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[Click! The screen is entirely black as the recording starts, and the voice seems a bit muffled.]

--is no Eden. …I…I should have known that!

[A pained sigh.]

Huh?

[Rustle. Ruuuustle. The sounds become much clearer and finally, the long-awaited image appears - at first it's the sky, then it focuses on buildings, and next, there's a glimpse of something

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[Have a full face! He doesn't really look like a monster, does he?]

Are you talking about me?

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[Now, where did that grin come from?]

So I've noticed, but it was completely accidental-- a-anyway, this doesn't really matter now! I'm not supposed... to be here. It just doesn't make any sense.

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Me too. I just... can't afford to waste any more time. Not like this.

And I've tried calling others, but they don't answer.

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Sure, he has figured it out by now, but it doesn't make things any better that Yuffie officially validated his worries.]

...so we're trapped for good? People just...arrive and stay here forever?

[Hope hangs his head. It's simply too much.] Then... I'd better get a move on before I go crazy. I'm sure my friends are somewhere out there as well, and I can't let them down.

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[Hope has seen enough to realize she might have a point.

And the idea of his friends being able to eventually find him via the network... it made his eyes shine a little brighter. ]

You think? I'll be waiting for it, then.

Also... my name is Hope. [...because it feels kinda weird to go on without any introductions.]

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[Sorry. He can't help but wonder if even half of what she said is actually true.]

Sounds like you have a lot to do.

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Saving the world you say? What about this one?

...sure.

[They might not be on the contact list, but perhaps they need to be found yet. Just like him.]

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Y-yeah...

['Ridiculous' is a fine way to describe that, but come on - if he were to put his own story in words, would that really sound any better?]

[Personality switches? Hope's eyes widen.]

So... there isn't such a thing as being overly cautious, I suppose.