Audience- Yoji Uruha

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[kumeyuri]

... I did hear mentions of a demon come up once in a while, yeah.

[batterypack]

[ ...she just looks at him. ]

Why don't you tell me what all you've heard, and I can tell you if you should be expecting anything else.

[kumeyuri]

[...]

Honestly... that's most of it. A demon made them hurt each other? And the only way to stop it was to trade "willing life for unwilling life".

Apparently I was there, on the other side of the river to take them back, but I got lost at that part. I don't know much else about what happened, other than the usual effect of them remembering alternate lives.

[batterypack]

That doesn't sound too surprising, if the rest of what's been said is accurate. [ and maybe it doesn't matter. they're all safe, they're on their way to healing... the demon's dead at home. but it feels a little rotten to know that it happened at all. ]

Someone had to die to stop the demon. That's how it worked back home, too.

[kumeyuri]

[...

well, that fucking sucks to hear.]

[batterypack]

[ yeah. ]

... and like those four, that someone came back. It's just that we were missing something else. Or someone else, I think. That's more accurate.

[kumeyuri]

... Someone else?

[batterypack]

Another friend. [ she looks conflicted about saying this. ] There were four of them, once. But I've only remembered three until recently.

[kumeyuri]

As in, you had memory issues?

[batterypack]

Can they really be called memory issues if I didn't realize it was an issue to be had anyway? I didn't know someone was missing until you all arrived.

[kumeyuri]

Like your memory just started coming back when we got here?

[batterypack]

Certain actions from certain people unlocked memories that I didn't realize were locked. And if you all hadn't come here, or if I hadn't said yes to God, it probably would not have happened.

[kumeyuri]

... Sounds like it was pretty jarring. [...] Better this way or worse?

[batterypack]

... worse, maybe, because now I'm aware I'm still missing things but not the whole context of what that may be. But that's for me to solve later, I think. We still have a lot to do here.

[kumeyuri]

... Personal issues to work out even in Heaven, huh. Well, I hope you manage to solve it when you have the room to...

[batterypack]

Thanks. I think it's best for it to wait until after this trial is over though. We still have a lot of work to do to make sure you get back home.

[kumeyuri]

Mm.

Though once we all return home, I hope that you do have others here in Heaven who can help you with it.

[batterypack]

I'm sure I'll find other people somewhere. [ she's not super worried about it at the moment. ] But that's still weeks from now.

[kumeyuri]

It doesn't hurt to think a bit about the future. Just so long as you're not alone in this.

[but if she's not worried, then he won't be.]

[batterypack]

To be fair, I have spent my whole life thinking about the future. [ it's a little tiring. ] But... a lot of you are very kind and like to remind all three of us we're all working together.

[kumeyuri]

Easier for you to keep in mind than the other two, I'm guessing? Or do they get along better now?

[batterypack]

[ she just pouts. ]

They seem to be getting along better now that some things have come up to clear the air. But I'm a little grateful to be an only child more than ever now.

[kumeyuri]

[a little noise of amusement]

Then, it's like being caught up in a squabble between siblings?

[batterypack]

[ looking off into middle distance. ]

Yeah. That's almost exactly what it's like.

[kumeyuri]

Can't say I've ever been in that position... but my condolences.