voice;

[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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[rosettawall]

...yes.

I suppose I am.

But it is necessary.

[yatteyanyo]

If you've already convinced yourself of that much, I suppose there's not a lot else I can do to speak you away from such a path...

I wish it were not this way. A girl your age shouldn't be worried about things like this, ideally. But if it's how things are... Well, you have my support, even if I am on another ship. I do not easily forget those who fought beside me.

[rosettawall]

If I do not go down this path, something horrible may befall them again. I cannot live with that...


...I wish it were not as well, however... That is the world we are in. This place is dangerous, and I do not know who I can actually trust.

[yatteyanyo]

Do you not trust your friends? Your crew?

[rosettawall]

Mana-chan and Rikka-chan... I can... I know I can trust them...

[Right? ...though, even Rikka... Rikka was scared by what she had to say, how she was acting...

But, she had to be able to trust her... She HAD to...]

...I would like to trust our crew...

[yatteyanyo]

Then do so. Do not doubt the faith in your heart. It will reward you, in the end.

[rosettawall]

Yes. Yes, I am certain it will...

[yatteyanyo]

Mm. Chin up, then. You'll find your way.

[rosettawall]

[An extremely slight, quiet, and dark laugh]

I think I already have...

[And she just sort of ... stops replying from there.]