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[ The thought of forgetting someone else, something else, stings right now more than it should. He gives himself a moment. ]

Idk if he did it directly. But he's behind all of this and has been waiting for the chance for a long time.

I see.
Why did he do it? For power?

No.

idk everything but after talking to him I think it was bc of me.

[ Which is the worst revelation of all, one he wants to deny, and one he still hasn't shared yet with anyone else. ]

What do you mean?

He wants to fight me at my best, more than I think he wants to do anything else.

[ Yikes... Why can he relate to that? Still, he’d never stoop to such a low in order to fight someone. ]

If all he wants to fight you at your best, then why do you hesitate to fight him here?

What does your heart tell you to do? If you want to kill him, what is stopping you now?

[ It's a question that he too has pondered at length already, settling uneasily on an answer that only causes him more frustration. ]

I'm not ready.

Even if I were he's tied to our world, immortal. When I go back he'll be there waiting.

Even so, that doesn’t mean your actions here don’t have any weight. It took me a long time to realize that even if something isn’t remembered, that doesn’t mean it didn’t have meaning.

Don’t let this man continue to taunt you. You have your pride like anyone else, and I’m sure you want your revenge.

If you aren’t prepared now, I can help you get there.

What you're suggesting is exactly what he wants me to do and that's why he's taunting me.

Do you get that? He wants me to lose my cool and come after him. He wants me to hurt him and he wants to hurt me. Tell me how that helps me back in Eos in the long run whether it's remembered or not.

It won’t help you back home, but you will prove to him that you will be the one to kill him.

Do you not think you won’t feel any satisfaction once you beat him?

What will happen if you continue to ignore him? Can you ignore him?

We both already know that I'm gonna be the one to kill him. That's my job. No one else can do it. I've got that.

So idk about the rest of it, okay, Achilles? How the hell would I know that rn?

These are difficult questions, Noctis. I don't expect you to know the answers right away, but you can't avoid thinking about it.

You aren't telling me everything. I want to be able to help you, and to protect you.