Hokuto smiled; yeah, she knew how it was. "It's not selfish. We went before we were ready, and now we're getting another chance at life, even if it's brief. Everybody else might hate it here, but there's nothing wrong with enjoying ourselves.

"I want to make the most of my time here, by helping people out. And one way to accomplish that is by cheering them up."

Their situation itself would probably never get better, and there was no going home. But they were still themselves, and Hokuto personally was NOT going to spend her last days mourning what she didn't have. What she did have wasn't much, but she was still going to make the most of it.