"He's already calling to me with everything he has. He can't hold on any longer in front of your companions, but I know he wants to use me to destroy the island, to wipe you all out together…"
Othella choked on her sobs, her tears scattering into shards of starlight as they fell.
"Lady Hestia, I'm… I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything for you."
"Little Othella," the Star Soul's voice was incomparably gentle, "why do you feel you must do something for me? Helping you, watching over you—that has been the thing that makes me happiest."
The giant bull shifted its body slightly; its Power began to boil again, impossible to suppress.
"Besides, you've done more than enough. If not for you, I couldn't have held on for so long. In the midst of my chaos, I could feel that evil man wanted long ago to completely destroy Lupus, and every time you and the other children stopped him, it briefly reminded me of who I truly am.
"If not for you, I would have become his puppet long ago."
