[Now that the floodgates have been opened, she just starts sobbing.]

I w-was so afraid! I thought I'd lose all my fr-friends again. If anyone found out....

Back home.... all the other kids.... all that time..... I thought they liked me, but....

[She wipes her eyes with the back of her sleeve. It does very little to stem the flow of tears.]

But their parents had been telling them to be nice to me. Because they were afraid.... of the Awakusukai... I th-thought if people here knew....

[She really didn't want to feel that alone ever again.]