[video]
...So this place wasn't a dream.
[It's Aki. But she's much older than anyone might remember, unless, of course, they remember the older Aki from a year ago. Still, she looks calm and composed, at least outwardly. She is clearly keeping herself in check as she speaks, her words rehearsed, her eyes closed.]
Everything that happened was real.
But...it doesn't matter, what happened when I was a child, here or back home. I don't think about those times. I don't need to think about those times. I have people who care for me and depend on me now, and I on them; I'm fine the way I am. Nothing anyone can say will change that.
[Slowly, she opens her eyes. They seem to be filled with some kind of determination.]
Now that I'm back here, though, I have work to do. As a Psychic Duelist, it's my job to take in those like me. To protect them from the real monsters. To let our powers run free. So I'll start. Right now.
[Private to Ruka]
Ruka. If you're still here.
We need to talk.
[It's Aki. But she's much older than anyone might remember, unless, of course, they remember the older Aki from a year ago. Still, she looks calm and composed, at least outwardly. She is clearly keeping herself in check as she speaks, her words rehearsed, her eyes closed.]
Everything that happened was real.
But...it doesn't matter, what happened when I was a child, here or back home. I don't think about those times. I don't need to think about those times. I have people who care for me and depend on me now, and I on them; I'm fine the way I am. Nothing anyone can say will change that.
[Slowly, she opens her eyes. They seem to be filled with some kind of determination.]
Now that I'm back here, though, I have work to do. As a Psychic Duelist, it's my job to take in those like me. To protect them from the real monsters. To let our powers run free. So I'll start. Right now.
[Private to Ruka]
Ruka. If you're still here.
We need to talk.