Again and again, BS Rita told Deceitful Bloom not to listen to Byme.
But both of them knew the truth.
Those words might not have come from Byme at all.
They had come from Deceitful Bloom herself.
Over the years, she had asked herself those questions countless times.
Again and again, she had used Ask My Heart.
Then, upon stepping onto the Bridge of Sighs, she had instinctively used Byme as a mirror to interrogate herself once more.
And after all that questioning, she still could not find an answer.
But someone else had.
Byme said she had become Brilliance through suffering.
BS Rita said her suffering was simply suffering.
It did not shine.
Nothing could have comforted Deceitful Bloom more than that answer.
There was no better answer.
Just as Rita and Deceitful Bloom stood outside Beacon's sighs, looking at each other in silence, a figure with pink and white hair slowly drifted past them.
