Yeah. You don't have to worry about that. There are those who have been keeping track of the number for some time. They're being watched closely to protect those teams as well as we can.
I think it's likely because it is. Especially since this isn't the first time we've done this at all. Things went poorly the last time, so we have to keep going this way to make them right.
[ you know what? fuck it. i'm just gonna pretend this isn't gonna cause a thread time paradox. it's too 4am to care about that right now, so the hand that pets at Miketsuchi pauses, and Alphinaud lifts his head, eyebrow raised. ]
Me either. It's...in a way, it does make some sense. I can understand why we would have said yes to repeating the cycles. But it doesn't make it any less shocking.
We failed. It's hard to say how, but from what I understand we weren't able to eliminate all of the destabilized people. In at least one cycle, we could only save half of the people left.
Every time, the answer's the same. We couldn't save everybody.
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Was this truly the only way this could have been done?
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I had been wondering—if others' decided this is what must be done because it is, or if it were simply the easiest option given to us.
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... We?
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I—
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... I had seen evidence this is not the first competition of its kind—but I assumed... it had to have happened with a different group.
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'Tis naught to apologize for. I am... surprised, is all. Never would I have guessed...
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Every time, the answer's the same. We couldn't save everybody.
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I wonder... if we are on the correct path this time.
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