Utena didn't really know much about Christianity, or much about religion in general for that matter. She knew her parents had had a Christian funeral, but she had been too young at the time to follow whatever traditions they might have wanted her to. She had been too wrapped up in her dreams of princes and saving damsels in distress after that to care very much. Thus "I hope you find out if it's true or not someday, then. I'm sure you'll find a way!" was all that Utena could really say on the matter of the artifact after Dr. Jones had finished explaining it.
"Ah heh, when I'm in the mood to. I do read for school, at least, and my friend Wakaba has shown me some good novels," she admitted with a bit of embarrassment. "I do care about school. I really do. I like the stuff I read in books too. But I've always been the athletic type, so it just feels weird having to sit around somewhere for a long time just flipping pages. My body just ends up wanting to get up and stretch, or go running, things like that."
She had caught Dr. Jones's look as she had talked about her reasons for attending Ohtori. She was used to people questioning her pursuit of her prince, especially adults. Really, the only adult who hadn't so far had been Akio, who seemed very understanding of everything she was talking about. Still, despite not caring what people thought of her prince, she didn't want Dr. Jones to think that she was some kind of boy-crazy girl like Wakaba, and so she decided to clarify her statement a little. "Anyway, it's not just a romantic thing I'm after with the person I'm looking for. At least I don't think that's it. It's . . . I'm not really sure how to describe it. I guess you could call him an inspiration to me. He had a lot to do with how I live my life now. He came in on a white horse and comforted me when I was grieving, told me to never lose my strength and nobility when I grew up, and promised that we would meet again someday. I've tried striving to become a prince since then, and I've been trying to find him so that I can thank him and show him that I haven't forgotten his words," she explained, forgetting towards the end of the story that she hadn't actually told Dr. Jones yet that the man she was looking for was a prince.
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"Ah heh, when I'm in the mood to. I do read for school, at least, and my friend Wakaba has shown me some good novels," she admitted with a bit of embarrassment. "I do care about school. I really do. I like the stuff I read in books too. But I've always been the athletic type, so it just feels weird having to sit around somewhere for a long time just flipping pages. My body just ends up wanting to get up and stretch, or go running, things like that."
She had caught Dr. Jones's look as she had talked about her reasons for attending Ohtori. She was used to people questioning her pursuit of her prince, especially adults. Really, the only adult who hadn't so far had been Akio, who seemed very understanding of everything she was talking about. Still, despite not caring what people thought of her prince, she didn't want Dr. Jones to think that she was some kind of boy-crazy girl like Wakaba, and so she decided to clarify her statement a little. "Anyway, it's not just a romantic thing I'm after with the person I'm looking for. At least I don't think that's it. It's . . . I'm not really sure how to describe it. I guess you could call him an inspiration to me. He had a lot to do with how I live my life now. He came in on a white horse and comforted me when I was grieving, told me to never lose my strength and nobility when I grew up, and promised that we would meet again someday. I've tried striving to become a prince since then, and I've been trying to find him so that I can thank him and show him that I haven't forgotten his words," she explained, forgetting towards the end of the story that she hadn't actually told Dr. Jones yet that the man she was looking for was a prince.