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[monsterwine]

[ the feed opens up with a simple, yet complicated poem. ]

Many things were found from his room.
From those evidences, it is possible to deduce that I am loved by you.

Many things were found from my room.
From those evidences, it is possible to deduce that I also love you.

Nothing was found from her room.
However, I can't deny the existence of an

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[princessofmoe]

...

[She is still so unsure about how to react to you. With the little information Battler told her about Bernkastel, Rika isn't sure what to believe. She doesn't want to believe it.]

I wasn't hiding in the first place. Welcome back, I suppose.

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[monsterwine]

Perhaps you weren't, but many of the others are.

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[princessofmoe]

...And why would they be hiding?

How much of this world do you remember?

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[monsterwine]

They are like cats hiding from a dog in fear. However, the information does not matter. [ ... ] I remember enough. [ Seeing information from herself -- from that other fragment, is enough. ]

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[princessofmoe]

So you're a dog now? I heard that you can be a sadistic witch. [From Battler. She doesn't want to believe it. She's having difficulty wrapping her head around the idea that the witch she will eventually cast off in the future would be that way.]

If you remember enough, then I suppose I don't need to fill you in on the basics of this world.

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[monsterwine]

A cat disguised as a dog, that is. [ a beat. ] Who did you hear that from, Furude Rika?

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[princessofmoe]

Or a wolf dressed in a sheep's skin.

[The reason why she's being so sadly honest to Bernkastel is because she was once apart of her.] ...A man named Ushiromiya Battler.

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[monsterwine]

So, that incompetent fool told you? [ giggle, giggle, giggle ] I see... I understand now.

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[princessofmoe]

... [Dude, what's with that giggling.]

Is it true?

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[monsterwine]

That depends how you look at things. One's interpretation can be different than another.

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[princessofmoe]

He mentioned... that you had him locked away in something called a "logic error".

The first time you were here, you never gave me the details about those other Fragments you've been visiting. What happened...?

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[monsterwine]

That was his own fault. [ a beat. ] Do you really need to hear the story of the Ushiromiya family? I already lost, so it doesn't matter.

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[princessofmoe]

...Bringing up the tale now won't change anything, but what I want to know is why you did it. After being trapped in that labyrinth for a hundred years, how can you stand others go through the same suffering?

[Though she asks this, she's still in a bit of disbelief.]

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[monsterwine]

Because I was trapped in that hell is why I let him go. [ a beat. ] Only people who understand what that place is like will know that it's much better to have others in it.

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[princessofmoe]

[Sorry, Bernkastel. She's bombarding you with questions. The more you answer though, the more she's leaning towards believing all of this.] Why does that make it much better?

...

At some point I shatter the wall of fate in June 1983 and I return to being the human girl, Furude Rika. I cast off the witch, Frederica Bernkastel. That much I know about the future, but what... was my reason for doing so?

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[monsterwine]

Because... it means that I'm not going through that hell... [ a beat ] If you don't understand it, then it's worthless to explain.