Sasami listened to Eva's speech intently. She could tell that she was trying to dissuade her from doing this.

"Eva... I haven't been a child since I was three." Sasami said, finally. "I don't know if I can call it that, really. I'm not the real Sasami. The real Sasami died seven hundred years ago." Truth be told, that was a lie, but it was a lie she's been convinced of for that long. "I'm nothing more than a vessel for the power within, a power that's now locked..."

She looked down a bit. "I've seen a lot before I came here. I've... I've destroyed a lot." Her mind flashed back to her - no, Tsunami's - fight with Tokimi and that it destroyed part of the galaxy with just one blow. "But, if I can protect those I love here, then it's a sacrifice I can live with! But..."

She looked back up at Eva. "Don't tell me that those who watch over me have sacrificed their happiness for me. I know they've done so much more before we ever met." Aqua, Hay Lin, Reimi, even Negi... they've been so much more than she ever did. "I'm not going to make their sacrifices in vain. I'm going to make sure that we all live together."