...It is difficult to know what to do on these adventures of ours, especially when they're something so foreign. [ softly. ] I take it this mage was angry with all of you?
[ softly, ] I wonder if it may be a little unfair to to blame yourself if you didn't know. These trips of ours... they're tailored to hurt us as much as possible. I'm sorry to hear that yours was like this.
Mm. We can try, but whatever we imagine can never quite stand up to the moment we're faced with it. I thought I could handle it, but I faltered during the trials, as well.
The one thing we can count on is that these things are built on illusions. As real as it feels, even with the injuries that remain on us, what we see there is more like a dream, or a nightmare. So whatever happened when you fell into this trap, however many people were hurt... I'm sure the real people are somewhere safe, even now.
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We infiltrated a mage's tower to try to steal an artifact... but we failed.
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I'm... not sure. But he wasn't happy.
We were trapped inside the artifact, and were faced with several deadly magic traps...
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[ alright musings aside ]
These traps, nya. Were they the reason you say people died?
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[ she suddenly bursts into tears ]
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once again looking like he wants to hug her and feeling conflicted about it. ]
Kate-dono, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... [ hhhhhh ] Whatever happened, it must have been an accident.
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It wasn't an accident. I just... didn't understand what he meant about the "cost."
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It's difficult to prepare for something like that.
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The one thing we can count on is that these things are built on illusions. As real as it feels, even with the injuries that remain on us, what we see there is more like a dream, or a nightmare. So whatever happened when you fell into this trap, however many people were hurt... I'm sure the real people are somewhere safe, even now.
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It wasn't... "people," exactly.
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I'm not sure that I understand.
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... Cats.
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Cats? Why cats?