Um... A lot of this is going to sound strange, but...
[ hm, it takes her a second to figure out a coherent way to explain this while conveying what she wants to convey. when she does speak, it's slow and evenly. ]
Magical girls each get their own unique powers, based on the wish that was granted to them in exchange for becoming magical girls in the first place. For Homura-chan - my best friend... She wanted to save me from... Well, from what happened to all magical girls.
And so, to make that wish possible, Homura-chan was able to go back in time. I even asked her to protect me, once. She promised that she would try as many times as it took to protect me.
And... She tried a lot of times. Over and over.
And the more times she tried, the more focused she got. Until she was letting our other friends... [ she hesitates, clearly avoiding the word 'die.' ] Get hurt, if that's what it took.
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[ hm, it takes her a second to figure out a coherent way to explain this while conveying what she wants to convey. when she does speak, it's slow and evenly. ]
Magical girls each get their own unique powers, based on the wish that was granted to them in exchange for becoming magical girls in the first place. For Homura-chan - my best friend... She wanted to save me from... Well, from what happened to all magical girls.
And so, to make that wish possible, Homura-chan was able to go back in time. I even asked her to protect me, once. She promised that she would try as many times as it took to protect me.
And... She tried a lot of times. Over and over.
And the more times she tried, the more focused she got. Until she was letting our other friends... [ she hesitates, clearly avoiding the word 'die.' ] Get hurt, if that's what it took.
[ she pauses ]