"Where do I start?" Nozomi uttered before answering that question. "I honestly thought that I had been able to easily get over what I learned in Mayfield. I knew Ako had forced herself to accept it, but... I was hoping that we could escape. When Twilight became Nightmare Moon, I tried to keep quiet about it for my own good, but it didn't work - everywhere I turned, something here reminded me of what I had and... I... I got scared. I mean, I was seriously wasn't going to show this off because... Because..."

She whimpered again.

"...I don't want to replace my team... My friends..."