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Man.

[A pause.]

Has anyone ever gotten that sudden rush, where you remember a whole lot of something all at once? Or you think you remember all of it, but then there's pieces missing...

Hahaha wow I'm dizzy. Okay, sitting down.

Um- well all right, I won't beat around the bush. Nami, Zack? Buffy? Draco? Meryl? What about anybody from home? Luke, Asch?

I don't need help, I'm all right to get to the village myself, but a friendly voice would be nice to listen to for the walk in. Maybe some conversation while I catch my breath. Ah, how about- hm. Your first day here in Luceti; how was it for you?

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Yes, I arrived shortly before you left... [The first time. Was it all right to say that out loud just yet?]

Take as long as you need to, I'll wait however long is necessary. [But preferably before Luke finds you, please?]

Um, geez. Wow. I remember, uh- well, I remember all the drafts, and the tunnel cave-in. I remember- that tree in the plaza. Another one of the holidays that always gets celebrated around here- Valentine's Day? Yeah, that. I think that's the last really weird thing that happened before I left.

Is any of this helping at all?

Yes, it is. [And it is helping to confirm her suspicions regarding why he had seemed so casual at this time, compared to when he had last been here.]

You don't recall if Natalia was here when you were? [If he answered yes, then he would eventually remember what had happened when he returned months back. If yes... then he never would remember what he did.]

Yeah, we lived together for a while. Luke, Asch, Natalia and myself. That was around the time you showed up, actually.

[Guy doesn't remember if she left before he did though; things got kind of rocky with Asch around that point.]

Tear, what's this about?

... You have returned once before now, and you did not recall the time before that. [Though she wouldn't be able to explain everything that had happened, occupied as she had been.]

At that time, you told me that what you last remembered of Auldrant was watching Luke at the Tower of Rem, about to... I assume that it's not the case right now.

Oh.

[Suddenly that 'more serious' comment from Zack makes sense now.]

Yeah. No, that's- it's over. That's already happened for me.

It has? [So she doesn't have to try to explain that all over again, or wonder if she should hide it from him. It made things a little easier in a sense, almost relieving.]

I'm afraid you and I are the only ones who know of the events beyond that now, at least of our group.

Ah.

...and we're the only ones who know? [What happens to Luke and Asch. Well- Guy knows Asch knows about his death, anyway.]

In the event Jade or Natalia were to return, we are the only ones. [Except she knows now what will happen to Asch thanks to Natalia.]

But if Luke wishes to know or you feel the need to tell him what will happen... That should be your decision.

No, I think it's something we should agree on, both of us. I wanna know what you think about it.

[After all, Tear- well. She definitely cares about Luke. A lot.]

... He's happy here. [But she knows, she knows all too well that sheltering him could possibly put that happiness further at risk. After what happened to him only months ago, she finds herself at odds of whether to tell him his future.]

[With Xion, too.

Guy wonders if he should bring that up. Maybe later.]

Yeah. Plus...not knowing the future, isn't that what we worked so hard to achieve? Telling Luke almost feels like going right back to our dependency on the Score. It's just a different source.

[But they'd be telling Luke to prevent it from happening. But if it'd already happened for them, how could Luke change it? Especially when people forget when they go home.]

I think...my opinion's that we keep this to ourselves.

[If he did, he would be the first one to have ever brought her up with Tear.]

That was my line of thinking, because for all we know... Luke could go back to a different future than our own. And to share it with him will only cause him distress.

[Oh yes, she has thought about this hard and often.]

[It's kind of a touchy subject.]

Then it's agreed. We keep it from him.

He will likely never know to ask about it either. [Aside from their fearful reactions at the very thought of losing him, not that she intended to let him in on that any more than he already was.]

... Though I believe you have some knowledge of my first day here.

Probably, but things are still coming back to me. A lot of details are fuzzy right now. Why do you ask?

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