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Serah's here. Serah's here and alive, flesh and blood. Not an eternal crystal, whatever that was supposed to mean to me. If she wasn't...if she couldn't be...how different is that supposed to be from death? I couldn't--- Snow came after, of course. I should've expected it. He's as annoyingly loyal as he claims to be. Persistent too. I'd give him credit for it if I had a moment that wasn't interrupted by something else irritating. Maybe. Maybe not.
When the others left I figured I'd just wait. Nothing I do here is going to change the way things work--the curses, or the barrier. Well maybe that's not just it.
I don't have a lot to gain from trying to fight this and I have a lot to lose.
I've got a mission to get back to.
Serah's here. But I need to---we need to save her at home too.
This place. It's almost unreal. I don't know.
And I remember this time. I know I'm grateful. I'm trying to think of...
Not like a dream but...
The stakes aren't the same and nothing that happens here is going to help me back there except making sure I don't die.
Snow too. He's stubborn enough to be useful getting Serah back the way she should be. The way she never should have stopped being.
If I'd even--
...
Wax is effective to a degree.
When the others left I figured I'd just wait. Nothing I do here is going to change the way things work--the curses, or the barrier. Well maybe that's not just it.
I don't have a lot to gain from trying to fight this and I have a lot to lose.
I've got a mission to get back to.
Serah's here. But I need to---we need to save her at home too.
This place. It's almost unreal. I don't know.
And I remember this time. I know I'm grateful. I'm trying to think of...
Not like a dream but...
The stakes aren't the same and nothing that happens here is going to help me back there except making sure I don't die.
Snow too. He's stubborn enough to be useful getting Serah back the way she should be. The way she never should have stopped being.
If I'd even--
...
Wax is effective to a degree.