Punished? What? Cycle repeated? What?
(How'd I end up being the optimistic one here?)
Leaving that aside, I agree, at some point, Naz will end up back here in this city. As you said, all the opportunity is here. And I don't think she'd invite Kyouko back there, either. It's another story if Kyouko WANTS to go back with us, but she hasn't asked yet, and I hadn't planned on asking her. So we're not on all the wrong pages, you and I. I just didn't want to send conflicting signals to Kyouko here.
Perhaps something.... more neutral?
>"Let's just say there're some folks I'm looking forward to seeing more than others."