[ It's funny, in a way, how everyone's thoughts echoed each other. Natsu and Erza both blamed themselves for not being there to help her, and Lucy blamed herself for being - in her eyes - too weak to stop the vampire. ]

You can't all be with me all of the time. [ Well, they may try otherwise, but that'll come later. Glancing at the hand on her shoulder, her eyes mist slightly, and she raised a hand slightly to press it over Erza's. ]

You could never let me down, never. Erza... you're always so amazingly strong, you, and Natsu both - [ Everyone was, in Fairy Tail. But as much as she hated herself right now, she couldn't bring herself to ask the one question she was terrified to hear an answer to. If they regretted her being on the team - if she held them back. And a part of her knew otherwise, but it was hard to acknowledge her own strength when she felt as weak as a kitten. ]