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[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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Firion, my comrade... [Yes. He knows you that well.]

[But he isn't going to go into detail, he's decided, on some matters unless he's pressed for it. He's starting to notice a pattern here.] Have you forgotten as well, then?

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No. Not here on Gaia. Firion... we fought beside one another in the conflict of the gods. For Cosmos.

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That's because forgetting is the entire nature of the war. There were several cycles before the one you recall, all of them erased from our memories.

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[Kain refuses to go into more detail unfiltered, but it takes a few moments of fumbling with the device until he's got it set up.]

I understand if it's a lot to adjust to... I was unsure at first as well, when I was told the truth. But that was the nature of the war. Endless cycles, repeating countless times...

[Voice/Filtered] No worries! <3

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From everything the others have said... I believe that you did finally end it. But it would have repeated endlessly had you not been victorious.

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I wouldn't insist on speaking to all of you of this were it not the truth. Nor would I think of you as I do... Forgetting is the nature of the Void, but perhaps in time you will all come to recall something of the previous cycle.

You owe me no apologies.

[Trust him on that one, he's the one who will forever fee that he owes them all instead.]

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There were five others. Lightning, Tifa, Vaan, Laguna, and Yuna. [He's hoping that perhaps names will help bring up memories.]

We weren't there... because... our part in the war was done. That's the simple explanation.

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Neither of them recall it to my knowledge. [Mostly because they didn't react to "Warriors of Cosmos" and had he known that, he'd have addressed them individually.] Much as I knew nothing of it before I left. But I plan to speak with them in the near future to confirm that.

We... did something that was necessary to aid our warriors in the next cycle. But it came at a great cost.

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...The others... they deserve the thanks more than I do. [Their lives are more valuable, he thinks.]

The reason I'm apologizing... perhaps it's in your memory somewhere. I did something that I felt was necessary for the greater good, but... it was a difficult task to carry out.

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[Kain is unsure he's worthy of that. Even after what he went through. Mostly because of the things he had to do before that.] ...I'll never be sure if I really deserve it, but... I won't deny the importance of what we did, for the sake of the others who were with me.

...What I had to do... was for the sake of ensuring that all of you lived to fight in the next cycle.

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Then if it means that much to you, I'll accept it.

[...Right, he always forgets that, to them it's like meeting for the first time...]

I'm Kain Highwind. I'm a dragoon of Cecil's world and home kingdom, Baron.

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Yes, he's my father... How is it that you know him?

[Kain can figure they must be from the same world. He's just interested to hear about their connection.]