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[There's a dissipating shower of purple flecks behind Walter, this time with more black and belts, when the feed comes on. More than that, half the trademark severity from his features has gone—he's clearly not in the mood to punch someone's lungs out. Which is new.]

Vatheon—[he grasps the cloth wrapped around his hair and pulls it off, suddenly seeing no point in it. His tone is softer from its usual guttural gruffness.]

. . . What's a soul?

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[After a moment of waiting, Walter cranes his neck to the side. He hasn't come to the abandoned village in months; the area's about the same as the images his memories convey him. And now, he's a little more keen about disregarding appearances to dig around.

He slides in and out of the broken buildings, taking a moment to wander each interior before moving onto the next. His hands are smeared with grime in minutes, and he rubs the flat of his fingertips against his thumb at a juncture. It's all so familiar in a way, yet he feels nothing more than . . . apathy.

People lived here, once. Probably.

Outside, he leans against what remains of a wall and looks up, his arms crossed.]

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Evil incarnate . . .

[Like the bad juxtaposed to good. Everything is so straightforward, isn't it.]

My companions and I defeated him, but there's always a possibility he might return.

[Thinking about Rhapthorne's return however, it might be bad especially if the Seven Sages aren't there to help power the GodBird Sceptre again.]

Of course. You can't permanently be rid of an incarnation.

If he does return, the world is doomed. Especially since the Seven Sages and Empyrea won't be there.

. . . Then, perhaps it would be time that world ended.

Please tell me you're joking.

All things come to an end. It's merely a matter of time.

[Does it look like he's the joking type?]

So then you think your world is better off ending too.

[He's going to pull the same thing you did, Walter.]

In time, it may be.

[It's hardly a big deal for him.]

[Walter, stop being so emo.]

So you're fine with everything dying?

Whether that happens or not doesn't concern me.

So how would you feel about this world perishing?

[If he had to be brutally honest?]

Nothing.

. . . I would feel nothing.

[He's going to be blunt too.]

I'd rather see this bubble gone myself, then we can escape from this prison.

[Oh?] And would you return to your world?

Oh not at all. If the bubble was gone and the barrier around the island became weak, we could sail out and see what this world has to offer.

That's impractical. It'll take months to build the necessary equipment to head out to sea for an extended period.

Considering what I've been doing with Lloyd for weeks between planning and actually working on a boat, I say we have the equipment necessary to build one.

[That had better be a ship, because a boat is not going to carry some hundred plus residents of Vatheon.

Still—]

There's no guarantee that we'll still be here if the city were to fall.

I know I wouldn't be here, I'd be traveling the world and finding life away from this place.

. . . I see.

[It's a different thought from his, when his life is grounded to the city. If it's even much of a life.]

You could always join me, what do you say to that?

What would be the point of bringing me?

We need more crew members, why else would I bring you along? You can wash the decks of the ship.

[Seriously?

He looks very unimpressed.]

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