It isn't pity. [ she replies briskly, finding someplace to set down the rest of the cloth she's holding. ] I'm not surprised that you'd see it as such, though.
[ miki sayaka, who tried to be self sufficient as a magical girl, a hero, and time and time again fell short of her own ideal self-concept and still refused help until every ill-fated end.
truthfully homura herself doesn't know what it is. the ribbon in her hair is a reminder of what she must be, and madoka would have forgiven, had forgiven, but homura isn't madoka. calling it compassion sits wrong in her mind. too much has happened between them, and homura can't simply forget.
in that vein.
once, some lifetimes ago, they had managed to be friends. perhaps this is just her respecting that, now that sayaka's foolhardy tendencies aren't directly threatening to bring others down with her. ]
what a coincidence. . .
[ miki sayaka, who tried to be self sufficient as a magical girl, a hero, and time and time again fell short of her own ideal self-concept and still refused help until every ill-fated end.
truthfully homura herself doesn't know what it is. the ribbon in her hair is a reminder of what she must be, and madoka would have forgiven, had forgiven, but homura isn't madoka. calling it compassion sits wrong in her mind. too much has happened between them, and homura can't simply forget.
in that vein.
once, some lifetimes ago, they had managed to be friends. perhaps this is just her respecting that, now that sayaka's foolhardy tendencies aren't directly threatening to bring others down with her. ]