I-I'll probably mess up again, like before ... or a lot, actually ... a-and show you really uncool sides of me. Even so, I want to protect this place. The Rocket Research Association we all built together. I want to be able to fly from here again.
— Umika Konohoshi

I just know that I won't be able to talk to anyone, or make any friends, as time passes me by... After all... What I say won't reach anyone. Not a single person on Earth. But out there somewhere... Surely there must be someone it can reach... If I could just go somewhere else, I know that I could find someone...

Is there even any point in introducing myself? What if she laughs at me for being childish, like the others?

There's nowhere left for me here. But I know that out there somewhere, there are glorious worlds where my words and feelings can reach others: the radiant, far-off worlds that I read stories of as a kid. That's why I won't give up! I'll go and find somewhere I belong, all by myself! If Earth isn't for me... Yes! I'll go to outer space! If no one on this planet can understand me, I just need to find a planet with people who do! According to my research, some aliens out there can communicate telepathically! So awesome!! I'll find aliens who can understand me, and I'll prove that there's a place where I fit in! You can do it, Umika! Keep fighting, Umika!

I can't even talk to Earthlings, so why did I think I could talk to an alien? I had to know it would be just as difficult to communicate! (...) Is there even any point in introducing myself? What if she laughs at me for being childish, like the others? Akeuchi-san says she's an alien, but even that might end up being a lie.

O-Oh yeah, Akeuchi-san has her alien radar. If I'm not careful, she might find me! I'll conceal my presence so she doesn't notice me! Hold my breath and empty my mind...