And she even came up with that lame excuse for a favor so I wouldn't feel I owed her, even though I'm a total stranger.

Your baseness, in failing to see anything wrong with doing so.

doesn't erase the guilt I feel for not saving her, but it helps.

Most E Class students are made to feel remediation is beyond their grasp

It's true that we have some debts to pay.

The guilt and sense of inferiority would always be there.

Since the day you vanished, I have lived with the knowledge that I failed you.