What, that? For a moment Nico feels stupid for never realizing -- but then she thinks, no, Maki's the stupid one for expecting her to piece it all together like she's Sherlock Holmes. It's all way too vague! It's unreasonable to think that she'd notice!

... But having Maki say it outright like that... now what?

Well, all things considered, now that the initial burst of confusion and adrenaline has calmed down some, Nico's feeling... pretty okay, actually. A lot more okay than either one of them would have expected.

"What if it doesn't?"