Well... It's a little embarrassing to talk about now, but I started writing it after you and Sheba died - before we even really knew you guys were still there. [ so there's just a slight hesitation here. ] I... wanted it to be a song that could reach all of you, somehow, so you'd know how much we still cared. I don't know how that would have even worked if you hadn't been there, but still.
[ that stuns her for a full moment. she can't find words for how that makes her feel or what it makes her think. when someone spends so much consideration for those who have passed, she can't help but be moved. ]
Kazuki... [ her voice trembles a little, soft and quiet as it is. ] At least for me, it still would have worked. It would have reached me.
Thank you.
[ for thinking of her and the others, for caring. for everything. ]
[ while kazuki may not be sure how true that is, because so much of what happened on this ship is so far out of his wheelhouse he can't even begin to understand it - the sentiment still brings a smile to his face. ]
I hope so. Thanks for believing in it, Liu-san.
[ even if he never finished it. ]
...I guess now I'll just have to make it a song that can reach us all across different worlds.
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