"Trying out new things is very you. But trying to be someone you're not? That's not you at all." said Rin softly. Reaching down to hold Nozomi's hands, she turned them over, tracing a pattern in her palms with her thumbs.

"Look deep within and ask yourself -- is this who I am, or who I built around myself? Really truly ask if you need all of this. All of the stockpiled energy, all of the power... you tried to obtain so much, and got so little from it, fragments muddying up the waters."

Rin smiled sadly as she cupped her hand against Nozomi's cheek. "Don't lose yourself, but there's something you want to tell me, isn't there? That's why... you're seeing me isn't there? I'm not really here anymore. You know this deep down. That place... is gone now. You know it's true, don't you?"