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[demiurgos_girl]

[Elaine had flown out high, happy to be rid of the underground shelter, and is now standing at the top of a ruined skyscraper. She looks pale- and there's a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. The wind whips her hair and clothes, the feathers of her wings, and stings her eyes as she looks far out toward the glowing lake.]I've been lonely before. I

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[second_first]

Yes.

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[demiurgos_girl]

[Elaine looks rather upset.] This is your place, isn't it?

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[second_first]

Yes.

This was Third Impact.

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[demiurgos_girl]

And I'm guessing you had something to do with it. [She gestures at the giant in the sky.]

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[second_first]

The third one did.

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[demiurgos_girl]

The third- oh. [She narrows her eyes against the wind, obviously trying to remember everything Rei's told her.]

Are you dead, Rei? If you ever leave Wonderland, will you be okay...?

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[second_first]

I am dead.

[She doesn't know the answer to that second question, though.]

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[demiurgos_girl]

I'm sorry. And I wish it hadn't ended like this.

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[second_first]

This was always going to be the way it ended for one of us.

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[demiurgos_girl]

For one of you? What do you mean?

[Well, she never believed in predestination, or fate. And she certainly doesn't want to believe it now.]

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[second_first]

The first was killed.

I died in battle.

The third merged with Lilith.

If she hadn't, the fourth would. Or the fifth. However many of us it took.

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[demiurgos_girl]

[She shakes her head, disgusted.] To make this happen? Why? Who would want to?

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[second_first]

Seele.

Commander Ikari.

Maybe others.

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[demiurgos_girl]

So they were lonely or something, and the whole world suffered for it?

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[second_first]

I do not know.

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[demiurgos_girl]

...But are you okay with it? [Her tone isn't harsh, but curious. She gazes intently at Rei.]