[he knows. he knows, he knows, he can't get the thought out of his head. that Lilith can never leave here, that she will almost certainly never get to have what he and Kaito had so painstakingly built between them. that his mirror, in Lilith's old life, will never get to tell her daughter how much she had always loved her.

but he cannot, cannot let himself drown in that despair. all he can do is listen to the Arbiter's words, and let them give him strength.]

I'm glad. I'm glad, she's found and chosen happiness here. If she's at all like my son, then she is strong. I don't doubt that at all.