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Delicious beyond words.

Perfect. Tinned carrots have a best-by of forever, so I'll store them up properly, and next we have time for a party, I'll make you all another batch then.

How's a monthly Rim Billiton Specialty Dish-Tasting Do sound?

Hehe, I'm already starting to look forward to it.

That's right, Doctor, about just now...

Hm?

Um... that is, about before...

Ah, I'll go and clean up the table.

I have some quite pressing work after this, so could I count on you to help Savage put away the surplus ingredients, Doctor?

Leave it to me.;Huh? Leaving so suddenly?

I'll be off, then. Sorry to trouble you, Doctor. At least you can have a nice chat with Savage.

Ah, Amiya, you don't need to go out of your way to—

Off she runs. Honestly, the kid still keeps minding other people as much as ever.

Sorry, Doctor, could I take up a bit of your time? I invited Ansel and Rope to come taste too, but they'll be a bit late. The pie should be going in the oven more or less now.

Let me be your helper, then.

Mm-hm, thank you, Doctor.

There's some things I want to talk to you about. We can go over it bit by bit while we're cooking.

Savage, how much do you understand of my past?

Just a very little scrap of it. The Doctor I saw...

Ah, no, no, I signed a confidentiality agreement with Kal'tsit, I can't talk about it!

Actually, I don't even know what I can talk to you about, and what I can't.

I don't understand the details, but I more or less get your situation from the chat I had with Miss Kal'tsit in advance, so I've been panicking this entire time if I'd leak something by accident.

But seeing Amiya just like she used to be, still happily going around with you... I think, I'm gonna end up chatting about that stuff with you anyway!

Fact is, thinking about it, I don't even have any secrets I can't tell you.

My memories... aside from personalities being a bit different, the way you and Amiya get along hasn't changed, and the way Amiya and me get along hasn't changed. So, should be the same as before for you and me too.

Just what kind of person was I like before?

A very mighty one, I'll have you know!

Practically nothing you didn't know; you'd dispense an answer no matter what I asked you. Anything you forecast would end up happening, and when it came to commanding combat, you were even more...

Ah-ah, stop—no, can't say any more than that.

Ahem, basically... Doctor, you presented Amiya, me, and a whole lot of people who used to know you 'knowledge.'

There's a hell of a lot I couldn't teach Amiya. All I could do was be by her side for a while when she was young. But you, you were able to guide other people.

Oh, yeah! If I can't talk about the past when it has to do with you, I may as well mention what happened after you and I went our separate ways?

Yes, I'd be willing to hear.

Brilliant. Thank you, Doctor.

Once I was back in Rim Billiton back then, I heard nothing more about you or Amiya. But I trusted Amiya was doing her best to grow big, and you'd help her all along the way.

But even if I never found Rhodes Island, found Amiya and you again, I still wouldn't have stayed at Rim Billiton PLC much longer.

Truth is, after I left Amiya and you, I returned to Rim Billiton itself.

Still ensuring workers' safety like ever, taking part in protection and rescue assignments, spending most of the time in the mines.

Rim Billiton's had its own fair share of going-ons these few years... bizarre things taking place more and more often, like the tinned carrot phenomenon.

Not only are other regions grubbing after Rim Billiton, but even in big cities who've always been peaceful, constant mining accidents have made it difficult to keep Infected numbers under control...

And there's no way to ensure how they're treated.

I can understand that whatever's pissing me off, my people off, is getting more frequent by the day. If I kept on under the PLC forever, I wouldn't have the leeway to sort out any of these changes for the unfair.

After I returned to Rim Billiton, that was all the more clear to me. No matter if I dreamed of working away in my home all my life, this world of ours'd gradually come to forbid things go on so steady.

So, I decided once and for all to change.

My only option was to leave Rim Billiton, and figure out what was happening elsewhere across the land, before I could learn what kind of fate us Rim Billitonians might have. As well as... how to protect our peace.

I suppose it was because my ability's pretty good? To tell the truth, I had a lot of other companies inviting me too.

But... once I knew Rhodes Island's leader was Amiya, I came hopping over to this job without a second thought.

Since coming to Rhodes Island, I've been able to see so much more of the changes happening across the world.

It's not just Rim Billiton. Every part of this whole grand stretch of land is gearing to change.

Maybe other places have their own people striving for change, but right now, the ones striving by my side for it... are Amiya, and you, Doctor.

This place has hope. So, I'll do my part, for all of you.

Deciding to leave Rim Billiton was miles from easy. For us born-and-bred Rim Billitonians, leaving needs some groundbreaking courage.

What supported me in leaving somewhere safe and easy was my determination, Amiya's determination—

And now, your determination, Doctor.

......;I've long since made my decision.

Right now... no matter what you've all gone through, or what you'll have to confront.

I'll be going with you.