"Someone has to be cursed to balance out a wish for someone else's happiness..." just as her voice started to shake, so too did the world around them. As though this Mitakihara had just been an illusion all along, it started to crumble and quake around them, small bits of the sky twinkling down to the breaking earth.

"That's how magical girls work..." the shards of reality began to come down in larger pieces, as Sayaka leaned backwards, her eyes filled with tears, as a solitary stray fell down onto the soul gem, cracking its surface, as the main plaza of the world of Crystallis took shape behind the falling puzzle pieces around them.

"I was stupid... so stupid."