"You need not apologize." Not to her, in any case--Yotsuyu had been firm in her belief that Eleven would return. But she listened quietly, watching his face, and then nodded. "You were certainly doing so here. Slowly, but you have, now?"

She gave a quiet breath, smiled, and hugged Eleven again, quickly. "I am glad you have returned. I do imagine that Yggdrasil may call you back, again, if Mordregon has not yet been defeated, but I believe you have the strength to do so--not that I have not felt that for a while. But it seems that you have the confidence as well, now." And then, Yotsuyu nodded. For that could only be a good thing.

"I am proud of you." And why should she not be? He may not have fulfilled his destiny yet, but he certainly had faced it, and he was no longer quite so fearful as he had been!