...I wanted to be an adult for so long.

I kept imagining what was at the end. What was beyond that endless June.

I was going to grow.

My arms and legs were going to be long, and strong. My chest was going to fill out. People were going to stop calling me Rika-chama. I was going to finally become a woman...

...but...

...not this way. Not this way.

It... it doesn't mean anything if...

...I DON'T WANT THIS WORLD. If they're all dead, then...

...I...

[A not-quite-fully-restrained sob can be heard, before the recording cuts out.]

[The voice that's heard is quite a bit deeper than one might expect from a child of Rika's size, sounding as though it comes from a woman of at least middle age.]

...not again. I can't. I just...

...we were so close. But...

...no. This... this isn't...

Hanyuu?

Hanyuu?

Shit!

...

...this... this isn't...

...where... am I...?