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[salvagedsoul]

Hello, everyone.

I have been in United Earth territory since June. I was released last week. Although I have been inspected and declared safe by the Initiative, I feel that it is my obligation to notify you all of what happened.

I am very eager to see some of you again. I am staying in my assigned housing at 502 while I continue to recover. Please come by at your convenience.


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[salvagedsoul]

[shakes his head again, but it's more subdued this time.]

There's no need to apologize for either. I admire your thoughtful approach to personal problems, Madoka. You are truly a good-hearted person.

[he sits back.] Is being a magical girl hard? [Madoka is very positive, but Kyouko and Sayaka...]

[revelation]

[ Madoka bows her head, smiling but embarrassed. at least until his question is asked and she sits upright, blinking in a curious manner. ]

Hard? [ hmm. ] Yes, it is. When we become magical girls, it becomes our lives. In exchange for our wish, we agree to fight and we will continue to fight. We help make the hopes and dream of everyone come true after all... and for that to be, we must first make sure they are safe from the dangers they cannot see.

But in exchange, we have to give up many things we take for granted; friends, free time, falling in love... it's hard to be a normal girl and a magical girl. It can be a very lonely life, especially with the competitive nature that exist between some magical girls making friendships between us hard.

I truly hope though, that with my wish... things can be easier on everyone.

[salvagedsoul]

[These magical girls are truly mysterious people. Kaworu has the feeling that Madoka and the others have been through quite a lot more than they let on.

If they make wishes, then couldn't they help the world just through that? Or are there some other limitations he doesn't know about. Kaworu thinks back to all of the guarded conversations he's had with Sayaka.]

What did you wish for?

[revelation]

There are creatures called witches in our world, those are what we agree to fight in exchange for our wishes being granted. My wish was to defeat them before their birth, to prevent them from ever being born.

Of course, humanity will still create it's own monsters but without witches... I hope the world can be a better place for everyone. That we can remember those things and we can all be friends, and work together to protect everyone.

[salvagedsoul]

[Listening to this, Kaworu can only stare at her with an unreadable expression. It's very interesting, considering the other bits and pieces of information he's picked up from Sayaka and Kyouko. He couldn't have asked for a better distraction from his own problems than this puzzle.]

Magical girls exist to kill witches. Without witches, what do they do instead?

[Sayaka and Kyouko... they must be from a different point in time? It happened with him and the other pilots, too.]