[ Hotaru relates on multiple levels. Hotaru had been ostracized but had been saved from loneliness by her first friend, Chibi-Usa, who told her her healing wasn't creepy, who kept on inviting Hotaru to play even after Hotaru had said she was dangerous. As repayment, Mistress Nine had taken Chibi-Usa's heart crystal to awaken. It cuts Hotaru. It cuts her deeply, and it cuts Hotaru the most that she knows she will die once she goes back home. Her choice to sacrifice her life to save the world is not one she regrets and is one that she would choose to do again, but Sanson's last words make her want to cry.

She forces a smile, sincere even if tears threaten to fall. ]

Oh... yes. I thought once, a while ago, that I would only end up hurting those around me. I wanted friends, but I didn't want to hurt anyone. I didn't want to be isolated, but maybe it was better in the end. I went back and forth between what I desperately wanted and what I thought was best. I now know that it was Mistress Nine and not me, but I know... [ Even when people didn't know she was possessed, Sailor Uranus and Neptune wanted her dead because they thought Sailor Saturn could only bring the end of the world. ]

You deserve happiness. You deserve kindness. You're my friend, and I will never die because of you.