[There's no way to repeat this truth delicately, but Mami does so with all the kindness she can manage.]

I'm already dead. All that will happen....is no more delays. [A moment of silence, and then her tone lightens.] You know, I learned to be happy here. If I could, I'd choose to keep living....with you. [Her cheeks burn, a red so bright as if in defiance of what's to come - the erasing of her, the end of it all.]

But if you're not happy.... [And she finally touches Utena now, a hug that offers the warm crook of her neck where a pulse still beats, if just for now.] I can't selfishly keep you here for my sake, if I can help you instead.