[ It's a lot to process, but Ranger finds that it's simple so long as he starts from the top. It wouldn't be possible for Shin to know, but for Ranger, there was only one possible way that Sara could have even known about it, much less gotten their hands on it. There was only one person who would have known what it meant, where it was, and how to properly remove it without causing any damage.
Why is a harder question for him to answer. She should have known it was a hopeless cause. Was it to alleviate her own guilt? Was it out of some twisted kindness, or did she just want to see what would happen? But it couldn't be, right? To betray ASUNARO for a stupid reason like that... It couldn't be that she betrayed him for them, right...? He had held onto hope that he wasn't repaired because it was out of her hands, but maybe...
...
It doesn't matter. The rest is simpler to process, at least. They had utilized their resources, but not in just the right way, and come up empty. Gashu had broken one of the game's rules and died for it. Ranger already knew of his dedication to the game, so much so that he would do anything to see it succeed, and yet it doesn't make it sting any less to hear of how much more he loved the participants than he ever did his own creation. It doesn't make his death hurt any less when - despite everything - he still wanted to see them safe.
So then, after all of that, they were down two Floormasters, one attempt plan, and cards flipped around via their trading game until Nao had the Sacrifice and Keiji had the Keymaster card. That's simple enough, and then there were two. She voted for the wrong person in her world... For him to say different universes, did that mean it was only from her perspective?
It's a struggle, and he has to chew on the idea of it being a reality for a good 30 seconds. It's as though each simulation were its own little world, with red and blue existing parallel to each other. Red and blue, and for the person inside of the room there was only one right choice.
Ranger can't imagine being willing to sacrifice himself for another person. ]
And as far as you knew before then, she had made a different choice?
[ Six months... That's a long time to go on believing if so. ]
... Ahaha, it's so funny that it makes me want to throw up.
[ The words come out heavy and bitter, and the more he thinks about it the sicker he feels. Six months, three years, is there really that much of a difference between the two? ]
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Why is a harder question for him to answer. She should have known it was a hopeless cause. Was it to alleviate her own guilt? Was it out of some twisted kindness, or did she just want to see what would happen? But it couldn't be, right? To betray ASUNARO for a stupid reason like that... It couldn't be that she betrayed him for them, right...? He had held onto hope that he wasn't repaired because it was out of her hands, but maybe...
...
It doesn't matter. The rest is simpler to process, at least. They had utilized their resources, but not in just the right way, and come up empty. Gashu had broken one of the game's rules and died for it. Ranger already knew of his dedication to the game, so much so that he would do anything to see it succeed, and yet it doesn't make it sting any less to hear of how much more he loved the participants than he ever did his own creation. It doesn't make his death hurt any less when - despite everything - he still wanted to see them safe.
So then, after all of that, they were down two Floormasters, one attempt plan, and cards flipped around via their trading game until Nao had the Sacrifice and Keiji had the Keymaster card. That's simple enough, and then there were two. She voted for the wrong person in her world... For him to say different universes, did that mean it was only from her perspective?
It's a struggle, and he has to chew on the idea of it being a reality for a good 30 seconds. It's as though each simulation were its own little world, with red and blue existing parallel to each other. Red and blue, and for the person inside of the room there was only one right choice.
Ranger can't imagine being willing to sacrifice himself for another person. ]
And as far as you knew before then, she had made a different choice?
[ Six months... That's a long time to go on believing if so. ]
... Ahaha, it's so funny that it makes me want to throw up.
[ The words come out heavy and bitter, and the more he thinks about it the sicker he feels. Six months, three years, is there really that much of a difference between the two? ]