At first, I thought I should stop her.

I actually started to rise a little from my seat and for a brief moment, I even considered shouting "Again!" in my mind, but—

Well, would Alice have stayed seated and calmly listened to the conversation if I rewound time and stopped her from throwing the chair?

Even knowing the situation, and even as a man who's lived quite a long time—if I, with my own experiences, felt disgusted by the story, could I really expect a teenage girl with illusions about love to not be outraged after hearing it?

If I …