always the, uhh... most thought-out... b-but I trust her. [... Most of the time. He tries, really.] It'll be hard without her, but... we'll get through it. All of us. [Even Hinata and Noda. Even if costs Otonashi a life or 100.]