“Is happiness found in the nest where there's no hardship? Or is it in the outer world with vast sky? When the time comes, what would you keep and what would you abandon?”

“Is happiness found in the nest where there's no hardship? Or is it in the outer world with vast sky? When the time comes, what would you keep and what would you abandon?”

“When you become big enough to wear this, they'll come for you. You'll probably be 17. It will be spring. Get on the ship. There, your ability will be needed. Then you'll be... free from solitude.”

“If you don't understand, I'll stay with you until you do.”

“When you healed this tree, I felt like the leaves waved and made gentle sounds. Maybe the tree was saying thank you.”

“Worry? That's a strange thing to say. There's no way anyone would be worried about me. Besides, we're all gonna be enemies eventually.”

“We, the people with special powers use our abilities for peace. That's the mission that was given to us by the World.”

“The World is an organization that was created for peacekeeping and management of this land. Its origin and science easily exceeds the civilization on the surface. This ship was provided to us by the World, and we're responsible for its operations.”

“Masume works hard and he's very thoughtful. He likes hardships, so he's very useful.”

“But it must be inconvenient to not be able to remember your name. I'll give you my last name, if you want.”

“You're like a plant. Very pure... so opposite from me that it surprises me. Maybe I can stay pure if I don't have to deal with people.”