[ Hi Laudna. The shadows appear around you, and take you to a cold, terrible morgue.
You saw Haibara a few days ago, and now he's dead. He was one year younger than you.
Behind you, you can hear the heartbreak and betrayal in Nanami's voice. They were sent on a mission that was impossible for them to complete, because cursed spirits are plenty, but sorcerers are scarce. Nanami asks why they can't leave every battle to Satoru, as if he could be everywhere all at once. As if he deserved a life of nothing but violence.
But you can't blame him either. It's the responsibility that goes along with your power, and if you would give anything for a different reality, you just have to bear it. ]
[she's not the type who's inclined to see something and apologize and disregard it. she saw it, after all. it happened. even the blood, even the parts where people were dying.]
No. But spirits aren't the only things that kill people. Are you going to stop every bad thing in the world from happening, and sacrifice your friends to do it...?
No, but. If you can do something, you should do something, shouldn't you? Just because there's a lot of fires, doesn't mean we shouldn't extinguish the ones we can.
I have been dragged before, into problems like that, fires that I didn't start but that are dangerous enough to kill me. But ultimately, I think what I care about is that the people I love survive.
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Behind you, you can hear the heartbreak and betrayal in Nanami's voice. They were sent on a mission that was impossible for them to complete, because cursed spirits are plenty, but sorcerers are scarce. Nanami asks why they can't leave every battle to Satoru, as if he could be everywhere all at once. As if he deserved a life of nothing but violence.
But you can't blame him either. It's the responsibility that goes along with your power, and if you would give anything for a different reality, you just have to bear it. ]
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...Why? Why do you have to stop them?
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You mean the cursed spirits? [ He looks surprised that she would even ask. ] They kill people.
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[i mean, that's still a good reason to kill them, though.]
Would they have killed your friend, if you hadn't gone after them?
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[ That curse wasn't anywhere near Tokyo. They sought it out and paid the price.
He hesitates a second, ] Are you saying it's the circle of life or something? For cursed spirits to roam and kill people?
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[but a little dismissively.]
I have been dragged before, into problems like that, fires that I didn't start but that are dangerous enough to kill me. But ultimately, I think what I care about is that the people I love survive.
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Satoru won't abandon the fight. I can't leave it to him alone.
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[she wouldn't abandon her friends, either, and if they choose to fight...]
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Better dying together than living alone, I guess.
[ siz gimme a mem ]
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[she means it sincerely. anyway, have a mem.]
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So he's the one who betrayed you. [ ... ] And killing him brought her back?
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[she's angry just remembering it, but guilty as well.]
After all of that effort to get rid of her.
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[immediate.]
He learned too much about us. He was a threat to us. But I wish I hadn't lost control that way. If I had just let Orym or Ashton do it cleanly...
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Because it brought her back. What is it that she wants from you?