[ That world's hope...? He's not certain of that, but without a doubt until his existence ended he would continue on with this path. It was always like that, and it would always be like that, but it feels a little different now. He blinks as Komaeda shakes him, seeming to finally become aware of how agitated he had become, and he switches to the ice cream cone as he continues on. It's a complicated feeling.
Rio was always just "Ranger," and that was only natural. It's the same as how Tia Safalin is Safalin, and prior to that was Namida, and yet everyone else is referred to by their first name. It was a line drawn between them that could never be crossed. It doesn't surprise him to hear of parents who refuse to call their kids by their names, not when there were just as many who would call their kids "shit" and "cockroach" and all other manner of names. He can relate, and he can't. ]
I see. So, it's just drawing a line.
[ The reasons are different, but the desired outcome is just the same. It's roughly what Rio expected, though it's not something he's willing to abide by. ]
There's no one.
[ Part of that is that he doesn't think highly enough of anyone, or otherwise that they have other issues, and part of it is that he simply can't exist any other way. But those aren't the reasons that he gives.
Instead, he thinks back to the conversation that he had with Sara. ]
I don't know who I want to be, but it's not the person I am now. But I don't have an answer to that question, so I don't want to be anyone else either.
[ And if he were to find that person he could be satisfied with, then there would be no reason to become anyone else. ]
What about you?
[ Would he be somebody else if he could? Rio tosses the ball, and it plops in the cup now, splashing a bit of liquid. It's not the perfect center that he might have liked, a little too much to one side, but it's better. ]
roll: 5... finally we have broken the (2-)3 curse
Rio was always just "Ranger," and that was only natural. It's the same as how Tia Safalin is Safalin, and prior to that was Namida, and yet everyone else is referred to by their first name. It was a line drawn between them that could never be crossed. It doesn't surprise him to hear of parents who refuse to call their kids by their names, not when there were just as many who would call their kids "shit" and "cockroach" and all other manner of names. He can relate, and he can't. ]
I see. So, it's just drawing a line.
[ The reasons are different, but the desired outcome is just the same. It's roughly what Rio expected, though it's not something he's willing to abide by. ]
There's no one.
[ Part of that is that he doesn't think highly enough of anyone, or otherwise that they have other issues, and part of it is that he simply can't exist any other way. But those aren't the reasons that he gives.
Instead, he thinks back to the conversation that he had with Sara. ]
I don't know who I want to be, but it's not the person I am now. But I don't have an answer to that question, so I don't want to be anyone else either.
[ And if he were to find that person he could be satisfied with, then there would be no reason to become anyone else. ]
What about you?
[ Would he be somebody else if he could? Rio tosses the ball, and it plops in the cup now, splashing a bit of liquid. It's not the perfect center that he might have liked, a little too much to one side, but it's better. ]