[How long has he yearned for those kinds of words...? All his life, he thinks. To finally hear them, it's hard to describe the way he feels. It's hard to make the tears stop, but they fall for new reasons now.]

...Have I died ...? I feel as though ...your kindness cannot possibly be of this earth. I...

[Tatsumi claims his hands, and Mayoi feels an urge he cannot suppress to lean in as close to him as he'll allow.]

I have longed for even ...a dredge of what you promise ...i-is it really true? Will you not snatch it away from me again and again...?

[Please ...he needs just one more confirmation. That he's safe and that Tatsumi is real.]