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[rosettawall]

[When Alice's voice comes, it is very... quiet. Distant. She doesn't actually sound like she's speaking to anyone in particular, at least at first.]

They're not safe here...

This world is going to make them suffer more and more...

...I need to protect them...

But how do I do that, when I can't stop those things that would hurt them...

[It sounds like just idle musing at this point, as if she's trying to contemplate a real answer to this.]

One way or another, I cannot allow that... No matter what anyone says, I know it will come again...

They won't suffer again. I... there are ways I can make sure of that, I am certain... I know I can stop it, some way...

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Private, voice;

[rosettawall]

Mana-chan...

Yes, I know. I just...

Th- this voice...

[She stops, utterly shocked that she was able to say that. She... couldn't tell it to Rikka... So why...?]

Private, voice;

[abundantlove]

...

Alice.

You hear it too?

That's great!

Private, voice;

[rosettawall]

...Mana-chan, I...

[There's... a lot of relief in her tone, despite that general hint of not being all there in her speech.]

Re: Private, voice;

[abundantlove]

Alice... she's the one who made everything so clear! The one who made me realize what I needed to do! To keep everyone safe!

You should just accept what she has to say!

Private, voice;

[rosettawall]

It... I know it's what I should be doing...

[That she should know better, that she spoke with Dog, that she managed to get that information out there by doing so was... so distant in her memory now.]

And yet... Rikka-chan said I was scaring her...

Private, voice;

[abundantlove]

... Alice.

Rikka will understand in time.

More than any of the others, we're doing this for her sake.

Do you want to do what will make Rikka happy, or what will protect her?

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[abundantlove]

Because I'm not going to let what I want hurt someone I care about ever again.

Not after I lost Regina.

Private, voice;

[rosettawall]

...of course.

That's right.

Mana-chan is... always right...

Rikka-chan will have to understand... she will...

Private, voice;

[abundantlove]

There's the Alice I know!

Private, voice;

[rosettawall]

I'll do whatever Mana-chan needs of me...

So long as I can make sure the both of you are safe.