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[lottato_prima]

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CRIED.

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[lottato_prima]

Millions.

[nohometown]

What's happened?

[lottato_prima]

It rained.

[nohometown]

That doesn't answer my question. It often rains.

[lottato_prima]

Does it usually rain fire?

[nohometown]

Obviously not. That's more useful information.

You don't sound like yourself.

[lottato_prima]

I don't? ...oh.



I'm having a hard time recalling what 'myself' sounded like.

[nohometown]

Perhaps I should say you sound different.

But then, I spoke to you not long ago.

[lottato_prima]

From your time, then.

I see.


Counsciousness is still hard to maintain to those outside of the Lifestream, especially after... this. The Planet's shaken.

[nohometown]

Yes, my timeline. I wouldn't say all is well here, but there's been no such incident. The Wutai War is over, and the Genesis War.

I never believed that consciousness existed after death, if that's what you mean to say.

What caused the disturbance?

[lottato_prima]

...what I wouldn't give for things to be that simple again.

Fighting a war where you know who the enemy is, with a clear goal in mind. Needless to say, I've had some help piecing myself together again after it started to pull me apart. It's not perfect, but you can still understand me.

...

That's... something I can't tell you.

[nohometown]

I'm afraid the situation you describe isn't the one I find myself in. The enemy... no, that has never been clear.

However, as a general, I must see things much differently.

Hm. I never knew you to be so reticent.

[lottato_prima]

...it will be. Soon. Maybe not to you, but the rest of us.

I already told you - here, I'm only a fragment of my real self. You're lucky even that much still exists.