[ she's almost startled into dropping character -- because if Minako hadn't killed him then who had? but she takes a shaky breath and pushes on, keeping that sickly sweet smug tone to her voice, selling this stupid charade as hard as she can ]

A--as you can hear, your princess is with me now, Venus. I haven't much use for the rest of these pawns anymore, but sitting back and watching you kill more of your friends would certainly be entertaining if that's the price you're going to pay for getting her back.