[ well... that does bring a fond smile to her face. ]
... Perhaps I am a hypocrite, too, for wishing that you would live as well.
The reason was quite simple. I love my people and the land I was born in. Throughout my life, I was blessed to receive kindness from everyone around me. And it is common sense that such blessings are to be repaid in turn.
[ ah. the humans that fidelio mentioned. yves looks thoughtful for a second as he looks over the memory and... he does understand. to be unable to save people in death, but instead to protect them with your life...
he places a hand on her shoulder ]
... you went through something difficult, Eupha. But I am glad you chose to survive.
there's a reflective look on her face as she watches all of that, but with the hand on her shoulder and yves's words, her expression changes to a warm smile. ]
... So am I.
Before that moment, I couldn't imagine myself fighting.
there is much to process. the deaths of people familiar to her. the loneliness of being left behind. and... in the end, the choice to give everything so that others may have a future. and... ]
He would have destroyed everything... for love? I... cannot understand it. Surely, it would have left him with nothing...
[ yves breathes in after the memory stops playing, as if remembering that he can. that this is clean(?) fair air, as opposed to the smoke and flames of the institute. the blood and burning flesh. ]
.... if you have love, maybe that can drive you to believe that is your whole world.
Scien used to ask for nothing from no one. He granted miracles out of boredom, which is annoying, but it also meant that they were unconditional. His generosity was vast and his mission to save the people entirely self-motivated.
And then someone moved his heart and taught him what it meant to not be a lonely god.
[ even with it explained to her, she can't quite imagine the mindset that would lead to such a thing. she can only understand that it is deeply tragic. ]
I think that you did the right thing... but I wish that you could have had more. A full life. Love. All of it.
I think it's okay for me to be content with what I was able to receive. For a long time, I never thought I would have even a single friend to count on, after all. I was sad to lose them... but I'm glad I had them.
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... Perhaps I am a hypocrite, too, for wishing that you would live as well.
The reason was quite simple. I love my people and the land I was born in. Throughout my life, I was blessed to receive kindness from everyone around me. And it is common sense that such blessings are to be repaid in turn.
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... yeah. I get it. I really do.
Did you end up going through with it?
[ is that how she died? ]
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What awaited there was not a creature that I recognized as my god.
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Something strange happened then.
[ the mirrors shift and distort once again, now displaying a different scene. ]
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he places a hand on her shoulder ]
... you went through something difficult, Eupha. But I am glad you chose to survive.
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there's a reflective look on her face as she watches all of that, but with the hand on her shoulder and yves's words, her expression changes to a warm smile. ]
... So am I.
Before that moment, I couldn't imagine myself fighting.
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Sometimes, you do what it takes to protect the people you love, though.
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[ with a capital A? ]
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[ probably not
common ]
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It seems that the people I was with had awakened to that power, as well... It must have been because of them that I too was able to use it.
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That was very much the impression I had of them when first we met!
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Then I'm glad you got to encounter them. I'm glad that you look out for each other.
[ and then the mirrors shift, and it's time to talk about more sacrifice.
I also wanted to fall in love like you did. ]
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there is much to process. the deaths of people familiar to her. the loneliness of being left behind. and... in the end, the choice to give everything so that others may have a future. and... ]
He would have destroyed everything... for love? I... cannot understand it. Surely, it would have left him with nothing...
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.... if you have love, maybe that can drive you to believe that is your whole world.
Scien used to ask for nothing from no one. He granted miracles out of boredom, which is annoying, but it also meant that they were unconditional. His generosity was vast and his mission to save the people entirely self-motivated.
And then someone moved his heart and taught him what it meant to not be a lonely god.
I think I'd go mad for that, too.
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[ even with it explained to her, she can't quite imagine the mindset that would lead to such a thing. she can only understand that it is deeply tragic. ]
I think that you did the right thing... but I wish that you could have had more. A full life. Love. All of it.
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I think it's okay for me to be content with what I was able to receive. For a long time, I never thought I would have even a single friend to count on, after all. I was sad to lose them... but I'm glad I had them.
[ he'll rest a hand atop her head ]
But thank you for saying so.