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[When the recording starts, Kain grumbles under his breath.]

'Grumpy Dragon Guy.' I would never...

[Then there's a moment of silent glaring. He's inwardly very confused by this, but he's going to hide that fact by being more annoyed than usual.]

Whoever wrote that letter to Reis had better give an explanation for it.

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I'm staying.

[The words come instantly, firmly, resolutely. Despite the things that he'll miss- and there are a lot- he's made up his mind a long time ago.]

I would have decided to remain even without the threat to the worlds. Zephyr is here. We need one another. My father is alive here. And Reis... [Trails off, not entirely sure what he should allow himself to think about her. He's afraid of something 'wrong' creeping into his head.] I'll not leave any of them. Even if this means giving up Mount Ordeals, and living with my darkness... I feel it's time I found my own path, anyway.

[Yeah, sorry Cecil. He's messing up your timeline and is rather happy in a Kain-way about it.]

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I understand.

[And yet Cecil looks, for the briefest moment, disappointed. He had hoped everyone would be able to return home, together. His family, but Kain too, given how long he's been absent from the lives of his two best friends. Now it doesn't seem as though he'll be able to return home at all. But if Kain is happier here than at home, it would be selfish of him to wish for him to be anywhere else.]

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I'm glad you respect my choice... as I will respect yours. Either way.

[He knows that Cecil has Baron. He's needed there, more than Kain thinks he'll ever be. But he looks vaguely saddened as well. He doesn't want to be separated from his childhood BFF forever, despite all the issues they've had between them.]

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I still need more time to think on it, before I reach a decision.

[A lot more time. And he's wondering how he could possibly break the news about it to Rosa, if she doesn't know already.]

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Of course. I know you'll do what's right, Cecil. Ultimately... you always do.