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...mm. It had the opposite effect. All the more so because I do remember two different timelines. The circumstances were different, but she still died.

[ a pause, and then he adds ]

You know someone who is trying to bring a loved one back, then.

... a regressor. Someone who could restart his life at the beginning of the Scenarios.

But it didn't mean he could bring anyone back.

[ The way he looks at him changes in a way that suggests something just piqued his interest ]

... Is that so. Does that mean he was the only one to go back with his memories intact, while the rest of the world went back to the start?

That is how it appeared to him, yes.

[ there is another annoyed noise ]

... mm.

Then that's the same as Phainon.

Phainon does have that protagonist-like energy.

[ crossing his arms at chest ]

He is a fool who would rather burn himself into a crisp than share his burdens. Had I not convinced him to take the role of Queen seriously he would have simply went on planning a happy end for everyone else. One that would not include him in it.

That hero complex of his is simply annoying.

[hey, wait, this sounds less like Yu Junghyeok suddenly?????

well, except... 999th Yu Junghyeok but--Yu Jungheyoks that Kim Dokja based his Scenarios run off of, hello??]

... why wouldn't he want himself included?

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That is a question you should pose to him. He thinks he can just suffer through 33 million cycles and have us accept that another "Deliverer" will bring us salvation. Without even asking us if we'd even want such a thing!

Ridiculous. That he'd be left behind was never agreed upon.

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I have to go now.

[ the JUDGING look ]

Ah, so you have more in common with him too.

I have said nothing of the sort!

You are running away because you're also being scolded.

I. Have not even come close to 33 million, so why should I feel scolded?

Since you're the one acting so guilty, that is for you to say.

How you asked him why he doesn't consider himself?

Even I ended up scattering my stories instead of continuing that cycle, so actually, I'm the one doing much better?

[... this is fucked up reasoning but LISTEN,]

If I ask him he's going to say something foolish like "I'm not human anymore, I'm just a thing made for destruction".

I will concede you are doing better.

[... maybe he should ask Phainon how he became so okay with being that kind of existence. get some tips on accepting being that being of destruction...]

There, see?

Being better than Phainon is not a hard bar to clear. You should aim for higher than that.

You say that even though you chose him as your master?

You do know him succeeding will only enable him more?

[ he's quiet for a moment as he looks over Kim Dokja, like he's trying to decide whether he wants to share his actual plan or not. But then— ]

I do not truly need him to become Queen. I wish to observe this place and the powers it offer, and then steal such power for myself. I am wary of gifts from the gods. This place might not be Amphoreus, but gods are always the same. At least when it comes to those who act as if they are above humanity.

But I need him to be what ties us Chrysos Heir together. He has the presence for it, and he is well beloved by each one of us. That is why this plan is mine, but he is our Master.

Ideally, I should be able to grasp the secrets of this place before he's able to do something foolish.

You're wary of gifts from gods, but you're not wary of him trying something?

That's not it. Phainon doing something stupid is an eventuality I can account for. I know him, and I am hoping I will be able to restrain him. But whatever trick the gods have up their sleeve, I still don't know.

If you're operating off of some nebulous "hope" of some vague concept like "restraining him", then you're already going to lose.

Even without whatever "gods" are running the show in this place.

You said it already. He doesn't think of himself as human, necessarily? So you have to think of him more like a god in that sense. Otherwise, you're definitely going to lose to whatever "stupid" idea he has.

... mm.

It isn't as if I don't know that. I simply could not think of any other way to tie him back to his humanity. To myself and the people he loves.

I do not have anything better than "hope" and my own mind, to work with.

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