0. I want to apologize again. I'm really sorry.
1. I can't believe I tried to kill you.
2. It's all right. I know that wasn't really you.
3. Still, the one who did it was a part of me. Literally.
4. You asked me about this before. About some [cdb]mysterious presence within me.
5. That's right.
6. Well, sorry I couldn't give you a straight answer [cdb]back then.
7. Arval told me not to tell anyone.
8. That's the name of the presence that was inside [cdb]my head, by the way.
9. The one that took control of my body and tried to [cdb]kill you.
10. Or maybe it was someone else entirely... The one [cdb]that called himself Epimenides.
11. Arval and Epimenides, hm? I wonder what manner [cdb]of beings they are.
12. Beats me. And it's not like I can just go and ask [cdb]them now.
13. Honestly, I kinda wish I'd talked to Arval more now [cdb]that I can't.
14. That's how these things work, sadly.
15. When you're ready to talk, the person you want to [cdb]talk to is no longer there.
16. But there's still so much I don't know.
17. Remember how I got trapped inside that void with Edelgard and the others after our fight?
18. Remember how I got trapped inside that void with Dimitri and the others after our fight?
19. Remember how I got trapped inside that void with Claude and the others after our fight?
20. That's when Arval used the name Epimenides. And then tried to kill us.
21. Are Arval and Epimenides the same being?
22. I'd like to think they're different, but maybe I'm [cdb]wrong. Maybe Epimenides is just Arval's true [cdb]identity.
23. I dunno if they were just using me, or if they had [cdb]some other goal in mind...
24. All I've got are a bunch of mysteries that I'll [cdb]probably never solve.
25. I did notice one thing.
26. What's that?
27. It was when we were fighting and you were being [cdb]manipulated. It seemed like Arval was trying to keep [cdb]your body from getting hurt.
28. They could've fought more recklessly. I don't see why [cdb]it would have made a difference to them, but they [cdb]were making sure you weren't harmed.
29. That's surprising.
30. That's hard to believe.
31. Seriously? Arval was protecting me?
32. It's just a feeling I got. But yes, I think that [cdb]could've been the case.
33. Come on. That's not protecting me. That's protecting [cdb]the body they went through all that trouble to get.
34. Maybe. Maybe not.
35. I guess Arval's the only one who knows the truth.
36. Or as the Seiros folks say, "Only the goddess [cdb]knows." Right?
37. But, hey, thanks for telling me that. Really. It does [cdb]make me feel better.
38. I've got no choice now but to keep moving forward. Live out the destiny the two of us once shared.
39. Funny. I came here to apologize, but you ended up [cdb]cheering me up instead. Catch you later, OK?
40. Only the goddess knows, hm?
41. Well, the "goddess" may have been the one [cdb]telling you that.