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I could pretend to be concerned about what's going on around me. I could try to help, or wonder what's going on. But it's all the same. These mysteries always lead to dead ends. Why shouldn't this one turn out the same?
There's not even any shock value in it anymore...
But what else can I do?
New story. The world blows up and everybody dies. I like that ending.
[The transmission ends, but he comes back to it hours later, speaking into it in an indiscernible tone, with a lot of long pauses.]
Always one step above, aren't you?
Maybe it's not the ending you want, or I want. We can't choose that. But I can choose not to stick around. So...
Bye.
[Pause, added as an afterthought.]
Sephiroth, want to come with?
There's not even any shock value in it anymore...
But what else can I do?
New story. The world blows up and everybody dies. I like that ending.
[The transmission ends, but he comes back to it hours later, speaking into it in an indiscernible tone, with a lot of long pauses.]
Always one step above, aren't you?
Maybe it's not the ending you want, or I want. We can't choose that. But I can choose not to stick around. So...
Bye.
[Pause, added as an afterthought.]
Sephiroth, want to come with?