second cycle ♦ video [4th wall]

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[Homura is in Cherrygrove, feeding Amy the Skitty on the side of the road.]

Is this another so-called "glitch"? [She tosses Amy another piece of food, which she catches clumsily, but. endearingly so.] Whether this is a real world or virtual reality, it's unstable. That much is clear to me.

[I mean, if any of the chaos happening these days is any

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[thebelsareinert]

Stable or not, it's the best thing that's happened since I've gotten here.

[How is he here? That doesn't matter. He's here! Cool, right?]

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[usedroaroftime]

[deadpan stare.]

Is that so?

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[thebelsareinert]

Yeah. With our powers coming back like this, it means whatever brought us here and keeps us here is weakening.

Maybe something's about to break and we'll all wind up where we belong. [a pause] ... Or where we'll be brought by someone else, in some cases.

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[usedroaroftime]

You seem sure of yourself, despite the fact that you can't identify the source.

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[thebelsareinert]

... You've got me there.

I can't exactly go and attack everything either.

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[usedroaroftime]

That would be foolish.

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[thebelsareinert]

Exactly.

... Maybe I am still stuck, but it's never wrong to be optimistic. [a pause] Has this given you any reason to be at all about your situation?

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[usedroaroftime]

[She had hope... albeit she kept it to herself. Close to her heart.]

It has clarified a few things about the nature of this world.

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[thebelsareinert]

... I see. Sounds like it's better than nothing.