(Kreutzer tenses up at the mention of Xion turning against her. They're partners...why would she choose now of all times to do this? Does she truly wish for all life to end...?

If only they could communicate with each other properly. Her face is stern.)

...That is not for you to decide. No one is allowed to decide the fate of humanity but humanity itself. Such generalizations may be allowed in statistical conceptualization, but not in execution.

...I too once wished for death. And after much effort, much confusion and deceit, I got exactly that. My reasoning was misguided. Death wasn't my truest desire; my truest desire was to escape from my life as it was. It took my death to realize that I could've made my life my own if I was willing to face my fear...

...But I made my choice then and it's too late to change it; I made myself the villain to try and do what's right and I've learned from my mistakes. Should humanity do the same on their own, then it will be by their hands and not those of a false deity.

(Kreutzer readies her bow, materializing an arrow with one of her pins.)

I cannot allow this to continue. Mankind must decide its own fate, make its own mistakes and learn from them on its own. If the price is our partnership, our very existences...then so be it.

Xion...Ryoji...I'm sorry. I have made my decision.