“He was smiling and listening. So even if the "real past" and memories of it are completely different, he smiles without saying anything. And then he cries. He cries without telling anyone.”

“Mom. Mom, I... All I ever wanted was for you to smile at me. If you praised me just a little bit or touched my cheek...you'd make me so happy, I would cry.”

“You can't see the forest for the trees, Kanade. You say you don't do anything for him... So then tell me why Arou always gets that grin on his face when you're around? Forget about what those girls say...and trust in Arou's smile.”

“I'm a dog. I don't have a name yet.(a dazed Namiki)This guy is "Namikisan". That's what Kanade calls him, anyway.What...have we here? SNIFF. SNIFF....CHOMP. CHOMP.'Hey! Did you just eat something off the ground?! Like you didn't stuff your belly at home.' (-Namiki)Hmm? My instinct told me it was okay! And it's almost always right! Like that one time... That one time...'I'm sure some good samaritan'll pick him up.' (-man)'Yeah, who'll take him to the dog pound!' (-woman)'Well, there's nothing we can do about it now...' (-man)Hmm?...RUSTLE. RUSTLE.(Namiki pauses, looks down at him)PAT.KNEAD. KNEAD. KNEAD.'Heh heh.' (-Namiki)Not so rough!KNEAD. KNEAD.Oh, yeah? Try this on for size! NIP. NIP.'Ha ha ha! Ha... ..... ...Oh. I see. You're...' (-Namiki)? WAG. WAG.'...gonna die.' (-Namiki)That one time...my animal instinct told me... (Namiki looks at him with a pained expression)"He's the one!"That's why, even when he walked away at first, even when it rained, I knew it would be okay.(Namiki appears in the rain and reaches down for him, smiling)My instinct was right on target.[at the Animal Hospital]'He probably ate something off the ground.' (-vet.)GROAN. GROAN.'I knew it! Can't you even tell when something's safe to eat or not?! I thought dogs were supposed to have instincts for that!' (-Namiki) PAT. KNEAD.Huh? That's really strange... KNEAD. RUFFLE. RUFFLE.But...(Namiki stops, and smiles down at him)Wait!My instinct was right after all! I AM "okay".(Namiki bends down to his level, still smiling)WAG. WAG. WAG.As long as I'm with HIM, I know everything will be okay.”

“A person's memories and their actual experiences are surprisingly different. Sometimes the gap between them causes pain. But the memories that make the biggest impression are always changing. So it's okay.”

“He's changed. I don't know what caused it...but what the heck? He's laughin' anyway, like a regular kid.”

“I want to see the smiling face of someone I love...”