[Sayo is silent for a full minute, pondering the question as thoroughly as Battler. She would say that it's more complicated than he thinks... but no, that isn't true. Battler knows the question herself, made her his rival, made her his wife in the future if Will's words were to be believed.
It feels as if Sayo is driving a stake through the heart of Battler's beloved Beatrice as she finally opens her mouth to answer, undoing the woman who he'd pursued for so long with her very existence.
But surely the universe would allow her this one selfishness.]
Oh, I am one yet many. [There's a low cackle there, one that's achingly familiar yet different enough to harmonize with Battler's memories rather than melt into them.] I am the culprit, at least in most Fragments. I am the "man from nineteen years ago," according to an observer of all the games. I am the final guide to Dante, if Will's words are to be believed.
...I made George's demure Shannon-chan. I made your tormentor. You can call me a witch, in that way. [She almost says something else... but no. Sayo understands Beatrice a little bit more now; she can't bring herself to destroy that final mystery, that final opportunity for him to see. Battler has to kill Kanon himself.]
I even was them, for a long time. But I don't think that's true anymore. Every time I get a glimpse of your world, they're there, living their own lives free of my "truth."
Now I have to ask you, who has seen every part of me, but never the heart until now.
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[Sayo is silent for a full minute, pondering the question as thoroughly as Battler. She would say that it's more complicated than he thinks... but no, that isn't true. Battler knows the question herself, made her his rival, made her his wife in the future if Will's words were to be believed.
It feels as if Sayo is driving a stake through the heart of Battler's beloved Beatrice as she finally opens her mouth to answer, undoing the woman who he'd pursued for so long with her very existence.
But surely the universe would allow her this one selfishness.]
Oh, I am one yet many. [There's a low cackle there, one that's achingly familiar yet different enough to harmonize with Battler's memories rather than melt into them.] I am the culprit, at least in most Fragments. I am the "man from nineteen years ago," according to an observer of all the games. I am the final guide to Dante, if Will's words are to be believed.
...I made George's demure Shannon-chan. I made your tormentor. You can call me a witch, in that way. [She almost says something else... but no. Sayo understands Beatrice a little bit more now; she can't bring herself to destroy that final mystery, that final opportunity for him to see. Battler has to kill Kanon himself.]
I even was them, for a long time. But I don't think that's true anymore. Every time I get a glimpse of your world, they're there, living their own lives free of my "truth."
Now I have to ask you, who has seen every part of me, but never the heart until now.
Who is Sayo Yasuda?