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(A brief interlude in the last episode. Hayate's thoughts.)
Thoughts of a Dying Knight
You fought so bravely Prétear, but now its time to run. I want you to live on, to walk away from this terrible battle.
"Save yourself, and run away."
Prétear… Himeno… please go. The only thing that I can do for you now is tell you to run. That is the only way I have left to protect you. Let me fulfill my duties as a knight, as your protector. You must get away from here or you'll die. If you die, my death will become meaningless… it would be in vain. Please…
You are staying?
Everything inside me just wishes you would leave me. Just leave me here!
And yet…
Part of me wants you to stay… to stay here holding my weak frame as I fade away. Your embrace, your smile, your sweet voice, comfort me as I face the end of my days.
Himeno cries for me… but it seems like more than just a princess crying for a fallen knight? Could it be… that she loves me?
My dying body will no longer sustain my spirit. My person will be gone, but my spirit will live on in her. Which is all I could ever ask for.
"Hi…me…no."