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[divinebrush]

[Hello, citizens, you're now watching a recording of a curtain of silver hair and the sounds of someone poking and tapping at the communicator. There is an huff of breath, and then the camera is flipped over, revealing a woman with silver dog ears and red markings over her skin. She tilts her head curiously before smiling for the camera-- benevolently, radiantly, and somehow tinged with sadness. Then typing starts, slow and careful.]

HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE IN THE GODS? WHAT SORT OF GOD DO YOU BELIEVE IN, IF YOU DO?

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[ihaveanannouncement]

[For...what? Showing disrespect for the gods over a wish they didn't grant? For being honest with her feelings? Isn't that the opposite of what Minako taught her?]

For what I said. True, they were my honest feelings, but...

[divinebrush]

YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESERVE YOURSELF FOR MY SAKE. IF THEY ARE YOUR HONEST FEELINGS, THEN I ACCEPT THEM, GOOD OR BAD.

[Nippon is still healing, after all. She is used to hearing frustrated, angry, resentful words from the humans.

She gives her a small smile.]

I AM A BIG GIRL, AFTER ALL.

[ihaveanannouncement]

[...If even a goddess is asking her to not hold back.]

Thank you. You have, no idea how much that means to me.

[Tears well up in her eyes, and her voice falters as she speaks.]

But, don't worry. My wish was selfish anyway. The heavens were right to not grant it.

[That selfishness took her one beloved person away. She even lost her parents' love. Really, she could have blamed God all she wished, but...in the end, it all came down to her again. Everything that had happened that time, came about because she was blind to her own actions.]

[divinebrush]

[Her expression softens.]

YOU HAVE BORE A HEAVY BURDEN FOR A LONG WHILE, HAVEN'T YOU?