“Of course I love you,” the flower said to him. “It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you– you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy… let the glass globe be. I don’t want it any more.”
“But the wind–”
“My cold is not so bad as all that… the cool night air will do me good. I am a flower.”
“But the animals–”
“Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies– and the caterpillars– who will call upon me? You will be far away… as for the large animals– I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws.”
I actually find myself wanting to read Le Petit Prince after this.
This episode focuses on the would-be love triangle of Yasuko, Kyouko, and Fumi, with Akira taking up a sort of mediator position between them all.

‘Careful down them stairs, Fumi.