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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

[Vague apology is going to be vague, but that's how Kain does these things. He'll leave it public partially as an act of penance, partially because he's still readjusting to these devices and their filters. He isn't even sure that all of these people are here- he's been gone from Gaia for only a couple weeks, but to him it feels much, much longer. Don't worry Zidane, when he realizes you're not here, he'll bother you when you arrive.]

Cecil. Squall. Onion Knight. Bartz. Firion. Zidane. I apologize to all of you, especially.

I should also extend that apology to the other warriors of Cosmos as well.

I'm... sorry.

[He's still recovering, but he can't finish this without offering:]

...and if anyone has need for another fighter, I can be there at once.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

...right... but it could have been endless had you not ended it.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

Everything is endless until it ends. We know that wasn't the first time we went through that, though. We just made sure it was the last.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

And I'm glad to know that.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

So what's with the whole apologizing thing? And why'd you say it's for the better for me?

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I was apologizing for a necessary act I had to commit.

And you don't want to know the other answer.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

[Oh well now he really has to ask.]

What other answer?

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Your part in that cycle. It's not what you'd expect.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

...What is it? [Oh he sounds so wary right now.]

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

You'd perhaps rather not know.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

You keep not telling me and I'm just coming after you to get it out of you.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

[Which Kain doesn't want, he can't fight him off the state he's in.]

...I am sorry to bear this information. But... You'd been summoned by Chaos, in that cycle.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

[Dead silence.]

...I what?

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

...

I know it's difficult to hear.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

[So very flat now.] You're wrong.

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[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

I know what I saw and experienced. It's the truth.

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[waterblade.livejournal.com]

You're wrong. [And he hangs up. Kain's completely wrong - he wouldn't be like that. There's no way.]