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I don't know... I just don't know. All I remember is the Doctor who was so kind to me, the Doctor who saved me...

If the truth really is as Dr. Kal'tsit says...

Amiya.

Oh, Dr. Kal'tsit!

The Doctor is tired and needs rest. There is still much to think about and digest.

If there's anything else you'd like to ask, come back tomorrow. Rhodes Island still has a long future ahead of us, so there's no need to rush.

Okay... Sorry, Doctor. I'm sure I caught you off guard by asking this out of the blue.

Hardly.;......;Actually, I also want to know...

Don't dwell on it too much. There's not much time left before we reach the outskirts of Londinium.

Londinium?;But, this is...

The next thing on the itinerary is a meeting between of the elite operators, and we'll need you to sit in.

Hurry, come this way.

Why?

Chernobog has fallen into an atypical circumstance with regard to the Infected.

Rhodes Island, as we are now, cannot afford the risk of getting involved.

The Doctor will be our indispensable linchpin.

Is this one you're talking about worth a dozen or more Rhodes Island lives?

If it's worth it, then I'm on board. But if even a single operator raises a concern, then count me out.

What?!

Don't move, Rhodes Island commander!

Hah! Now... Now, there's nothing that white-haired Feline can do! Even if she could kill the captain... even if she could kill Patriot, she can't protect you!

Have you ever thought about our lives? Have you ever looked at this land from our point of view?

Of course not! You don't know a damned thing about the kind of bonds we share, or how we've said goodbye to our parents, or how we've painted our cheeks with the ashes of our best friends!

Killing a Reunion fighter, depriving someone of his life, is just like checking a box for you. Who the hell do you think you are?

Have you ever given a serious thought to what it means for us to live and die?!

I... Of course I have.;......;No... I haven't...

Watch out, Doctor!

Wait! Amiya!;Stop! Don't do it!

You're not always the main character of this world.

Just like your life, your past. Take a look outside the glass pane of PRTS. You can never understand everything, or be everywhere at once.

Only those who face the truth deserve to be called 'courageous.'

The ridiculous thing is, you don't have the slightest idea of what the truth is. You've been kept in the dark, you don't understand it, and you're frustrated, even angry, at your own ignorance.

In the end, what more are you than the projection of the pincerbeasts-in-a-bucket around you? They all want to use you for a measure of consolation, to use you for what they want to obtain.

The Reunion members already impaled by black arts point in the direction of those elite operators.

But when you follow their fingertips, you see only a few fowlbeasts flying by.

How many among them faced their own destiny? How many more stood behind Rhodes Island, eventually becoming arrogant overseers?

What about you? You think you can completely sever yourself from the past, just because you've been shaped by new memories? Even if you can, how will you reconcile yourself with the new you?

The onlookers know nothing about you, yet they want to become you, and achieve their vulgar desires through you.

You—

Are you truly worthy of trust? Do you need to be entrusted with such a heavy burden?

I don't plan on abandoning my forgotten past.;I've never tried to escape the responsibilities that came with my past.

But, if the past does not help me fight for Rhodes Island...;If the past has no way of influencing the present...

Then I can only see it as insignificant.

This is not a matter you can decide on so cavalierly, Doctor.

Can a criminal be exonerated of his sins just because he lost his memories? If a good person loses her memories, does that erase the good that she has done?

For you in particular... your lost memories are not so... simple.

Perhaps you yourself are not aware of what you have lost. What manner of answer, then, are you able to provide?

Doctor...

...hand!

Take my...

Take my hand!!

...I will find the meaning within it.;Then, as the 'Doctor,' I will make the correct choice.

It is not the memories of the past that guide me...;...or the events from then to now that have reshaped me.

I am me.

Just as I always have been.

...I understand your thought process.

Heehee. 'Just as you always have been,' choice words from someone who cannot even recall events from a few years ago.

Even when you come to grasp the truth, be it past or present, it is because you simply 'know' it, not because you 'remember' it, right?

You are a completely new person. But don't worry; you are also the version of yourself closest to your true nature. Because, you've gained a chance to pursue hope once more.

I'm truly curious what the future holds for you, Kal'tsit, and Amiya...

...Sadly, it is not a future that I will be a part of.

Theresa...?;Are you... Theresa?

Don't worry about it. I'm just doing a little favor.

After all, I'm just a phantasm born from the 'debate' mechanism. Whether I'm real or fake... was never that important to begin with.

But please remember, whether or not it came from the deepest recesses of your consciousness...

'Just as I always have been.' This will become the most important footnote of your life. Only when you truly realize the significance of the words you blurted out–

—Can you live up to those who love you and those you love.

We should all grasp our own destinies; that way, there will no longer be any such thing as preordained destinies in this land.

You are the only antidote, but also the poison that can destroy everything. What truly hinders us is neither Originium nor Catastrophe, neither sea nor sky, but rather ourselves.

Believe in Amiya, believe in Kal'tsit. The dark, endless night is quickly approaching, and you all must become our sole ray of light.

Until next time.