[She listens. She feels an unpleasant twinge in her stomach at Anthy's name, but Mami still listens, and she doesn't pull away.]

Yes....you met me. I do hope that I managed to make you at least a little happy, during your stay here.

[And perhaps it's unkind, to say now what she plans to say, but the truth is not always kind. Sometimes it must be ugly for it to be honest. To lie to Utena in their last moments, to pretty up the inevitable reality awaiting them both, would be too insulting and painful for Mami to bear in the days following Utena's departure from the Gardens.]

But you're still going to go back, now that you can.

[Her voice is firm, with no quiet and unspoken pleadings for Utena to stay.

"Your happiness with her is more important than anything I can give you."]