"Where am I?" "What is this place?" "Am I...?" "It's over." "It's OK." "You're completely fine." "Who's this?" "Re-l." "Re-l?" "Is Re-l here too?" "Chief!" "How are you feeling?" "Is it all right for me to get up?" "Re-l?" "Sure." "It's fine by me." "What's this?" "What the hell is going on?" "!" "we have been agonizing over how to deal with you." "Your selfish actions go far beyond... permissible behavior for a citizen." "Raul." "Yes." "the ramifications of Re-l's return are great indeed." "Romdeau can go on." "The Regent is very happy in that regard." "My grandfather is?" "I was completely baffled..." "But gradually I came to understand." "For some reason... my will as Vincent Law... had gotten inside Re-l." "That is to say... hear everything through Re-l's ears." "82)}sacred eye of the void" "Re-l?" "you're right on time as always." "Swan?" "didn't I?" "I hope you don't mind me being here." "it's just I didn't recognize you without your lab coat." "I'm sorry." "But there was nothing in what they said or did that reflected my being there." "I had no influence on Re-l's actions." "No one knew I was inside Re-l except for me." "Is it good?" "Yeah." "I'm glad." "The chef here is quite a cook." "It's strange." "just being able to eat was a luxury." "The difference between Romdeau and the outside world is like night and day." "That's why people call this place "the cradle." "you have to be a chosen citizen." "right?" "My grandfather... it seems he was happy only for what my return meant for Romdeau." "I understand." "the important thing is... figuring out how to keep Romdeau from falling apart." "I was simply serving my grandfather's own interests." "I know..." "I mustn't see it in terms of what I've lost." "Re-l..." "I'm just whining." "Sorry." "Time skipped ahead again." "that's all." "the world is extremely fragmentary." "There are things I'm dying to ask Re-l." "Are Pino and I somewhere in this city?" "Of course my questions fail to reach her." "Re-l said she wanted to go see The Centzon." "You're certainly handling it with care." "We don't want to let any infectious agents inside Romdeau." "Does it bring back memories?" "Do you want to see Vincent Law?" "That day was the first time I'd heard my own name." "I really was somewhere in the city." "No." "Re-l refused to see me." "It was frustrating being in her world where my own will was ignored." "Was there no way for me to let her know that I was here?" "Huh?" "So that's why I was wondering if maybe you'd changed a bit from before." "I sensed you had." "Why?" "The other day when we had dinner... you apologized three times over a short period." "The first time was when you didn't recognize me." "The second was when you were talking about the Regent." "The third was when you dropped your dessert spoon on the floor." "they apologize." "This is horrible." "Looks like Daedalus must have given you the idea I'm a selfish bitch." "See?" "I noticed it before as well... there's a touch of self-derision in your speech." "I didn't get this from Dr. Daedalus." "I looked into it myself." "You checked up on me?" "Yes." "I'm your mental counselor." "That's news to me." "I'm going to be caring for you until you're ready to be a citizen again." "This is worse than having an Entourage." "huh?" "My consciousness lapsed for at least a week after that." "I don't know what happened to Re-l in the meantime." "there's something I want to show you." "I haven't even shown Daedalus." "Can you keep it a secret?" "An AutoReiv?" "Pino!" "Let go of me!" "She's..." "I hate the dark!" "Let me out of here!" "you're infected." "Re-l!" "How could you do that to Vince?" "!" "I'm gonna leave and help Vince!" "Don't be stupid!" "You want to go outside and be turned into scrap?" "Pino said she was going to help me." "What's happened to me?" "Re-l... let's go see Vincent tomorrow." "It's OK." "I'll come with you." "It's set up so that if he moves even a little... the FP rays will be fed into his body." "I've explained it to him." "And since he's seen you use the FP shells... he understood." "Vincent..." "Are you sure you want to come that close?" "Re-l Mayer." "I'll die." "But I could still manage to kill you before that." "Then why don't you?" "Only because I value my life too much to waste it... killing one back-stabbing bitch." "Why did you betray me?" "Why?" "Re-l betrayed me." "Seeing myself like that through her eyes..." "Is the "me" in there and the "me" out here... the same Vincent Law?" "The "me" in there had my own separate will." "Then who's this "me" inside Re-l?" "Was it a shock?" "I'm all right." "I wonder if you know why I had you meet him." "No." "have you recently experienced any jumps in time?" "No." "It's just inside my head it feels like..." "Inside your head?" "Like someone's trying to talk to me." "That's Vincent Law." "Vincent." "You can see me?" "The reason I had Re-l and you meet was so you could see your own self." "It was undoubtedly a shock for Re-l... but that's nothing compared to yours." "that's why..." "Correct." "The shock of confronting your own self allowed me to... summon you from inside Re-l." "But there had to be someone to acknowledge you were here... like me." "Why am I inside Re-l?" "Re-l's consciousness is alternating back and forth." "she has a split personality." "Her sense of guilt..." "Vincent Law... has created another personality inside her." "you." "Wait a second!" "Are you saying that..." "I'm not Vincent Law?" "Strictly speaking." "But..." "Have you experienced any time lapses?" "Yes..." "That proves you aren't actually Vincent Law." "If your mind were truly independent... to interfere with it." "Just as she unconsciously conjured you up... she unconsciously sends you away." "What do I do?" "Forcibly removing you at this point would only make Re-l unstable." "That's enough for this session." "Vincent." "I want Re-l to return." "8..." "Wait!" "I still have things I want to talk to you about... 1..." "Vincent Law's inside me?" "That's a sick idea." "don't touch it!" "it's been a week since I last saw you." "I didn't think Re-l would be coming here anymore." "What?" "Did you know Re-l called me?" "No." "I recorded it." "I'm not going to the clinic anymore." "I'd be lying if I told you the thing about Vincent wasn't bothering me." "It didn't feel good hearing those things from you." "I thought I could become comfortable with you." "I'm sorry." "But Re-l came." "If Re-l's consciousness were to... then... the fact she came here means... your will is unconsciously working on her." "My will?" "Re-l!" "What am I doing here?" "I could have sworn I was in my room." "Swan!" "Swan..." "where am I?" "Vincent." "Vincent?" "Me?" "You're unconsciously trying to take over Re-l." "Take over?" "!" "You've been watching her all this time... just waiting for a chance." "Stop!" "what should I do?" "How can I eliminate myself from Re-l?" "You don't mind being eliminated?" "If it's in order to help Re-l." "Swan?" "There is a way." "By showing Re-l your past." "My past?" "That's difficult." "I don't remember my past." "That's OK." "You aren't Vincent anyway." "It's the past you imagine." "The past I imagine?" "so to speak." "Relax." "You're taking a trip to the land of your wishes." "The world you desire." "How's it coming along?" "Everything's running like clockwork." "makes my job easy." "I'm much obliged." "Speaking of which..." "I've heard you're quite the devoted husband." "Who told you that?" "is it?" "I'm about to settle down myself." "I wanted to ask you the secret to a happy marriage." "Are you not happy?" "It's just that we're both always so busy... is that what you're sulking about?" "I'm Chief of the Security Bureau... and you're a career woman in the Intelligence Bureau." "but there's nothing we can do." "And if you get married... like it or not." "Daedalus." "my big sister can be very selfish." "You're late." "Sorry." "My class ran long." "Is that right?" "I heard you hardly ever go to class." "It's such a bore." "I gojust enough to meet the attendance requirement." "I heard you're an exceptional student." "Just his test scores." "Chief Vincent." "Are you sure a model fellow citizen such as yourself wants to... settle down with this shrew?" "Daedalus!" "I can't tell you how happy I am to have someone like you for an older brother." "The pleasure is mine." "Thank you." "He's such a smart ass." "It drives me up the wall." "I'm just glad he seemed to like me." "I've never met anyone who didn't like you." "it's almost sickening." "Are you jealous?" "That's not what I meant." "no." "don't touch it!" "It's been a week." "Re-l." "What am I doing here again?" "Re-l." "Re-l!" "so I thought maybe something happened." "Daedalus?" "Re-l?" "Pull yourself together." "Vincent Law escaped." "A cogito infected companion type AutoReiv broke in... he'll attack you." "use this." "take care of her for me." "didn't you?" "I..." "I don't know." "I told you." "You do it unconsciously." "you loved Vincent." "he's my fiancé." "See?" "Vincent!" "You're mixing up your desires with your actual memories." "That's why Re-l is confused." "You've lost sight of the boundary between your desires and your true past." "Re-l?" "Vincent is coming to see me!" "Vincent!" "What should I do?" "Kill Re-l." "You are a figment of Re-l's imagination." "She created you to escape the fact she betrayed Vincent Law." "That's why if Re-l is killed by you within this fantasy... her dual self will become one again." "to the past you wish you had." "Vince!" "I missed you!" "Pino..." "Why do you have that thing?" "I have to kill Re-l." "In order to help her." "In order to help Re-l Re-l?" "Yeah." "Is it OK to kill Re-l Re-l in order to help her?" "because this isn't the real world." "you still wouldn't understand." "let's kill Re-l Re-l then!" "what are you?" "You don't even need to ask." "I'll kill her." "See!" "This isn't reality." "Swan..." "This is Re-l's imaginary world." "That's why your other self has to kill Re-l." "Kill her." "Kill her!" "Kill her!" "No!" "I wish I'd noticed from the start... not even Re-l." "everything will become a lie." "This world never existed to begin with!" "Then who are you standing there?" "then I wonder who you are." "Do you deny even the fact you're here?" "You've lost sight of your own self." "That's why you'll never find a place where you belong." "Vincent." "I don't belong here." "I can't stand you!" "you won't take it off." "This thing." "You're a Proxy too?" "I hate men who have the scent of another woman on them." "I'm sure she thinks the same thing." "I want to protect Re-l." "I see." "don't!" "Good bye." "Vincent." "It's my turn." "What's wrong?" "Where are we?" "What are you talking about?" "Nothing." "Get a hold of yourself." "We'll be in Romdeau soon." "Romdeau." "You're not the only one who's anxious." "What lies ahead?" "What's going to happen to you and me?" "I think therefore you are..." "is that it?" "Can I have the pendant before we get to Romdeau?" "I was just asking." "Vincent." "Re-l." "Vincent." "The man who disappeared in order to defy fate." "it reduces him to ash... the two damaged souls now become one."