"I'm..." "Pino." "Is anybody here?" "Anyone?" "Pino?" "Where is everyone?" "This place is..." "Vince!" "Pino!" "Pino?" "Who are you?" "Welcome to the place... where the sun originates." "I thought I was in Charos." "You were lying there passed out when I arrived." "I brought you here." "Lying there?" "I'm sorry." "I'm Kazkis Hauer, master of this tower." "You must be confused because you just woke up." "Who else survived besides me?" "How could anyone else have survived?" "Come here." "I'll give you a treat." "Shards of Brilliance" "Shards of Brilliance She's an infected AutoReiv." "She's an infected AutoReiv." "AutoReiv?" "They're machine-based." "A machine?" "Pino!" "Sorry, looks like she's feeling shy." "They say she's a child on the inside... but even so, I don't know why she's treating you like that... after you rescued us." "Why did you help us?" "Because you're my friend." "Friend?" "All of us who know this far corner of the world are friends." "This far corner of the world?" "The world you saw... and the world you will see..." "Your eyes are staring at death." "You're probably right... since surviving means seeing so much death." "My friends died too." "I've been on my own for a long time." "But, why?" "Why have I survived?" "It was fate." "I'm so glad you made it this far." "Hop, hop, step." "Hop, step, step." "That hurts." "The place where the sun originates, huh?" "I haven't seen this sort of sight in a long time." "Pino?" "What's wrong?" "Look, it's like a maze." "Hey, what's wrong?" "Come on!" "What is it?" "What the heck are these things?" "What are they doing here?" "Let's go back to the Rabbit, Vince." "I don't like it here." "Let's hurry up and leave." "It's scary." "We can't stay here." "Come on, let's go look for the Rabbit." "All right, guess I'll go by myself then." "But he saved us." "Would you like some too?" "No, thank you." "You haven't touched your plate." "Um, the AutoReivs I saw..." "Oh, you mean the Knights?" "Were they fighting with Charos?" "They killed lots of people in Charos?" "So what?" "War has always been about winners and losers." "A matter of life and death." "No war has ever started without awareness of this." "But there's no point for you to keep on attacking Charos." "War is pointless." "But there is meaning in being destroyed." "You saw the end of Charos, didn't you?" "What Senex looked like..." "Senex..." "She was Charos's..." "Why are you so fixated on Charos?" "The people there needed to be cleansed." "That's why you fought?" "Are you kidding?" "Left behind, during a long sleep, they tried to find meaning." "But they shied away from their abandonment and... found a way to live through mutual destruction." "Before long, the world was in chaos and even death had lost its meaning... in their feeble minds." "I get angry just thinking about the fact that... their intentions existed in the first place." "Those miserable creatures." "No, maybe we should be begging for forgiveness." "You and me." "Me?" "Wait a second." "What did I do?" "I didn't do anything, yet I'm constantly tormented by something." "Then I ended up coming here." "There you have it." "It's hard not doing anything, not being able to do anything." "It was the same for me." "You too?" "I was disgusted with myself for not being able to do anything." "Showered with my own insults..." "I couldn't find peace of mind, even when I slept." "Without a purpose, I simply counted the minutes... and suffered as my long life dragged on." "I suffered just as you do." "It's the same..." "I love you the same way I loved Senex." "You loved Senex?" "I'll tell you about us." "If my Asura were the sun, then Charos would be the moon." "Senex and I each built companion towers to serve witness... to the vows we would exchange when we awoke." "Do you understand what I'm saying?" "Senex and I both came to see... the way of grief, and for that we suffered." "And for that, we came to have an unshakeable love." "But Senex died before we exchanged our vows." "You killed her." "No..." "But that's all right." "Vows hold little weight in the eyes of fate." "Rather, I feel honored to have met you in this way." "Let us be grateful for your power." "What are you insinuating?" "!" "What's the matter?" "I killed her?" "!" "I could never have done that!" "What do you mean?" "Senex was..." "Please stop!" "You are..." "I don't know anything." "You're playing games, aren't you?" "What are you saying we are?" "Please... tell me it's true!" "What the hell are you?" "How can you say that, knowing we share the same grief?" "Why do you keep tormenting me?" "How can you say that, knowing we share the same grief?" "Why?" "I don't know anything!" "Don't tell me he's lost his memory!" "Did he kill my Senex without even knowing it?" "Why?" "This is my Asura as it really is." "You saw this, right?" "It's just a monument." "The citizens built it so that future generations would know... how Asura was in the old days." "But it's worthless." "What happened to the citizens here?" "They were completely wiped out." "Exterminated by the Knights." "What?" "!" "Charos and Asura are one." "The citizens all died in the war, and only the Knights remained." "Then what about the Charosian soldiers?" "They are a false people." "Through death, nothing's existence returns to nothing." "But they were alive!" "The living have no choice but to go on living." "People?" "We're lucky now that all life is dead and gone." "Why?" "Aren't you the master of this place?" "You really are a fool." "Have you lost your eye for truth as well as your memory?" "I remember things just fine." "Then who are you?" "See if you can tell me who you are." "I'm Vincent Law." "I worked at Romdo's Disposal Facilities... but I was charged with treason and fled from the dome." "Before that?" "I was an emigrant in the Mosk dome." "What did you do in Mosk?" "What did I do?" "You don't remember, do you?" "Despite your vague memory, you've lived till now without doubts." "That itself is undeniable proof... that you intentionally erased your memory, is it not?" "Erased my memory?" "You said you were in Mosk?" "Yes, it's my hometown." "I see." "You must have transferred your memories over to Monad." "But it was too much to absorb." "Monad probably couldn't handle it, but accepted it anyways." "Because Monad loved you, right?" "But in this display of love, Monad lost you." "No, not only Monad." "You lost yourself as well." "Erasing the memories etched into oneself is... the same as losing oneself." "What are you saying?" "I'm saying you're a traitor." "A traitor?" "Since when?" "You ran away in the most shameful manner, as a Proxy." "Proxy?" "But even more unforgivable than that... you killed my beloved Senex, you amnesiac!" "I am the agent of brilliance..." "Kazkis Proxy." "On my honor, I will annihilate the traitor." "What's wrong?" "Even though you erased your memory and lost yourself... you still have your instincts, don't you?" "If you think about it... the ones who've gone mad are the most endearing." "Senex..." "If that's the case, let me go mad along with my memories of you." "Sorry, did that hurt?" "The Rabbit!" "What's going on?" "My arm!" "Help me!" "It hurts!" "Am I a monster?" "No, I'm a..." "You're a Proxy." "A Proxy?" "Oh, what is it I'm feeling?" "I'm revolted, nauseated." "Yes, that's it." "It's you." "You're... you're!" "I'll give you one last chance to tell me." "You are the agent of what?" "You can't answer?" "Then die!" "Go ahead and run." "But you're in a trap... just like me!" "98 rabbits, 99 rabbits... 100 rabbits!" "All right, I've counted to 100." "I'm leaving Vince now." "50 more!" "101 rabbits... 102 rabbits... 103 rabbits..." "This one's no good." "It's not fragrant." "Ah, this one's bad too." "It's got a coarse and sour taste." "Not a decent one left." "They're all low-grade piss." "Tell me." "What the hell is a Proxy?" "How can you ask that after you wiped out your own memory?" "Am I a Proxy?" "Why do I have to fight?" "Why did you come back?" "Because you want to kill me, right?" "No." "It is time for awakening." "I don't want to hurt anyone." "Then who killed Senex?" "Is Senex the only one you've killed?" "You've lost your mission and the thing you love... so why do you want to live so badly?" "Why not die here?" "Senex, I wanted to see you again while you were alive." "I will settle your score." "Why is this happening to me?" "I'll ask one more time." "You are the agent of what?" "My name is Ergo Proxy." "I am the agent of death." "Really?" "Go ahead and suffer." "All those who wander in darkness seek the light." "But when they reach the light, they avert their eyes from the blinding glare." "They can even sense the pain." "Truth is like that too." "Someday your eyes will be burned by the light of truth... and you will know eternal darkness." "That is the judgment." "Senex..." "I'm not human?" "Then how can I go on living?" "400 rabbits..." "Vince!" "Pino." "Are you hurt?" "No." "No, it's not my blood." "Oh, it's the other one's." "Not you, the other Vince's, right?" "Welcome back." "You knew about it?" "Let's go to Mosk." "You weren't afraid of me?" "Afraid?" "But you always help me." "Is that so?" "We can't see it... but from the moment we leapt from Romdo... it went into motion." "It can be seen, it can be said, it can be heard." "See nothing, say nothing, hear nothing." "That's a lullaby for adults." "Huh?" "But where am I?" "Hey..." "Existence Huh?" "But where am I?" "Hey..." "Existence"