I'm sure I don't know enough about him to pass judgment, but... I think there are some things that only you can do. Things that are more important than that.
[Estelle pulls out a rolled-up paper and opens it up to show.
The paper is actually a painting! A group of people are hanging out in a dorm room with Spring-like decor, smiling together. Conspicuously, Claude, Sieghart, and Mollymauk are among those featured in the illustration.
And since idk who Sebastian would recognize, the other people are: Maya Fey, Malik Ishtar, Rita Mordio, Sakyou Sagihara, Lucretia, Tsuyukusa, Taichi Yagami, and Hugo.
She points, of course, to Rita.] That's her. She's one of the first people I ever became friends with.
[ it must be kind of weird too, though, right? seeing someone you know with these other people you know, not knowing what kind of relationship they had...
...his eyes linger on maya for a second, because he feels like he's definitely seen that hairstyle before, but he has no idea if he saw it on her or on someone else, or where he saw it in the first place. ]
I guess so... They're all good people, but they're not very good at calmly talking things out, sometimes...
But because of all that, Rita ended up coming with me on my journey! At first it was to clear her name, but then it was for her research's sake. She's a magic scholar, and she knows about all kinds of things!
Yes... at the cost of all of the technology in our world. It wasn't an easy choice to make, but given the circumstances... it was the only choice to make.
It was a miracle that we were able to get all heads of state to agree on it...
... But what's even more miraculous is Rita. She's already come up with a foundation for a new kind of technology we can build from! So long as we have her, I think everything's going to be okay.
Wow... [ god he is seriously being shown up by this other teen prodigy he's never met help ] W-well, I'm really glad you could keep her safe without having to do something you'd feel bad about.
...I'm still glad it was you here too, though. Er, aside from... being here being terrible. I mean— even if she was really smart and awesome, you've helped a lot too, and... you know. You're you.
I don't know... that wasn't an option for us the last time, but maybe it's been different for some of the others? That would be really nice, though.
...Um, if it turns out we are able to do that, then... i-if you ever wanted to, uh, go out... somewhere... with me... then... I'd like that. I-if you'd also like it, I mean!
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I'm glad it was you.
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[ he smiles. ]
I think I am now too.
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... I'll admit, sometimes I had the same thoughts about my hostage. She's an incredibly smart and strong person... much more than I am.
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... I can show you a picture, if you want to see!
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[Estelle pulls out a rolled-up paper and opens it up to show.
The paper is actually a painting! A group of people are hanging out in a dorm room with Spring-like decor, smiling together. Conspicuously, Claude, Sieghart, and Mollymauk are among those featured in the illustration.
And since idk who Sebastian would recognize, the other people are: Maya Fey, Malik Ishtar, Rita Mordio, Sakyou Sagihara, Lucretia, Tsuyukusa, Taichi Yagami, and Hugo.
She points, of course, to Rita.] That's her. She's one of the first people I ever became friends with.
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[ it must be kind of weird too, though, right? seeing someone you know with these other people you know, not knowing what kind of relationship they had...
...his eyes linger on maya for a second, because he feels like he's definitely seen that hairstyle before, but he has no idea if he saw it on her or on someone else, or where he saw it in the first place. ]
How'd you meet her?
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I-I didn't go inside! At first... but then I had to help de-escalate the situation...
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[ does your world not have search warrants, jeez ]
I guess it's... a good thing you were there, then?
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But because of all that, Rita ended up coming with me on my journey! At first it was to clear her name, but then it was for her research's sake. She's a magic scholar, and she knows about all kinds of things!
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[ says the 17 year old prosecutor ]
What was your journey for?
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That's... uh, wow. I think the closest thing my world's ever had to that is like... global warming...
Um, did you... stop it?
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Yes... at the cost of all of the technology in our world. It wasn't an easy choice to make, but given the circumstances... it was the only choice to make.
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B-but that's awesome, that you were able to do that!
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... But what's even more miraculous is Rita. She's already come up with a foundation for a new kind of technology we can build from! So long as we have her, I think everything's going to be okay.
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...I'm still glad it was you here too, though. Er, aside from... being here being terrible. I mean— even if she was really smart and awesome, you've helped a lot too, and... you know. You're you.
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... I'm glad too. That I was able to keep being me all this time... and that I was able to do some good while I was here.
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...Um, if it turns out we are able to do that, then... i-if you ever wanted to, uh, go out... somewhere... with me... then... I'd like that. I-if you'd also like it, I mean!
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