Well. It could still be a variety of different times a situation like that has played out, but the details aren't terribly important. Hikage shifts on his feet, expression becoming oddly neutral. ]
[ it feels weird to have a conversation about himself entirely devoid of context - and especially when he feels slightly like the person in that memory wasn't "him," not entirely. A sigh. ]
No, you're just abnormal. So am I. [ a pause. ] ... That's right. That was my true self. But this is, too. For the time being, I've decided to try something different.
Someone convinced me they could bring me a better life. I took them up on it. [ he sighs. ] ... Looking at where we are now, it seems like it was a bad idea. But it's too late to turn back now.
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What are you talking about?
[ there's a century's worth of memories he could have just dipped into, and plenty of them are unpleasant. ]
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The memory of yours. Talking with some woman about how you like watching people suffer.
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Well. It could still be a variety of different times a situation like that has played out, but the details aren't terribly important. Hikage shifts on his feet, expression becoming oddly neutral. ]
You don't sound upset about it.
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[Ogata? No it's not?]
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No, you're just abnormal. So am I. [ a pause. ] ... That's right. That was my true self. But this is, too. For the time being, I've decided to try something different.
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... Something different?
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Someone convinced me they could bring me a better life. I took them up on it. [ he sighs. ] ... Looking at where we are now, it seems like it was a bad idea. But it's too late to turn back now.
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[Gently shitstirs.]
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[ he's only mad at life, not steph ]
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[ he rests a hand on his hip. ]
I know the risks.
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I don't see why you'd think the risks are worth betting on something so unlikely and immaterial.