[Mirei smiles back. That, of course, is the second part of the equation.]

But there's no way to know how determined you can be, if nobody will give you the chance to learn, pri. Everyone starts somewhere. Any one of the people they're dismissing could be a star just waiting to shine, pri!

[Or... they could be Hibiki.

[The phrase 'ridiculous supernova of purple destruction' seems more apt there, somehow.]