Miss Ark was.
So was she.
The girls aboard the Ark were the same.
Everyone would change in the end.
Looking back, after all this time...
Perhaps you could say that the times had driven Little Griseo forward.
But then again, hadn't Little Griseo herself, little by little, slowly and gradually, finally found the path that belonged to her?
Once, her memories had yet to awaken.
She had only been a tiny star.
Later, her memories awakened, and she gained power. She was no longer merely a star. She could also become everyone's sun.
Her light shone across the myriad heavens and worlds.
"Now, I want to harmonize every world I come into contact with—every world I can reach—into the shape I like."
"Don't be sad. Don't grieve."
"Even!"
"I want to harmonize the entire boundless cosmos into the shape I like as well. Order, peace, gentleness, and none of that loneliness..."
"..."
Little Griseo slowly raised a hand toward the sky.
As if she were trying to grasp something.
It was almost as though only at times like this could she calm down.
Face her own heart.
As if she were truly questioning the depths of her heart.
Seeing clearly what she looked like.
Miss Ark reached out and gently took Little Griseo's hand.
"So I'll help you," she said.
"I think Earth Mama is hoping for the same thing... She actually knew it long ago. She saw it long ago—she saw the future—because she is Omniscience and Omnipotence..."
"She is far stronger than the two of us. She sees more, and farther!"
"..."
Little Griseo smiled, just a faint smile. There was a hint of What am I going to do with you? in it, as if she found it exasperating, yet was also more than happy about