"They're people. Magical girls become witches and witches become grief seeds. They shouldn't be killed."

"Sue... The transformation's permanent. Nothing's left once a magical girl witches."

"But grief seeds can turn back into witches if they get enough grief! So maybe - maybe witches can turn back into magical girls if they get enough hope, and has anyone ever tried to undo the transformation, or do people just kill other girls without even thinking about it?"

"Magical girls have existed for millennia," Mal says, voice gentle. "And no one's figured out how."

"No one knew how to go to the moon for hundreds of millennia, and space has always existed!"

"Advances in technology are - different. Magical girls have always had the same broad capabilities."

"Someone could make a wish."

"I - don't know what kind of power you'd need for that..."

"Most girls aren't wishing as smart as they could. I bet people'd get more out of their wishes if there was - some kind of coordination or advising or something."

She seems thoughtful.

"Maybe so..."

"We're managing to not all kill each other here, even though Kyubey says girls usually fight each other. Maybe we can make that bigger."

She nods. "You have a good point. Still, in the mean time... I'm not sure it's safe to be carrying grief seeds around long term."

"What're the big problems with it?"

"Do you have a plan for if multiple - or all - hatch at the same time?"

Sue shakes her head. "Not right now."

"It's not safe to keep them, then."

"That's why I wanna find a way."

"Can you manage that before anyone dies? Before you die?"

"I gotta try!"

"How long will trying take you?"

"Less time if I get help."

"And the casualties in the meantime?"

"There'll be fewer also if I get help!"

"I'm not sure your goals are even possible, is my problem."

"I think they are. And we can't know until we try."