"Where am I?" "What is this place?" "Am I...?" "It's over." "It's OK." "You're completely fine." "Who's this?" "Thank goodness you made it back safely, Re-I." "Re-I?" "Is Re-I here too?" "Chief!" "How are you feeling?" "Is it all right for me to get up?" "Re-I?" "Sure." "It's fine by me." "What's this?" "What the hell is going on?" "!" "Re-I, we have been agonizing over how to deal with you." "Your selfish actions go far beyond... permissible behavior for a citizen." "The same thing can be said for you, Raul." "Yes." "Nevertheless, the ramifications of Re-I's return are great indeed." "Because of her, Romdo can go on." "The Regent is very happy in that regard." "My grandfather is...?" "At first, I was completely baffled..." "But gradually I came to understand." "For some reason... my mind, my will as Vincent Law... had gotten inside Re-I." "That is to say..." "I see everything through Re-I's eyes, hear everything through Re-I's ears." "Sacred Eye of the Void" "Sacred Eye of the Void Re-I?" "Swan, you're right on time as always." "Swan...?" "I told you about her in the car, didn't I?" "I hope you don't mind me being here." "No, it'sjust 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-I's actions." "No one knew I was inside Re-I except for me." "Is it good?" "Yeah." "Oh, I'm glad." "The chef here is quite a cook." "It's strange." "Until recently, just being able to eat was a luxury." "The difference between Romdo and the outside world is like night and day." "That's why people call this place "the cradle."" "And to enjoy the comforts of the cradle, you have to be a chosen citizen." "Like you and me, right?" "My grandfather... it seems he was happy only for what my return meant for Romdo." "I understand." "For my grandfather, the important thing is... figuring out how to keep Romdo from falling apart." "In the end, I was simply serving my grandfather's own interests." "I know..." "I mustrt see it in terms of what I've lost." "Re-I..." "I'm just whining." "Sorry." "Time skipped ahead again." "No, I just wasrt aware of it skipping ahead, that's all." "For me, the world is extremely fragmentary." "There are things I'm dying to ask Re-I." "Are Pino and I somewhere in this city?" "Of course my questions fail to reach her." "The next day, Re-I 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 Romdo." "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." "But for some reason, Re-I 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." "That's what people do when they make mistakes, 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." "So I'm being reeducated as a fellow citizen, huh?" "My consciousness lapsed for at least a week after that." "I don't know what happened to Re-I in the meantime." "Swan, 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!" "There's nothing I can do about it, you're infected." "I hate you too, Re-I!" "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-I... 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." "Naturally, 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?" "Long time no see, Re-I Mayer." "True, if I move now, 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-I 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-I?" "Was it a shock?" "I'm all right." "I wonder if you know why I had you meet him." "No." "Re-I, 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." "Hello, Vincent." "You can see me?" "The reason I had Re-I and you meet was so you could see your own self." "It was undoubtedly a shock for Re-I... but that's nothing compared to yours." "So then, that's why..." "Correct." "The shock of confronting your own self allowed me to... summon you from inside Re-I." "But there had to be someone to acknowledge you were here... like me." "Why am I inside Re-I?" "Re-I's consciousness is alternating back and forth." "Simply put, she has a split personality." "Her sense of guilt... the fact she betrayed you, Vincent Law... has created another personality inside her." "Namely, 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..." "Then it wouldn't allow Re-I's mind, which is separate, 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-I unstable." "That's enough for this session." "I'll see you later, Vincent." "On the count of ten, I want Re-I to return." "10, 9, 8..." "Wait!" "I still have things I want to talk to you about... 3, 2, 1..." "Vincent Law's inside me?" "That's a sick idea." "Re-I, don't touch it!" "Hello Vincent, it's been a week since I last saw you." "I didn't think Re-I would be coming here anymore." "What?" "Did you know Re-I called me?" "No." "I recorded it." "Swan, I'm not going to the clinic anymore." "I'd be lying if I told you the thing about Vincent wasrt 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-I came." "If Re-I's consciousness were to... start taking leave the way yours does, then... no, the fact she came here means... your will is unconsciously working on her." "My will...?" "Come on out, Re-I!" "What am I doing here?" "I could have sworn I was in my room." "Swan!" "Swan..." "where am I?" "Vincent." "This is your doing, isn't it, Vincent?" "Me?" "You're unconsciously trying to take over Re-I." "Take over?" "!" "You've been watching her all this time... just waiting for a chance." "Stop!" "Swan, what should I do?" "How can I eliminate myself from Re-I?" "You don't mind being eliminated?" "If it's in order to help Re-I." "You know a way, don't you, Swan?" "There is a way." "By showing Re-I 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?" "Your wish, 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." "It's nice having brilliant people like you on my staff, makes my job easy." "I'm much obliged." "Speaking of which..." "I've heard you're quite the devoted husband." "Who told you that?" "It's nothing to be embarrassed about, 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..." "Oh, is that what you're sulking about?" "I'm Chief of the Security Bureau... and you're a career woman in the Intelligence Bureau." "It's hard finding time for each other, but there's nothing we can do." "And if you get married... you'll see each other every day, like it or not." "Daedalus." "I'm sorry, 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." "But don't worry, I gojust enough to meet the attendance requirement." "I heard you're an exceptional student." "Just his test scores." "I've heard a lot about you as well, 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." "Everyone adores you so much, it's almost sickening." "Are you jealous?" "That's not what I meant." "Oh, no." "Re-I, don't touch it!" "It's been a week." "Re-I." "What am I doing here again?" "It's OK, Re-I." "Thank goodness, Re-I!" "You werert home, so I thought maybe something happened." "Are you cutting class again, Daedalus?" "What are you talking about, Re-I?" "Pull yourself together." "Vincent Law escaped." "A cogito infected companion type AutoReiv broke in... in all likelihood, he'll attack you." "If you have to, use this." "Swan, take care of her for me." "You freed him, didn't you?" "I..." "I don't know." "I told you." "You do it unconsciously." "Re-I, you loved Vincent." "Of course, he's my fiancé." "See?" "Vincent!" "You're mixing up your desires with your actual memories." "That's why Re-I is confused." "You've lost sight of the boundary between your desires and your true past." "Isn't that right, Re-I?" "Vincent is coming to see me!" "Wait, Vincent!" "What should I do?" "Kill Re-I." "You are a figment of Re-I's imagination." "She created you to escape the fact she betrayed Vincent Law." "That's why if Re-I is killed by you within this fantasy... her dual self will become one again." "Once again, to the past you wish you had." "Vince!" "I missed you!" "Pino..." "Why do you have that thing?" "I have to kill Re-I." "In order to help her." "In order to help Re-I Re-I?" "Yeah." "Is it OK to kill Re-I Re-I in order to help her?" "Yeah, because this isn't the real world." "Even if I explained it, you still wouldn't understand." "OK, let's kill Re-I Re-I then!" "Hey, Pino, what are you...?" "You don't even need to ask." "I'll kill her." "See!" "This isn't reality." "Swan..." "This is Re-I's imaginary world." "That's why your other self has to kill Re-I." "Kill her." "Kill her!" "Kill her!" "No!" "I wish I'd noticed from the start..." "I'm not giving this thing up to anyone, not even Re-I." "The moment Re-I takes it, everything will become a lie." "This world never existed to begin with!" "Then who are you standing there?" "If this world is a lie, 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." "But, I don't belong here." "I can't stand you!" "No matter what I do, 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." "Even so, I want to protect Re-I." "I see." "Re-I Re-I, 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 Romdo soon." "Romdo." "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 Romdo?" "I was just asking." "Get some rest, Vincent." "Good night, Re-I." "Good night, Vincent." "The man who disappeared in order to defy fate." "Bearing a hatred so great, it reduces him to ash... the two damaged souls now become one." "Place at the End of Time the two damaged souls now become one." "Place at the End of Time"