...Well. In some ways, it's easier, given we'll be able to help him once he arrives here. In others, more frustrating, since there's nothing we can do to help the rest of them tomorrow.
[Just a nod. He doesn't have a whole country to look after like a leader, but just one person can be a tether.
But the question seems to give him pause for a second. He does still feel a duty to the children he teaches, and to the cause he still believes in, but... It is tempting, even if just for a moment.]
—I can't leave the children I look after alone in a home with no future.
...Yes. [Actually he is thinking about how the last guy who lived past 23 without becoming a Reliver had to go into hiding because everyone wanted to make him into a research subject.]
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Hello, Claude. ...I must say I agree with Saber, in that being on this side to handle the deaths is a very different feeling.
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[ peers at him ]
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...Well. In some ways, it's easier, given we'll be able to help him once he arrives here. In others, more frustrating, since there's nothing we can do to help the rest of them tomorrow.
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It is different. But I don't know if it's any better.
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Different, but not necessarily better. ...Well; that's to be expected, I suppose. It is difficult, watching them suffer.
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Mm? Ah, well... Should I earn redemption, I'll be returning home to my sister.
[Of course! No other options for this man.]
I assume you'll be returning to your home as well?
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You won't go with Adolphe and Yves? I hear they're looking for a new home.
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Oh? I haven't asked after their finalized plans just yet, but no, I wasn't intending on accompanying either of them.
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Would you want to take her somewhere else? If you could?
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But the question seems to give him pause for a second. He does still feel a duty to the children he teaches, and to the cause he still believes in, but... It is tempting, even if just for a moment.]
—I can't leave the children I look after alone in a home with no future.
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You're quite the martyr, aren't you?
[ He gets it. It's hard to abandon something that's been left in your care... something that you love. Even if it can manifest as a shackle. ]
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I'm just a teacher, really.
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You've never taught me anything, though.
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Oh, no... I'm getting rusty already and I haven't even been off of the job for a half-year.
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Oh. Is it going to be weird when you return, miraculously cured?
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...Yes. [Actually he is thinking about how the last guy who lived past 23 without becoming a Reliver had to go into hiding because everyone wanted to make him into a research subject.]
But it should be fine, I think...
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No, it should be fine even without that. The cure to the curse shouldn't be that far off, regardless, if Yves was correct...
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Do you have any friends you're looking forward to reuniting with?
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I do, yes. There are quite a few people I'm looking forward to seeing again. Is it the same for you?
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There are people I'm looking forward to seeing again. It's a little different from the friends I've made here, though.
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[The woes of being a public figurehead.]
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