This scene is from the dgrp 2 final trial.Sonia's words here depicts that she is fighting with her emotions as her character arc is Princess vs Person. She wanted to trust her friends so much that she didn't want to believe that her friends would kill their classmates which many people seemed to misunderstood these traits of Sonia's character. I'm sure some people are thinking: great. So you showed Sonia is a weakling who can't face reality. She definitely shouldn't have lived then. That's not at all the impression I wanted to give off though. Sonia learning about friendship and love was growth, from a princess into a developed, complex person capable of feeling mixed emotions. Sonia did accept the truth, and every time she did so, she showed her real value was on the relationships she had. This is why she was always asking what the time they'd spent together meant. It being valued reciprocally would make it easier for her. At the end, Sonia is the first person to agree with Hajime in initiating the shutdown sequence. She is the first. Because all of her experience in the game has taught her that she can't run away from reality anymore. She can't keep everyone in the game word and bring their friends back in an infinite loop. She can't upload her in-game memories, let Junko out, and ignore the consequences of what she'd done as an Ultimate Despair. Neither of those would be facing reality. The shutdown sequence was the only way she could accept responsibility and face reality. She refused to let her feelings blind her to that. So by standing with her remaining friends, Sonia's decision finally led her to something besides despair. It led her to hope too. Hope and despair, together - that was the future.