three [Video: Japanese]

[gallantgoggles]

 *A blurry video appears accompanied by hurried tapping sounds.  After a few moments the image refocuses into a clear picture of a young boy.*

Okay, I think I got it.  These video things are really complicated.  I wonder if there are any instructions anywhere?

Oh!  Hello!  I'm Takato and I'm kind of new around here.  Does anyone know where I could

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[zetsubo_sensei]

Child, you are so...

hopeless!

[gallantgoggles]

...What do you mean?

Ignore the last one, sorry

[zetsubo_sensei]

Don't you see? This place is a desolate pit of despair! There is no hope of survival! You could have all the blankets in the world and they won't protect you from the scorching heat! You could have all the food in the world, and that won't stop the monsters from devouring you! Advice is useless, also; it's just the meaningless opinion of another hopeless individual! You might as well stay in your room and hide until you realized how hopeless it all really is!

[gallantgoggles]

Um.... okay?

Are you okay Mister? You sound kind of upset.

[zetsubo_sensei]

No, child, I am in despair!

[gallantgoggles]

...Why? Did something bad happen?

1/2

[zetsubo_sensei]

2/2

[zetsubo_sensei]

I was born.

Re: 2/2

[gallantgoggles]

...Um, that doesn't sound bad to me.

[zetsubo_sensei]

But it is indeed a tragedy when you finally realize it! As soon as we are born we are sentenced also to death! Don't you see? This is why its hopeless to be collecting those blankets and nourishment! There is no living through this thing we call life!

[gallantgoggles]

But, that's wrong! How could you think like that!

Every life has meaning!

[zetsubo_sensei]

You are still young, Takato-kun. In time I'm sure you will understand what it is I mean.

[gallantgoggles]

No! I've already seen what happens when people think like that, when they think that their destiny is sadness. Maybe we can't change the sadness of the past, but it does not determine the future. We can choose our own destiny!

[zetsubo_sensei]

Ah, but that is were you are mistaken. I have no destiny--fate has already chosen that path for me.

[gallantgoggles]

Everyone has their own unique destiny that they can change for themselves.

[zetsubo_sensei]

Yes, I suppose you can say that, Takato, for you are in your youth still. I am far too old for things like hope.