[ The trickle of water that can be heard in the background runs constant, precisely one second between the time each drop falls, and the time it hits the cement. Nothing interrupts the dripping, not even a breeze. ]
[ It keeps falling. ]
[ Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip[ But then there are footsteps. They approach slowly, thick soles planted with
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What do you know? [She frowns.] Her?
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I know...how I can return to Mother, of course.
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The Door.
Lifestream.
I will cease existing here.
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I just want to return to Mother.
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[Even with the emphasis on his name, her voice is soft. Disappointed.]
[She may even be pouting.]
How could I forget anything you've told me? But are you certain of this? The way home isn't clear for any of us.
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[ She has, after all, been appointed his adopted mother, in the absence of Jenova. The words themselves may not ever leave his mouth, and the bond itself might not be reciprocated, especially from her, but that doesn't matter. It is stil so. ]
...I'm certain. It isn't like I have...any other choice. Mother is waiting, Luciela. I have to return to Her, and to my brothers.
They need me.
[ The final part that will make a whole. That will make Mother happy. ]
I wish you could come with me.
[ His eyes dart away, somewhere off screen. ]
But you'll be...safer here. In this place.
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A pity...you didn't arrive sooner, hm? We could have had more fun, sir.
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...is to what?
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The same way so many others have left. It seems to be...the only way.
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[For once, she sounds a bit sober. And a bit disturbed.]
Death doesn't work that way. It's all fucked up and brutal and I definitely didn't end up back with that stupid waterfall.
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I need to be with Mother. I have to try.
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