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