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	She wanted to [i]raise them up.[/i]

	The girl's mad eyes and grin widened, impossibly. [color=#990000]"Khhk khhk khhk khhhk![/color] She let out a horrible sound, caught somewhere between a snicker and a wheeze. [color=#990000]"I knew it! You don't want to kill magical girls at all! You want to turn them, and if I had to guess—[i]just to see what would happen?"[/i][/color] She smiled expectantly, as if she understood Nonsuch's mindset completely. [color=#990000]"Well, that's only half of my reasons for trying to turn you girls~ My original wish was to see the world, you know? Instead of seeing planet earth, though, I was shown the depravity of human beings—and should I not show other magical girls the Truth? Isn't that the 'right' thing to do? Even us so-called 'dark girls' want to do the 'right' thing sometimes, you know~?"[/color] she said pleasantly.

	Taking her phone back from Nonsuch, she crossed her arms and threw herself off the war hammer, dangling from the pole with her legs. [color=#990000]"—but you wound me, my dear rival! I daresay I didn't fall so easily as you think, you know? I was hanging above that dark abyss for some time, looking for even a glimmer of precious light..."[/color] as she said this, a metaphorical ocean of false Mogalls formed a shaft around them, squirming as they flew up high, creating the illusion that both they and the war hammer were falling, the only source of light being Kiyo's glowing red eyes. [color=#990000]"I don't think I'll be raised up so easily, either!"[/color] she shouted impossibly over the roar of movement around them. Then, she closed her eyes, momentarily bathing the two of them in utter blackness.

	Then, the illusions began to fade away. [color=#990000]"Hehe! I'd rather have dinner at a restaurant than in a hospital bed, so I'll let you go. For now,"[/color] she teased. [color=#990000]"Until I get to welcome you into the fold with that fateful hug, I'll leave you a question that's really a question: why bother to raise up what's already proven itself—as you see it—unable to stand?"[/color] She had that genuine look of curiosity again, mixed with a sly smirk. [color=#990000]"Oh, but, one more thing I can guarantee: I'll [i]see you around!"[/i][/color] With a pleasant smile, she let herself fall, unaware that Nonsuch had even sent a text at all.

	—and, as things stood, a magical girl with dubious survival instincts who had "changed her mind" plummeted towards the earth.