Nikako
I've put away the cleaning supplies!

Shigure
Haah, I'm really tired. Couldn't the clean up be made a bit easier?

Daikoku
How pathetic...giving up on something this minor, you're still such a child.

Shigure
What? Shigure was just stating a common opinion!?

Iruru
Alright, alright, that kind of arguing is what's truly tiring. Let's head home quickly.

Hatsumi
All of you, wait a moment before going home.

Nikako
Ren-san, is something wrong?

Hatsumi
No, I just have something I wanted to talk about.

Daikoku
M-my Lord is addressing us directly...!?

Shigure
Why are you making such a big deal out of it? That's usually how it is when Hatsumi-san has something to say, isn't it?

Iruru
But it is rare for you to formally call out to us like this.

Hatsumi
I'm troubled if you expect too much. I just want to express my gratitude.

Daikoku
Gratitude...?

Hatsumi
...

Hatsumi
I hear you've been concerned about me.

Hatsumi
I'm sorry for making you worry. I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Daikoku
T-to receive such words from my Lord!

Shigure
You're so noisy...it's normal to say thanks for something like this, isn't it?

Daikoku
My Lord is a being who has long surpassed the concept of normal! Don't you understand that!?

Nikako
When you put it that way, Ren-san sounds like a superhero!

Iruru
Being praised so highly just for saying thanks is indeed quite something...

Iruru
But what brought this on? Did you perhaps.. hear something from Tetra-san?

Hatsumi
Something like that.

Shigure
Do you perhaps know everything about us going to Tetra-san's place?

Nikako
Th-then.. about us hearing stories about you too...?

Hatsumi
I know.

Daikoku
M-my Lord! I sincerely apologise for our presumptuous behavior!

Hatsumi
No need to apologise. I don't mind.

Daikoku
B-but...

Hatsumi
So you shouldn't mind either.

Daikoku
Eh...?

Hatsumi
If you care about Eden...about me, then focus on your acting without worrying about anything else.

Hatsumi
That's all I wanted to say.

Nikako/Daikoku/Shigure
...

Iruru
Are you really alright with this?

Hatsumi
Trust me.

Iruru
...I understand.

Shigure
Well, I'll believe you. Since Hatsumi-san is being so definitive about it.

Nikako
Yeah...that's right! I'll also focus on what I can do right now!

Daikoku
...

Hatsumi
What's wrong, Daikoku? Are you dissatisfied?

Daikoku
N-no, absolutely not...!

Daikoku
I was just taking in my Lord's words again... To think I could be so happy just being told to trust you...!

Daikoku
I'll do my best...so that people will love the stages my Lord creates even more...!

Hatsumi
Yes. I'm counting on you.

Hatsumi
To make people love the stages we create even more...huh.

Hatsumi
(The goal I should aim for on stage...that's already decided. I have no intention of changing it now.)

Hatsumi
(But...theatre doesn't have just one correct answer. Now I can understand that too...)

Hatsumi
(I never cared about things like the Saint-Claud Guide...but I've been shaken in unexpected ways.)

Hatsumi
(Theatre trapped by authority is thoroughly boring. My opinion on that won't change.)

Hatsumi
(But there are theatre companies that aim for that path and strive to perfect it.)

Hatsumi
(...And there are actors who continue to struggle desperately for that path, increasing their brilliance. Enough to captivate even me.)

Hatsumi
(Back when we were in the same troupe, we were always clashing, and in the end we went separate ways...)

Hatsumi
(Perhaps because I was her equal, there might have been something I could have done for her...)

Hatsumi
Fufu...in the past, I wouldn't have even thought about such things. Perhaps this is something I can say only now that I've started walking a different path...

Hatsumi
Or perhaps-

Hatsumi
Even more than I myself realise...

Hatsumi
I'm being influenced by the actors of Eden...

Hatsumi
...If there's something the current me can do for Koyomi...I shouldn't hesitate.

Hatsumi
Just as they did for me...