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[thxforthememories]

[The message is short, the voice clipped, slightly laced with static. Though whether that's from fatigue, damage, or something else, it's hard to tell.]

... The Chieftain is dead.

[And he can't bring himself to move away just yet.]

I. I tried to fix it. I'm so sorry.

[And there the transmission ends.]

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[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

[He only vaguely understands, but it seems little enough. And he wishes he could say something, anything to help. ...but he doesn't know what would- if anything could make things better.]

I'm sorry, Kagerou...

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

... What do I do now?

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

I don't know...

...I don't know anything. I can't even do anything..!

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

I... can't do anything, either. I couldn't. When he needed me...

I made a promise.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

It's all just going to continue... More are going to be killed because no one knows how else to help them!

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

No matter how many times we ask... they don't answer. They just say we have to kill them!

Chieftain... Gunmax's human... all the living robots.

Why won't they help them!

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

The Firstforged never had this happen before. They didn't know what they could do...

I wish they did. I wish they could just give them a Glyph so that they'd be under the same protection as we are, but they aren't the ones who give it...

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

How do you know they don't?

How do any of us know what they can and can't do? They don't tell us a thing. Until it's too late.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

That's what Alpha Trion told me! It didn't seem like he was trying to hide anything- what reason would he have, anyway?

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

... I don't know.

But I don't think I can trust them any longer. Now after they allowed this to happen.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

[He's not sure what to say to that. It's pretty disheartening when there have been a number of deaths as a result of a madness they knew was doomed to plague those that hadn't been marked upon their arrival.

But if you couldn't trust those that were supposed to be helping you, then who could you trust?]

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

[He'll just slump back down then. Sitting there by the body until his ride shows up.]

[Why even bother making promises, if he's only going to break them?]

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

[The boy takes in a deep breath. It doesn't do him any good to think about these things. It's not helping Kagerou. Saber's right; he needs to be strong, especially if he wants to be of any use to his friends.]

...are you going to be okay..?

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

I have to be. Don't I?

I'm... not the one who died today.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

[He shakes his head.]

That's not what I meant. I mean...

[He thinks a moment before he taps a fist against his chest.]

In here. ...feeling-wise.

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

In... there?

There's nothing in there. Just parts.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

It's what makes you, isn't it? But that's not really what I meant either.

...sorta more like... How is this all affecting you? Or how will it?

How do you feel?

[He looks down again.]

I... I don't like how everything has happened. It makes me sad- and mad that I couldn't do anything about it.

...but I have to remember that there's still a lot of others around who probably feel the same. Friends. Strangers.

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

How... do I feel?

[He doesn't know how to begin to answer that. How are you supposed to feel after you kill someone?]

[After you break a promise like that?]

I feel... like something is broken. Like something is wrong, and it won't be right again.

I want it to be fixed. And I can't.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

[Ventus nods slowly.]

...if I could help fix it, I would.

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

So... so would I.

No one deserves any of this.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

I'm sorry.

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

... What do I do now?

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

...I'm not sure. I guess you should take care of your friend...

[Video]

[thxforthememories]

There's nothing left to take care of.

He's dead.

[Video]

[happyduckbutt]

But you can't- You're not going to just leave him there, are you?