Heehee. I think I get that. When you're doing your best at something, even when it's hard — even if it's not exactly fun, it still feels like you're getting something special out of it. Not that it makes things any easier...!

[ She's shooting for 'encouraging' here, sure, but that doesn't mean she's going to go right to putting unrealistic ideas in poor Illya's head. By the sounds of things, she's had plenty of those already. ]

But I get what you mean there, too. Back when I first got started as a Dreamer and especially once I had my solo debut... I was always feeling I was falling behind on pretty much everything! Even nowadays, there's plenty of times where I feel like I'm not getting as much done as I want to be doing. But when you're just one person, there's only so much you can do, right? So you have to give yourself a little breathing room.