[ Homura lets the pause hang in the air for a second. ]

Before I showed up here, I was hunting down a wraith. [ Not a witch. ] Since you don’t seem to know about them, allow me to explain.

[ In a practiced motion, Homura flicks her hair over her shoulder. ]

They are the thing that magical girls fight. They prey on negative emotions -- not just of humans, but of magical girls as well. If they manage to devour every single one of your emotions, it does not kill you. It simply leaves you behind as a lifeless husk.

[ She brings her hand up, looking at the ring on her finger. ]

Can you imagine what that must be like? What it must do to your soul gem, to lose your emotions like that?

[ She drops her hand, bringing her attention back to Kyoko. ]

At least we can rest easy, knowing the Law of Cycles will take us away if our soul gems go dark.