[Claude reaches up to touch her shoulder, light enough that she could shrug him off if she wants to.]

I don't know what you did in your world. But don't you think saving it and everyone in it would be enough to make amends for that dishonour? You've been fighting all this time for it, if they knew all you did, they should be welcoming you back as a hero.

[They might never know, of course, least of all if Hayame keeps her silence when she returns home. But it's not for nothing she's been striving so hard for Meridian, all this time, and suddenly a few things about her are starting to make more sense.]

But if there's no changing your fate there, you could come to my world. Or any world you wanted. You came here... I'm sure there's a way.