[ She comes right in and pulls Ryuko by the arm. ]

Come on, come on. I have something to show you!

[ Athena drags her to her own room. Sure, it still looks like some kind of space room designed by a 5 year old, but at the center of the room is an easel. There are newspapers all over the floor, and some paint! There's a small painting - probably like, 12"x8" - that's very similar to the first selfie the two of the them took together.

She picks up the canvas and shows it to Ryuko - maybe far too close... At least the paint's dried up! ]

Look! Look! I just finished this.

[ She nods rather vigorously. She's so excited!!! ]

Uh huh! When I'm not studying - well, that's all the time - when I have a LITTLE bit of free time, I like to draw.

And I have lots of free time here, so I thought I should go back to drawing and painting. Do you like it?

[ She laughs as she jumps around the room. She basically hands the painting to Ryuko now. ]

Well, we still need to get it framed... but it's a gift for you! I'm sorry for getting mad at you the other day. About you getting hurt, and about Archer.

I just-- It's difficult to forget things that hurt.

[ She laughs sheepishly. Her mood's dwindled down a bit, but she's still very happy. ]

I hope we'll continue to get along.

And I'm noisy... and maybe charge head on before thinking sometimes?

Not all the time, but very seldomly.

[ Shut up Athena. ]

Well, anyway. [ Jumping around again and circling Ryuko. ] You can put it wherever you like!

Oh, well... I couldn't really go to school like a normal kid, because of my hearing. So I just stayed at home.

And I picked up drawing and painting. I painted a lot of stuff back then.

[ There's a fond smile on her face as she remembers more of her childhood. ]

That's why Widget is great. He can paint what I can hear.

Mm, not exactly. But he can display what I hear.

He only does it when I turn the Mood Matrix on. Do you want to see it?

[ Well, ok! Time to activate Widget. She draws a circle in the air before her, and blue lines follow the trace of her fingers. A smiley face pops up in thin air, and it winks. "Hello Athena", Widget says. And now, there's a 3d display right in front of them.

Then the Mood Matrix's start-up screen pops up. ]

I just have to configure a few things... add some data in.

[ Click, click. ]

Meeting Ryuko was one of the best thing's that's happened to me here!

[ And as she says that, Widget displays Ryuko and Athena's meeting for the first time. Standing in a hallway in the research center. The green icon at the top left is blinking a lot, too. ]

[ PEACE! ]

The glory of analytical psychology!