[ The usage of that word 'sooner' stands out to her. Maybe Minako is projecting a little, but she can't help but feel worried if the other might feel a little guilty for being too late with this. Especially considering what happened so recently. ]

.. It's okay. I don't think any of us expected something this bad to happen.

[ Her voice takes on a more serious edge as she says it, though it's a warm and soft kind of serious, meant to try to be reassuring. ]

All of us were caught off guard by it. Though it's easy to feel bad about just how many people and places were destroyed because of it.. [ Because their efforts weren't enough. ]