[Sailor Ryu]

Are you proud of me
For all I've done?
Do I uphold the values,
You held so dear?

Am I the shining example of judgment you wished to see,
Or chasing a dream long since lost to me?

Am I a fair judge,
One impartial and detached;
Capable of looking upon even my own kin,
Without allowing sentimentality to bleed through?
Yet one still capable of showing compassion and love,
As though even stranger were my own flesh and blood?

Can you see me from where you are?
Do you look upon me and smile,
Or are you ignorant to my existence?

It has been a difficult journey;
One that most would have given up on.
Yet even now, even through all the pain and suffering.
Even though I see the world through a scarlet mirage,
I refuse to give up.

Once more your wings have graced the world;
A brilliant beacon of our great push to prosperity,
To a world unified in order and understanding,
In truth, and progress.
A world you would be proud to see.

And so this, I promise you.
Even if you cannot see me.
Even if you do not hear me when I call out,
Even if you truly are long gone, unable to look back.

I will become something more.
I will bring about the same shining examples that you set once before.
I will inherit the truth of my name, my lineage, and my very purpose.

This world is imperfect, fractured and scarred with the trails of incompleteness;
Yet, these imperfections are what make it so beautiful.
These scars tell a story of a world that has struggled,
And one that can truly prosper, with a guiding and virtuous hand.
With one who can look upon them all, and usher in a path forward.

I will become what they need,
The very thing you set out to be before your departure.

I will be,
Your devoted Arbiter.