[ ...She looks wonderful, and Elizabeth laces her fingers together and squeezes them on an exhale. ]

You're just as beautiful as them, just as I imagined you would be... Truly, I'm glad you like them, Minako. I wanted to commemorate our friendship somehow, and when I saw them, I knew they'd be just the thing. [ Minako's one of her first real friends, after all. Someone she trusts a lot, who trusts her a lot... ] Thank you for the wonderful time. I hope that we can continue to be friends for a long while yet as well... though I admit, it feels a little silly to say so when we haven't even known each other a year.

[ But that's Retrospec, she supposes. Misery loves company, and trouble breeds closeness. ]