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Miku...
Oh, Mafuyu, welcome.
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...?
(What brings Mafuyu here today?)
(I'm glad she came to visit...
At the same time, I can't help but wonder if something's bothering her...)
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No, nothing's bothering me...
I finished doing my homework, but it was still before 25:00 so I decided to come to take a break here.
...
That's good to hear...
Mind if I sit next to you?
Sure.
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...
(She seems a little tired...)
(However, I'm not sensing any pain, which is good...)
Um, Miku...?
Yes, Mafuyu?
Would you mind just listening like this for a little while?
Hm...? No, I don't mind.
Remember that story about what happened two years ago?
Initially, I couldn't actually recall much of what I was doing back then...
What?
I could remember that I was in junior high school, but not much else besides that...
I tried thinking about whether that had to do with two years elapsing or if the “real me” was already gone, but couldn't come up with an answer.
However...
You were able to talk about school and Kanade's song.
I know...
It was only when Kanade started talking that I was able to recall when and where I heard her music for the first time...
As she progressed through that story, I began recalling the circumstances behind me actually discovering that one song.
Still, I don't really remember what I was doing in school and such outside of all that...
...
And yet, I was reminded of Kanade's song as well as my first inclination to make my own music.
Why is that?
I can't say...
Oh, it may be because these events had a significant impact on you. That could be why you were able to remember...
Maybe. I'm not sure...
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Um, Mafuyu?
Have you felt or thought about anything else since then?
Anything else...?
Well, I've tried wondering what I would be like now if I hadn't met Kanade back then...
Also, if I never came to this SEKAI or met you, Miku. Things like that...
If none of those things had happened, I probably would've been gone by now.
An empty shell of what I used to be.
Unfeeling and hopelessly immobile...
I would've had nothing else to do except wait silently as my physical form rotted away...
Mafuyu...
But that's just a case of “what if?”
I was able to meet Kanade, I started making my own music, and I even met Ena and Mizuki, as well as you, Miku...
And I'm really glad that I did...
Oh...
Sure.
Miku...
You mentioned before how this SEKAI won't disappear.
You said this place would continue to exist even if I were to help give rise to a song after discovering my true feelings.
Is that true even now...?
Yes, I believe so.
Thoughts, feelings and memories can all change or be forgotten...
But they won't disappear entirely.
Which is why SEKAI will continue to exist.
I, as well as this SEKAI, will remember, Mafuyu.
Forever and ever and ever...
I see...
Oh...
I should go back soon.
Okay. Thank you for coming to visit, Mafuyu.
See you later, Miku...
You're welcome anytime, Mafuyu.
I'll always be right here, waiting...