[Lusamine flinches a little bit at the contact, but...moves her hand to catch Elda's before it might leave.

That red nail polish, though chipped a little from wear and tear, is still there.]

...Then we keep hope until the end. We keep fighting for it. No matter what--if he desires to end this, then it will not be an ending satisfying to him.

Because above all else, he wants to make it terrible for us all. And that is a mindset that will destroy us.