>>32590953It was never explicit, but it was explicit as it could be given that Mori could not name names or reasons, and definitely not misattributable or unclear.
The original hints of Milky applying to Gen 2 are far further out in the weeds and would probably be a real bitch to track down.
The confirmation that she had been rejected though will be in the initial planning for whichever came first out of the Usseewa cover or their offcollab karaoke. It had been so long since she had brought Milky up that suddenly planning to do something very visible with her was incredibly conspicuous, so members of chat (myself included, which is why I remember it even though I can't remember which stream it was) asked the question or stated the conclusion and she confirmed the suspicions then and there.
