[ Life wasn't that simple. Ryoko had thought, she'd never see Taiga again. Her last memories were thinking of her as someone irreplaceable, someone she'd grown too close to. Before she arrived, and she had time to think, she kept thinking. It was the same kind of love that she felt before her wish.

Even when realizing that was wrong-- she'd never see her again. And now that she's back, she just thinks. ]

It wouldn't be fair. Not to either of you.

[ Ryoko can feel her voice quiver, terrified that she's ruining another relationship. She's ruining her own now. ]

I don't want her to feel like she's in the way, and... and I...

[ Shaking, just a bit-- ]

I don't... want either of you to feel replaced... or like you're replacing someone else.