"Exactly." If anything, it might stand out that Haru had the presence of mind to record the confession at all. Not many people did, at least not until he was well into it.

But then, not many people had the presence of mind to save one of the calling cards, either.

She's silent for several moments, weighing whether she wants to get into it. This isn't her Goro, and she knows that - but he's near enough, and if it helps make some kind of sense out of whatever's going on here, it'll be helpful in the long run.

"He promised he wouldn't arrange a marriage for me if I helped some of his associates with 'research.' I didn't ask any questions, and they didn't explain it, and then I had to claw my way out of the Metaverse on my own. That was a few months before you turned up. And then he went back on his promise, because of course he did."

This Haru, he's probably noticing, has much less complicated feelings about her father.