[Fighting for the greater good is always a handy distraction, Hijikata knows, but at some point there's no running from the loss... still, they can try to fill the emptiness with other things! Gokudera's mention of Monika, however, throws him off.]
Monika? That young noble, Lady Monika? Does she have long brown hair in a ponytail?
[If it's the same person he met her for the first time only recently, and he's surprised to hear that she apparently leads a literature club! She did enthusiastically encourage him to write a letter to Maribelle to try and resolve his conflict with her, but he didn't expect her to be this invested in writing (and, apparently, reading).]
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Monika? That young noble, Lady Monika? Does she have long brown hair in a ponytail?
[If it's the same person he met her for the first time only recently, and he's surprised to hear that she apparently leads a literature club! She did enthusiastically encourage him to write a letter to Maribelle to try and resolve his conflict with her, but he didn't expect her to be this invested in writing (and, apparently, reading).]