So, this is kinda funny, isn't it? I feel like the whole time I was on this adventure, somewhere in the back of my head I was worried it was gonna end. Sometimes the front of my head, too. I thought and I thought and I thought, and what I thought was that if I ended up back at my little cottage, that meant I failed. I must've messed up, right? 

Well, here I am. In my little house, that I love so much and feel so trapped by. My sword's already in the umbrella rack and everything. Well, the ones that would fit, anyway. I had to get more creative with the-- sorry, that part's not important. I'm here. I'm here, y'know? My little journey's all done, and in the end I wound up home again. And all my friends are with me, drinking all my tea. 

And I don't feel like a failure at all. Honestly, I can't think of anything more perfect. It's like it always had to be this way, y'know? 

There's another funny thing, too. Just look at all my friends! My new family, really. These precious little sillyheads. They've all changed so much, and I've changed so little. Hyra's a princess now! With her own sunshard and a whole wardrobe change and honestly I swear she just [i]glows[/i] all the time now. And Princess Chen who first of all turned herself first of all into a talented and super cool smartysmart who's so comfortable in her own skin she manages to make even cutie-bondage and getting kidnapped by foxes seem like something that happens on purpose actually. Not to mention she's graduated all the way to suits [i]and[/i] she's a snow leopard now! And Rosepetal, who's so much softer than she thought she could be when I met her and who just looks so gosh darned happy about it, just amazes me every time I see her. She changes all the time, honestly, and I've gotta get her alone at some point so I can ask for pointers on makeup and costuming and especially how to have just soooooo much fun bein' tied up and squeezed like that. 'Cause honestly until all these foxes manage to traitor themselves back onto Cutie Fox Island I have a feeling there's gonna be a lot of this in everybody's futures. 

And Sis is also a princess, which is a surprise, on top of bein' a super robot puppet master legend wowies. What am I, by comparison? I'm Yue. Just Yue, after all and everything. I guess I changed my clothes twice, that's somethin'. But then, I hear you sayin' it before I can finish. Don't worry, I know. I changed more than anyone in my way, didn't I? I look more the same than anyone I know, but from where I started to where I'm at now's a journey that takes a whole year to tell, plus a little extra. 

I guess I... don't really need to explain all this, do I? I'm just happy. And I'm, oh. Shoot, there I go again. Ack, I'm sorry. I promised I wouldn't cry again! I, oh no, oh no, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry! Oh goshies, it, ah! I can't, can't, can't make it stop. 

I-i-it's different this time, I, snffff, I promise. I just. I just. Um. I don't. This is... way harder than I thought it'd be. 

I, ok, ok, ok. Ok. Yeah, I... ok. I can do this. I could tell you about what I think's gonna happen to me, or what I [i]hope's[/i] gonna happen. I could promise you new adventures, and spend more time thanking all my dear, precious friends. I could surprise-sneak oooonnnneeeee last duel in with Hyra so I could beat the pants off her (and then again more literally when everyone else's gone back home~) and surprise her in this moment of perfect happiness with the traditional marriage necklace of the Terraced Lake. 

But you already know, don't you? You knew I'd get here the entire time. Uhuh, that's right, you! Did you think I didn't notice? You've been watching this entire time, putting up with all my silly ramblings and my little Kat's ridiculous attempts at narration. Watching, cheering, reading, guiding, I dunno what to call it. But you've been there from beginning to end. And now I'm crying 'cause it's time to say goodbye.

So, good... no, no, no! Not goodbye, not goodbye at all! How about... see ya later? Yeah. I like that so much more. So, yeah. See you around, cuties! Next time I'll be the true demon swordswoman, I promise! I'm gonna show 'em all how much better that is to be than a simple princess. Fuhuhahahahaheeeee~! Oh, I'm excited. You're excited too, right? Maybe we'll even figure out how to make it back into space! Wouldn't that be amazing? 

The great thing about stories ending is that it means you get to tell new ones. Try new things, live new truths. And I know, and I [i]know[/i] you're gonna have so much fun through all of it! So I've gotta let you go, so we can get to it! Take care, ok? So long! Buh-bai! I love you lots! I--

"...Yue? Who are you waving to?"

"Oh. Well, nobody I guess. The world, maybe?"

"You're such a dork. You know that, right?"

"Uhuh! But you love me anyway."