Chisa
Wow...so this is what the inside of a church looks like.
Kokona
It has a kind of solemn feeling to it.
Shizuka
Yes. This atmosphere is exactly what you'd call solemn...
Panda
Sassu, what are you doing?
Chisa
I feel a bit hesitant to take photos inside, so I'm recording it with my mind's camera.
Panda
Oh, you mean it might be sacrilegious?
Chisa
Yeah. Somehow this kind of thing is exciting, isn't it?
Kathrina
You really look like you're enjoying yourself...
Shizuka
Sasuga has a subtle appreciation for artistic things like this.
Yae
Everyone, you came.
Kokona
Yae-chan.
Yae
I've saved seats over here. You can see the choir well from this spot.
Kokona
Wow, thank you Yae-chan.
Shizuka
Yae-chan, you used to sing in the choir too, right? I wish I could have seen that...
Yae
Ufufu, I'm honoured. But today's concert should be wonderful too. My friends will be singing.
Kathrina
Friends...
Yae
Yes. Although my involvement has decreased since joining Sirius, they're all still dear friends to me.
Kathrina
I see.
Panda
Ah, it looks like it's about to start.
Kathrina
...
Ramona
Welcome to Sternlicht Theatre. I am Ramona Wolf.
Ramona
Let us improve together. Here, a welcoming handshake.
Kathrina
(-I still remember it vividly.)
Kathrina
(When I first joined, people had all these preconceptions about me being the daughter of a World Dai Star.)
Kathrina
I'm Kathrina Griebel. Let me tell you, I didn't come here to play at being friends.
Ramona
Play at being friends?
Kathrina
That thing you're doing. Don't be so familiar with me.
Christina
That girl...
Troupe Member A
As expected, thoroughbreds are different.
Troupe Member B
What's with her? She gives me bad vibes.
Kathrina
(It's been like that forever. People who have expectations of me or are disappointed in me for no reason. There were even those who tried to use me.)
Kathrina
(That's why I thought everyone around me was an enemy. Maybe I was protecting myself by thinking that way.)
Ramona
...Thank you for joining me, Kathrina.
Ramona
Yes, acting with you is good. I learn a lot about acting.
Kathrina
What are you saying? I'm practicing with you only because we're co-stars.
Ramona
You say that, but you give me lots of advice, which is helpful. You're really diligent.
Kathrina
Never mind about me, don't interrupt the conversation...let's continue practicing.
Christina
Rami, there you are.
Ramona
Yes, Kathrina has been helping me with rehearsal. Why don't you join us, Chris? Her opinions are valuable.
Kathrina
Hey...
Christina
Oh, is that so? Then Kathrina, would you watch my performance too?
Kathrina
No way. I'm busy.
Christina
You don't have to say it like that. We're standing on the same stage together, we're comrades.
Kathrina
...Comrades?
Ramona
That's right, Kathrina. A stage can't be created by one person alone; it's completed because we have comrades.
Kathrina
Don't lump me together with actors like you.
Christina
Huh...?
Ramona
Kathrina?
Kathrina
I'm different from you. I've seen your acting during rehearsal, and it's completely inadequate.
Christina
...
Ramona
Hey, take back what you just said, Kathrina. Don't talk like that.
Kathrina
Don't worry, it's not just you. Honestly, there are plenty of actors who aren't even worth considering as competition.
Kathrina
But I won't forgive anyone who wastes my time. I can't stop here. I have to become a World Dai Star.
Ramona
Even so...
Ramona
If you clash with people like that, the performance won't go well either. Don't you think?
Christina
...It's okay, Rami.
Christina
I'll go practice somewhere else.
Kathrina
(I still remember. The faces of Mona-san and Chris when they looked at me back then.)
Kathrina
(The faces of people who were hurt because of me, who were sad.)