If I were a sentimental person, I would doubtless thank you for that. Fortunately for all parties involved, I am not overly attached to the idea of sentiment. [Liar.] I do not treasure keepsakes, I do not place stock in naive hopes, and I do not deal in fond memories. [Liar.]
As you will never hear this, as I will never have to watch you smugly pronounce that I am some sort of demon transcendent, a far better person than I give myself credit for - do not fool yourself, sir. I am nothing of the sort - I suppose I am doing little more than what you have done now.
There is no guarantee this message will come through. In fact, it is entirely too likely that it won't.
One simply has to have faith. One simply has to trust that it will mean something. One has to hope - [And they scoff] - that some part of it will matter. As I am the most faithless being in existence, I find this rather difficult. So.
You will have to have that faith in my stead. Given the message you left behind, I trust that will not be difficult. In fact, I am rather certain of it. You trust far, far too easily.
[A moment. The quiet rustle of a page turning. They're reading from a book, though he would probably not recognize which one.]
"But I'm not free, I realized; I've been touched by Yuichi's soul. How much easier it would be to stay away forever."
[Another brief period of silence, and the book closes.]
How much easier indeed.
If the Ingress is kind, you will not remember me, and you will never hear any of this.
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But he didn't.]
If I were a sentimental person, I would doubtless thank you for that. Fortunately for all parties involved, I am not overly attached to the idea of sentiment. [Liar.] I do not treasure keepsakes, I do not place stock in naive hopes, and I do not deal in fond memories. [Liar.]
As you will never hear this, as I will never have to watch you smugly pronounce that I am some sort of demon transcendent, a far better person than I give myself credit for - do not fool yourself, sir. I am nothing of the sort - I suppose I am doing little more than what you have done now.
There is no guarantee this message will come through. In fact, it is entirely too likely that it won't.
One simply has to have faith. One simply has to trust that it will mean something. One has to hope - [And they scoff] - that some part of it will matter. As I am the most faithless being in existence, I find this rather difficult. So.
You will have to have that faith in my stead. Given the message you left behind, I trust that will not be difficult. In fact, I am rather certain of it. You trust far, far too easily.
[A moment. The quiet rustle of a page turning. They're reading from a book, though he would probably not recognize which one.]
"But I'm not free, I realized; I've been touched by Yuichi's soul. How much easier it would be to stay away forever."
[Another brief period of silence, and the book closes.]
How much easier indeed.
If the Ingress is kind, you will not remember me, and you will never hear any of this.
Pray that the Ingress is kind.
[Message ends.]