Oh, my -- my girl, the best is still before you! [ She bursts out laughing, and though it's wet, emotional... it sounds like a giggle. She's hugging Sayaka close, holding her tight. Feeling her heartbeat. She grins all the more...

And then probably gets even more overbearing ]

I've secured you a future! You've got that bar before you! And- and marrying that damn girl of yours! Many, many years with me and the others! You and Karin need to befriend each other! Maybe you ought to even go to that college thing? Maybe you want to do more with your life? How should I know?! But you've got a lifetime before you, and I, I... I, your mother! I shall be with you until you breathe you last, and wish you off to the other side with a smile! This, I promise!