[ Only Vergilius, huh... Lacus understands more and more why the last trial was uniquely awful for the both of them, and why they couldn't have been there for each other for the duration of it. ]

I won't - I won't tell anyone, and I won't die here. Whatever happens, I'll be trying my hardest to survive and go home at the end of this. I promise it. That won't ever change.

[ She's got less power than a lot of people here. When it comes to mere physical comparison, Lacus knows she would be an easy target. And even so, accepting her death is in itself unacceptable. She has to live. ]