[ Honoka comes barrelling over, previous exhaustion forgotten and her hair slapping her in the face as she runs. She makes it over to Nozomi in record time, the echoes of that unbelievable yell only just dying off when Honoka finally reaches her and practically leaps to throw her arms around Nozomi, with a surprising amount of strength.

And of course, she's bubbling over with excitement the whole time, chattering away at top speed. ]

You're here! You're really really here! I've been here for so long and so many other people've started to show up I started thinking, "hey, I'm not gonna be stuck here on my own, am I?", so I kept leaving offerings for Heart-san [ HONOKA HAVE YOU BEEN PRAYING TO THE HEART ] and it finally worked so--

[ and then she finally pauses for a breath. good lord. ]