[It means everything to hear those words. They dig into her heart the second her utters them and echo throughout her mind in the minutes after I'll take your little friend in, Lup's gentle voice saying that she'll put flowers in his hair and even the Storyteller saying they would listen to the things Seto had to say. The stories he could never let anyone here before-he doesn't know there's an island full of people waiting for him. The knowledge that Seto is going to be okay is worth everything. Every second spent digging through rotten trash while her stomach tightened and ached. Every painful test she went through with the lab techs, with Shin-
If it all led to arriving on this island, then she would do it again.
If it all led to her seeing Guzma smile at her and holding her hand, she would do it again.
If every lonely second on that world was the payment needed to get her here, she would go through it again. Again and again if it meant she could hear those words.
Seto's going to be okay without her. If she dies before he gets here, Guzma knows his name and Seto will follow the sound of his kind heart to be with him.
Like she did. Has. And will continue to do so until her illness catches up.]
That kind of thing will make him smile. He'll hear your voice and it'll make him do that.
[She knows he'll want to be with her, but she's starting to realize that-
It might not be possible. There's no guarantee she'll wake up tomorrow, let alone when the island decides to let him in. She thinks Lup and Taako might understand his value too. That Murasaki knows better than anyone, as a cat.
But she wants him to be touched by every kind heart in her absence.
The smile doesn't leave her face and softens into something far more content.]
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If it all led to arriving on this island, then she would do it again.
If it all led to her seeing Guzma smile at her and holding her hand, she would do it again.
If every lonely second on that world was the payment needed to get her here, she would go through it again. Again and again if it meant she could hear those words.
Seto's going to be okay without her. If she dies before he gets here, Guzma knows his name and Seto will follow the sound of his kind heart to be with him.
Like she did. Has. And will continue to do so until her illness catches up.]
That kind of thing will make him smile. He'll hear your voice and it'll make him do that.
[She knows he'll want to be with her, but she's starting to realize that-
It might not be possible. There's no guarantee she'll wake up tomorrow, let alone when the island decides to let him in. She thinks Lup and Taako might understand his value too. That Murasaki knows better than anyone, as a cat.
But she wants him to be touched by every kind heart in her absence.
The smile doesn't leave her face and softens into something far more content.]
I'm very happy I know you.