▌eight. [voice; japanese]

[metatronius]

It's not real. It's just another dream.

I'm... tired of dreaming. I'm tired of it. If I didn't dream. If I didn't "live"... It would be easier.

[Aigis' breath shudders slightly. What was she saying?]

Minato-san...

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[prodigal_axe]

Aigis...

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[metatronius]

It's painful, Shinjiro-san.

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[prodigal_axe]

I know, but...

Wishing it away isn't gonna help. Life ain't easy, but there's things worth having in it.

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[metatronius]

I'm just a machine. My purpose was supposed to end with the mission. I wasn't meant to "live".

But now that I have, everything is too painful. If I could simply go back...

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[prodigal_axe]

Go back and what? Erase everything you did before?

... First of all, that's impossible. Not only that, but...

[There's a long pause, as the vision he's been seeing over and over again starts up.]

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[prodigal_axe]

Think about what you'd lose, if you did that.

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[metatronius]

What I'd lose...

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[prodigal_axe]

Yeah...

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[metatronius]

I wanted to live for his sake.

But in the end, I couldn't protect him.

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[prodigal_axe]

That's what happens, sometimes. It's a risk...hurts like hell if it goes that way.

But, does that mean you regret even knowing him? That you'd take it back?

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[metatronius]

I'd never regret it!

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[metatronius]

I feel fortunate to know him, to be by his side. Even though I caused him so much pain in the past, he forgave me. I wanted to spend more time with him. I want to be with him. I

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[metatronius]

[...Oh.]

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[prodigal_axe]

...Yeah. See, it's worth keeping.