[ kazuki has never been one for hope. now, so close to the end, losing everyone all at once... it feels even further away, no matter what the messages from the dead may say.
[What has happened is in the past. I can't undo it.]
That's right. [Kyoko has some experience putting her hope on a future she doesn't fully know. She can do that again here.] So... I need you to keep believing in miracles, alright?
but there is a moment where he remembers being on that train, staring down at that remote with its singular button, knowing what it would do, and deciding to press it, anyway.
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[ i can't do anything. ]
...Maybe they can, after. We don't know yet.
[ kazuki has never been one for hope. now, so close to the end, losing everyone all at once... it feels even further away, no matter what the messages from the dead may say.
i want to believe they can come true. ]
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That's right. [Kyoko has some experience putting her hope on a future she doesn't fully know. She can do that again here.] So... I need you to keep believing in miracles, alright?
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what he says instead is, ] I'll try.
[ that's the best that he can promise. ]
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[She holds him so tightly for a second.]
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...I'm sorry.
[ we still didn't find answers for wenzhou-san. ]
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It's not your fault. There's only ever so much time.
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but i wanted to. ]
...Tell him sorry for me, when you see him?
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I'll do it, but I don't think he'll hold it against you.
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he coughs a little. it's been a long day. ]
...Do you know why?
[ why wolfwood-san chose you? ]
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Though I'll be seeing him shortly, I don't know if he'll want me to ask him after everything. [Since. You know. She did kill in self-defense.]
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[ but you deserve to know. ]
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[ it would just be nice if kyoko could know why everything had to spiral so badly. ]
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[She pats his head.]
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[ if it works out how it's supposed to, that is.
...i still don't want you to go. ]
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[I wish I didn't have to leave you.]
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[ his throat still hurts, but he continues anyway. ]
We'll do everything we can to make sure it works.
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but there is a moment where he remembers being on that train, staring down at that remote with its singular button, knowing what it would do, and deciding to press it, anyway.
so he nods. ]
Soon.
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This is only a temporary goodbye.
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Then... Good luck, on the other side.
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[The first actual smile she's had in quite a while.]
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he'll try to smile back, but it's awkward. forced. ]
I'll be waiting. For you and the others.