[A couple days following Kagehira Mika’s return from his space trip…] [In the CosPro office’s discussion area…]

Jun: So... What exactly didja wanna talk to us about, Itsuki-senpai?

Shu: Right. It is a sole important matter. It's regarding the MV produced as a commemoration for the completion of the space travel project. I would like to ask if we could rebuild it from the ground up.

Nagisa: ...Now this is an unexpected request. Is there something you do not like about it?

Shu: I was the one who produced that MV. Do you think I would release a MV with features that I do not like?

Jun: ...Hm? Does that mean, are you trying to say that you don't want to remake the MV, but want Kagehira-san to?

Shu: Exactly that. Once Kagehira had returned from his trip to space, he came to me to talk about it. Personally, I am not inclined to recreate a work once I am satisfied with it. Additionally, the production was funded by the agency, so it will likely be difficult to obtain permission from Saegusa.

Nagisa: ...I see. I do believe it will be difficult to convince Ibara to allocate you a budget.

Shu: Right. However, I could not dissuade Kagehira. Not only that, but he has been acting strangely for quite a while now. I heard from Sakuma, whom Kagehira shares a room with, that he has been mumbling nonsensically ever since that day.

Jun: Now that you've mentioned it, Kagehira-san has sometimes seemed to be a little strange the times I'd pass him by at the dorms, hasn't he?

Nagisa: ...He'd be mumbling things like "I feel I can fly anywhere", "I can't go back anymore", "the star's radiance".

Jun: And stuff like, "It's a miracle that I am here now", y'know~? Well, I had the impression he had just traveled to space it had left a deep impact on him, though...

Shu: Could it be that when Kagehira went out into space, he was replaced by an extraterrestrial hailing from another star...? "I can't go back anymore"... Those might be the words of an extraterrestrial who can no longer return to his home planet...

Jun: No way, aren't your ideas a little too far-fetched there?! Something like that would just be impossible! Right, Nagi-senpai?

Nagisa: ...We cannot prove nor disprove the existence of extraterrestrial life. It certainly cannot be of the question if a swap had occurred upon going to space.

Jun: Ah shoot, I asked the wrong person... Anyways, please calm down, Itsuki-senpai, okay? There's no reason to believe that Kagehira-san is an alien, right? If he were an alien, I can't see any reason he would request the MV to be remade...

Shu: Hm... That is certainly true. But if that's the case, then why would Kagehira…

Mika: —Found yaaa, Oshi-san. I've been lookin' fer you fer ages.