"Maybe it does," she shrugged. "I mean. Hope does, kinda. Faith. Not the religious stuff? I mean. We promised we'd protect Yunie, so we did. And I promised myself I'd find a way to get her and Tidus back again, what they should have had, and ... I did. Maybe if you believe hard enough ..."

She sat down on the bed next to him, staring at her hands. "Yeah. Maybe if you believe enough, the magic fairy comes by and sprinkles you with shiny magic and everything's just peachy. I can't make this go away."