[Mars nods again, and extends a hand towards the brazier that'd been the catalyst to all this. Fire leaps up, swirling around her fingertips and curling up her arm. She seems a bit distant, eyes focused on the flame rather than the girl held against her.]

It's not just my secret, or I'd have told you much sooner. This...part...of me, Sailor Mars, has a duty to protect someone. It's just better that not everyone knows, but I know you'd never do anything to hurt Sailor Moon, even if she was here.

And if she was here, I just know she'd be laughing at me like an idiot for not sharing with you sooner.