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The Firstforged claim they're some kind of gods. What an exaggeration that is.

[Thank you, Kagerou. And don't you sound bitter today. Granted, he's been bitter about all this since Perceptor vanished... but recently, everything has sort of come to a head. He can't keep it down anymore.]

They want us to build. They want us to run their world, and behave like peaceable little children.

And what do we get in return?

Murdered. Lied to. Misdirected. Our work ruined. Criminals running amok. Empty promises.

[As he says the last words, his fingers clench around his arm, around the Glyph.]

They want us to trust them -- but these Firstforged are nothing like they say they are. They tell us they can't control who leaves and who stays, but, then they turn around and tell us we're safe with their markings! They don't care one bit, what happens to us! If they did...

[If they did, I would be able to do what I was promised I could...]

[His hand lifts, revealing the very elaborate, intricate Glyph -- his status is showing, and boy does he look unhappy about it.]

If their reward for our service is loss and death, I would rather not have their mark at all!

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I know what happened.

[He was there for the end of it. For what happened to the Chieftain.]

At least that's one truth they told us. Out of all the lies.

And you want that to happen to you? To lose yourself to the Badlands?

I'm not claiming these guys to be saints, but you work with the cards you're played.

I want them to keep their word! I want to feel as if what I've done matters!

[That changing himself so irrevocably was worth it.]

I can't vouch for them. They can speak on their own behalf.

Everything you do matters in some way. That's what makes memories what they are.

It's why my database is still growing, after all.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't beat yourself up over this, bud. It...it happens. You lose people important to you. Ones who make you who you are--an actual being.

Worth noticing.

All you can do is keep looking for them.

I don't think they will. They don't care.

But it... wasn't supposed to happen. It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was supposed to be able to protect them.

...

And nothing's changed.

... I've already lost the most important thing I ever had. I didn't want to lose anything more.

...

Something changed, just maybe not in a way you see it.

but--

No one wants to lose anyone. But cutting out the pain...won't help.

Yes, something has changed. I altered myself to repay my debts and now those I wanted to save are gone.

That's what's changed!

Why not?

You adapted. It's how living things survive, you know. The people who are gone didn't vanish, they're just...not here.

I've heard they come back. I've SEEN them, heard them come back.

So leaving this place? It's not forever. And even if YOU never see them again, you know they're off somewhere else. They exist THERE.

...

Just trust me on that.

What if it's not the same for everyone?

What if... they're not home? We don't know where they are.

...

[Rewind goes still. He couldn't blame Kagerou--he'd been searching for someone since the new calender started...]

You keep looking. Looking for a way home. And just hope they do.

Just like that?

Just... continue on? As if nothing's... happened?

Remember it. As if you would with anything else.

Find the answer. But let others in, too.

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