— spoilers for vol 1-9 below ˎˊ˗

    • "constantly, i think to myself that i would like to be reborn."
        • — phos.
    • "rutile. my legs are gone. can anything be done?"
        • — phos to rutile.
    • "since you cannot return to how you were before, you will just have to become better."
        • — rutile to phos.
    • "back then, i was like a kid—full of baseless, bright ideas. it's strange, but i envy my old self."
        • — phos.
    • "it doesn't matter how many times you bring that incompetent back. once a useless disappointment, always a useless disappointment! but... maybe i'll wait for a little longer before i call that idiot a liar."
        • — rutile about phos.
    • "flawless, as always."
        • — antarc.
    • "your arms. gone. gOne. GONe. GONE."
        • — ice floes to phos.
    • "phosphosphyllite's arms have been lost. it was my fault. i am terribly sorry."
        • — antarc.
    • "what is death? is it like when someone's sleepy, or like they can't move, or something?" / "intriguing question. i suppose it means to no longer be." / "but even if you can't see them, they're still somewhere, right?" / "no, they are not anywhere. and they will never be found."
        • — phos and rutile.
    • _"this is the first time i've seen it change from winter to spring. living things change so quickly, it's scary..." / "so did you." / "that's... that's right... you're right..."
        • — phos and kongo.
    • "a weak diamond is no diamond at all."
        • — dia.
    • "to come to acceptance with things and feelings is rare, and to accept and embrace them completely is a miracle. it's impossible to make that moment come faster by yourself. someday, it may come unexpectedly. in order to not become warped or heartless, let it go in a natural way; let yourself feel sad when you are and let yourself forget when you do."
        • — kongo to sphene about topaz.
    • "i don't think anyone is coming back. i've seen the records kept by the previous caretaker of the convalescent center, and all the caretakers before that. not a single gem has ever emerged from that room."
        • — alex.
    • "someone like you, who is beloved even on the moon, could never understand what it feels like to be lonely."
        • — shinsha to phos.
    • "i'm sorry, lapis."
        • — ghost.
    • "you would disappear for me? that's very kind of you."
        • — ???
    • "if only antarc was here."
        • — shinsha to kongo.
    • "i'm afraid lapis is too fed up with my stupidity to come home. that thought bothers me sometimes. i'mtired of just praying, so i thought maybe if i change myself..."
        • — ghost.
    • "while lunarians have no particular enemy, they take pleasure in war, and their thirst for battle is never satisfied. i have a vague suspicion that their unfocused restlessness... exists because that is the sort of creature humans were."
        • — alex.
    • "you were bort's last partner. i guess you were so great at everything that i'm just a disappointment."
        • — dia to phos.
    • "on the moon, we could even supress your poison. still, you won't?" / "still, i won't."
        • — phos and shinsha.

     — spoilers for vol 10+ below ˎˊ˗

    • "i can't do it anymore."
        • — phos.
    • "please.. won't you pray for them again? not for anyone else, but for me. grant me mercy... i cannot.. find the will to go on."_
        • — phos to kongo.
    • "i have been alone since the beginning. i will pray, and you will all be sent off to nothingness. for the ten thousand and some years, there was nothing."
        • — phos.
    • "rutile. take it."
        • — padpa to rutile.
    • "those like you can be broken with the slightest touch, right? you pathetic two."
        • — phos to shinsha.
    • "and finally, phosphosphyllite came to the moon, acquired the three descendants, fell into despair enough to wish for the end of existence, and felt vengeance. adamant and the gems, the admirabilis, and the moon—everyone did their part to raise them into a magnificent human."
        • — enma.
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