...I don't know where to start. Unless someone else has talked to her, I don't think Hatsu knows any of what's going on.

[He didn't address the matter of whether or not he was blaming himself over this just yet, focusing on the more pressing issue first.]

Obviously I should have called her earlier, but I--how do you even tell someone about a mess like this when they're effectively helpless to do anything for their own friends?