Lilja
The moon waxes and wanes, but the moon itself never disappears.

Hatsumi
And that moon...is the current Gingaza?

Lilja
"People and stages are constantly changing"...that's the same for Gingaza too. Change can't be stopped.

Hatsumi
I didn't think Gingaza could change.

Lilja
They're just forcibly dropping anchor against the flow of time, deliberately remaining as a troupe that doesn't change.

Lilja
Besides, even if the direction doesn't change, the actors change. That's change too.

Hatsumi
...When you've been there a long time, you'd think that way.

Hatsumi
(That's a way of thinking I couldn't have had back then...)

Lilja
No, it's not because I've been there long. The one who brought change...I think was Ramo.

Lilja
Gingaza has changed even more than it had back when I told you about it before. Ramo's appearance was the beginning.

Lilja
A warm wind called Ramo blew through Gingaza, which had been cold and stagnant until then. Thanks to that, Xue, Hikari, and I were able to bloom on stage.

Lilja
The proof is that Gingaza's audience has grown with each performance. The evaluation of this 'Macbeth' is the same.

Hatsumi
But did she even change that Koyomi? For just one actor joining, that's tremendous influence.

Lilja
It's a little different...I think. It's true that Ramo moved the people around her.

Lilja
But Koyomi alone, I feel like she's just evolving while adapting to the current Gingaza. While facing off against Ramo.

Lilja
...Because of all the things I experienced at Gingaza, I've come to find more things beautiful than before.

Lilja
I feel like I've grown bigger than I was back then.

Hatsumi
...You've certainly changed.

Lilja
As a result of us both changing, we have the present.

Lilja
I'm fine as long as everyone can see me. If changing means I can gather more eyes, that's a good thing.

Hatsumi
...However, changes aren't always cyclical like the phases of the moon. Dark, sad times of parting come too.

Lilja
Like me returning to Finland?

Hatsumi
Well, something like that. Going somewhere and never being able to meet again. That kind of change must exist too.

Lilja
I have no intention of returning. I'm not Kaguyahime or a messenger from the moon capital. I am as I want to be. I change as I want to change.

Lilja
Hatsumi...you were one of the people who taught me that.

Hatsumi
Heh heh, so I bear part of the responsibility for changing you. I'm honoured.

Lilja
Right. So I'll have you take responsibility someday. For example-the Port of the Moon.

Lilja
Even if the real moon capital is difficult, I've heard there are beautiful capitals on earth too. Take me there someday. So I can know more beauty.

Hatsumi
...As always, I'm no match for you, Lilja.

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Pub: 10 Oct 2025 14:22 UTC

Edit: 02 Nov 2025 18:59 UTC

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