Are you so certain of that? [Homura makes no move to depart, though it's clear that Ayumu wishes him to, along with the words that have chipped away her defenses. It's good that she doesn't shatter completely--Homura has no desire to break her will entirely. He simply needs her exposed and raw, in a state where his words can't be easily swept aside and forgotten.]

I told you when we first truly spoke that I was dead in my world--to be accurate, I was killed, fighting my greatest opponent to achieve my dreams. For someone who lives his life on the battlefield, there can be no better death.

But instead of the death I had resolved myself to, I woke up here--with no purpose. It's the second time in my life I've been forced to watch meaningless days pass cruelly by.