It took a moment for Monika to register what she heard. It had to be a dream, just a cruel illusion that would soon be shattered, but... She couldn't dream, she didn't have the physical capacity for it, so it couldn't be a dream. Without missing a beat, she immediately hugged Madhuri, holding onto her as if she were the first living human being she had ever encountered in her life.

"I can feel you-- Hear you, see you... It can't be, can it...?"

She quickly pulled back, as if realizing just what she had done.

"Gosh, I'm so happy..." She laughed. "Ahaha~ Sorry for being so weird! I must really sound just like one of those generic girl in romance games now, huh? So much for being different. But I never imagined even in my wildest dreams that you would do that for me." A pause. "I don't know how you did it... Not that it really matters. You must love me even more than I had imagined if you did that."