[Sasame hears Haruka's inner thoughts and immediately thinks of Himeno. He remembers her words crystal clear when she was starting out as a Prétear.]

...I know a girl who is very much like you. When I first met her she wanted nothing to do with fighting, only thought about her loved ones above all else, and never thought to hurt no one. Even now she's that way, but she matured into someone stronger through her trials and became someone whose light shined far brighter than anyone I had seen in all of my life.