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...futile.

[Kain glares harshly into the screen.]

What use were our actions in the cycles of war, if that threat was destined to be reborn again? Will defeating Chaos now make any difference? Was it all in vain?

[Angry dragoon sounds especially angry by the end of that. Then his tone shifts to be much lighter by the time he switches it to a private transmission.]

[Private; Reis]

...I would see you, as soon as you're willing.

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I know that we must fight, I've never questioned that for a moment.

[If he sounds snappish, it's because he very much is by this point, he didn't ever mean to suggest they lie down and forget the battle at hand.]

Yet if and when we destroy him, what's stopping this cycle from beginning again? What's stopping him from returning yet again?

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[She winces at the snappish tone, but has a ready answer.]

The myrrh. Our plan hasn't changed. Once we have enough gathered, we can change his plan and stop the cycle.

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...And how can we guarantee that a new cycle won't start in its place?

[Kain is in such a doubtful, pessimistic mood right now.]

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...I don't think it will. You've heard about the Iifa Tree, right?

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I have. [Kain's been quietly paying attention to that mostly because he's afraid of dying more.] Do you believe that will truly signify an end? That he won't... find some other way to subvert the natural order?

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I think he if could have, he would by now. But we're subverting it back and for all his power, he hasn't stopped our plans, not really. I don't think he can....

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So far... No plan is ever without faults. We must not become overconfident in this, we've still a long way to go until we defeat him...

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[She nods, sighing.]

We're closer than we were...but you're right, we shouldn't lower our guard yet. There's too much at stake.

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Far too much... we must not fail now.