No, I'm sure they would encourage it. They're all very encouraging about things like that, which is why I want to be as giving as I can. Does that make sense?

[ Hotaru understands on a logical level that it's okay to be selfish sometimes and that she'd want others to be selfish sometimes, too, but it's hard when she cares more about others and has spent her whole life wanting friends. ]

The Reapers and the Dragon are always out there, but maybe we can reach some kind of agreement with them someday even if we won't be friends. There are too many of those creepy aliens watching us, though, for there not to be some purpose.