Yume gently touched the grief seed to her soul gem, watching it funnel away the black substance that had tainted the grey-pink color. [i]"Sorry, friend."[/i] she thought, blinking back budding tears. [i]"Don't you dare cry."[/i] she scolded herself. This is how it always turns out, how it has to be. Without this sacrifice, the world, no, everything, would fall apart. She knew that before she took them on and became their sister in heroics, and she'd promised herself not to let her feelings get in the way of the greater good. But still...she couldn't stop thinking about them. This grief seed in particular had once been the soul gem of a girl very close to her heart, someone who'd trusted and looked up to her.

"Why?! Why you too?! I could have helped you, why did you fall into despair?!" she screamed, holding the grief seed painfully tight. "Where are you, you damn rodent. I want to know what happened." Yume hissed, starting to feel her anger fade and be replaced by coldness.