Being there is all she's ever asked of anyone. It means so much more than arguments or agreements, so much more than the right words. Cloud is there.

Kunzite finds it so amusing in her, and easy to use. He's always right behind her.

"They're still mine," Mercury echoes as she keeps stepping forward. She goes at a pace that's easy enough to follow; there's no rush to reach a place that won't change.

"And when we arrive, the easiest way to Mariner Castle will be open." She'll take him to see the one place she has left, orbiting this planet.