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[bound_skyward]

[A communicator in a crystal. After seeing Terra try it, Kain is likewise looking into the crystal to find out what he can do with it. He stares intently into it for a moment and frowns. He's not sure he's doing this right.]

By now we all know our purpose. To wage war upon our enemies...

[The idea nags at his thoughts a little, but none of it

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[lightning_fists]

[ Well, now that she's figured out what this thing is... ] ...No. But... [ - A flash. Shouting and yelling. A blonde woman - She moves a hand to press against her temple. ] I... I remember fighting.

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[bound_skyward]

[Kain nods thoughtfully. He has the strongest sense that this has happened before, somehow. Yet Chaos had spoken almost as if they were only beginning their fight. Confusing.]

Could that mean that we've already been fighting this war...?

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[lightning_fists]

You think? [ Considers, turning her gaze to the side a moment. That would explain the memory, itself. But then, it doesn't cover all of the questions that come from it, now does it? ] But then, why don't we remember it?

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[bound_skyward]

Well... we were knocked out... [But nor does that satisfactorily explain it to him, either. What could cause that effect in so many people?] ...I don't know. I only remember a few things from before. Much of it did involve fighting.

[hewleyhonor]

[Angeal bit his lip, trying to think of something, anything, that would make this current situation a whole lot clearer. Unfortunately, nothing relevant came to him.]

So it's not just me, huh? I don't know whether to be relieved or worried even more.

[A distant memory of a man in red comes to him and he just knows this man is important. He speaks almost to himself rather than to the man before him.]

Red... A man in red...

[bound_skyward]

Red...? That doesn't sound familiar.

[He thinks about it some more, trying to make sense of any of this.]

It's as if I only have a few scarce memories for certain. Everything else is blank. What's happened to us?

[hewleyhonor]

[Angeal is saddened by this memory of the man in red with no way of knowing more about it.]

Same here. That man is all I know, but as for everything else... [He clutches his head.] Nothing.

[bound_skyward]

A frustrating predicament. But if someone is in your memory, it's likely they can be found... Eventually. [Kain sighs, he's trying to place everyone he meets, but only a very few people are familiar so far.] Any of us might have met in the past, and be unaware of it now.

[brightsiding]

A- a little bit, but...

[ She remembers a lot of bad stuff. ]

[bound_skyward]

But not very much, I've no doubt. [And because he's getting a feeling that about some details, he's not the only one.] Are many of your memories... related to fighting?

[brightsiding]

Almost all of them are.

Yours, too?

[bound_skyward]

Nearly all of them. I wonder if it means that this isn't entirely the beginning of the war...

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[unseenspy]

Is it true that no one remembers anything?

[This starts to worry him. What if he loses his memories?]

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[bound_skyward]

It appears to be so. [But why would anyone have to ask? That's odd...] Is that not true for yourself?

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[unseenspy]

No...I remember everything...

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[bound_skyward]

Why would you have a memory, while most people don't?

[Kain stares at him, as if he can see what makes him different. He doesn't look strange. Very young, but not unusual.]

[chainlink]

I- [Closes her mouth for a moment and pauses. She looks away, reserving her words for a second.]

You seem familiar.

[bound_skyward]

[While she doesn't stir up any of his current memories... his instincts tell him she might not be so wrong in that thought.]

Perhaps... but most of my memories appear to be lost. Yours as well?

[chainlink]

People, places, but mostly from before I was here. Not here in particular. I'm Namine.

[bound_skyward]

I'm Kain Highwind.

[He considers a moment.]

It could be possible we've met, and forgotten. I remember very few people from before.