homophonic: setsu

[camena]

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[camena]

Why not?

What... is it? What do you need to get it?

[gnosia]

I'm going to come to the point where I'll be recycling through loops again, so if I haven't gotten it already... [ it's highly unlikely they ever will. ]

...And, if it's tied to Takashi... [ who is now broken out of the loops? well... they're out of luck. ]

[camena]

... Oh. And there's no way to get it from him when he's outside of the loops?

[ whatever the fuck that means. ]

[gnosia]

More or less.

[ she is right, yeah. i sure did this to setsu. ]

[camena]

... At least you can save them.

[gnosia]

...Yeah. [ a quiet breath leaves them at that. ]

At least I can save Takashi and everyone in that universe. They don't have to deal with the Gnosia there.

[ "A Gnosia free world.... wouldn't it be nice if we could find a place like that, Takashi?" ]

[camena]

I hate it. I hope—I hope that you know that.

But I get it.

[gnosia]

...I know. [ they don't exactly like Alex's own situation either. ]

But, I had already figured if anyone would get it, it'd be you.

[ they really are same person. ]

[camena]

I do.

[ and one last memory for the road... wao... from 8:27 to 9:42. ]

[gnosia]

[ "You can't change anything." wao indeed... but ]

..You were able to save them, weren't you? [ her friends. ]

[camena]

Yeah. I mean, I closed the gate from the inside... and all of them were on the outside. And if the loop is repeating like they say it is, isn't that because I'm inside the gate...?

[ wish that wasn't a question! ]

[gnosia]

[ wish it wasn't either! ]

That would make some sense I'd say.

[camena]

They described it like they had been in a loop.

[ ... ]

But they also... made it sound like I'm the one causing the loops...?

[gnosia]

If that's the case, you getting to where you are sounds predetermined.

[ like with Setsu, to be able to make sure they do not die, they have to pass the key on onto their friend. time is such a concept when it looks back like that. ]

[camena]

Yeah, like... Something that already happened a long time ago. It was too late before I even did it again this time. Something like that, maybe.

[gnosia]

It could be. [ a brief pause. ] I do wish it wasn't that way for you though.

[ they wish she could have a future that was different from that. that she could return to her friends. ]

[camena]

I know.

... But it's fine. It'll be fine. I don't know if I can break the loop, but I'm sure I can do something good. For someone.

[gnosia]

If I could break my own to come to you, I would.

[ there would be no hesitation. after all Alex deserves something good as well. ]

[camena]

[ it's a nice sentiment, at least. ]

Me too, obviously.

[gnosia]

I know. [ which is said softly. ]

For now, let's get through all of this first.