[ he listens quietly and sips his sake as Belph reveals this to him - all new information to his ears. When he gets to the fourth option, his eyes narrow a little bit, and he feels thankful - genuinely - that it can't happen anymore. ]

... It is. Nothing ever changes. The sun never shines, and every night, there's freezing rain that never lets up. You either forget who you are or you become a monster consumed by the despair of losing your life.

[ obviously, this is a subject he knows very well. Hikage has to assume he knows more about death than anyone else in the castle. ]

What about you? Which ending do you want?