60th moon [The name is Wall. Fourth Wall.]

[paladinlost]

[Seriously, guys.

Cecil likes travelling. He was looking forward to being on the road. Did you have to teleport him to his destination? Again?

...He'll be amusing himself by switching between paladin and dark knight form for now. It's not like he has anything better to do.]

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[myplaceishere]

[There is a great deal she wishes to ask, and even more than she truly wishes to say. Much of it cannot, nor can it ever be. Even so, she must know the final outcome, if her sacrifice succeeded.]

What became of them? Do you know?

[paladinlost]

I've seen most of them here. They all came at different times, from different times... But only Bartz, Zidane and Lightning remain, now.

[...Yep, there might be a name he's not supposed to know in there.]

[myplaceishere]

Lightning...

[Give her a moment to consider that, please. Her memories of that cycle were purged along with the rest and she's attempting to sift through what she can for a point of reference.]

One of my warriors.

[paladinlost]

Apparently. Before our cycle.

[Another term he should not know. Some of the others were surprisingly talkative.]

[myplaceishere]

[Ah. Well it seems that cat is out of the bag now.]

Then you know now of the nature of the conflict.

Forgive me, my warrior, I had wished to save you all from the nightmare.

[paladinlost]

I know you had nothing but our best intentions in mind, Cosmos. Kain and Laguna merely happened to be rather talkative, during their stays.

[myplaceishere]

I see.

[And those names are more familiar to her, having had them in cycles prior to the one she cannot remember. Something must have gone wrong, however. Hmm...]

Tell me, what more do you know?

[paladinlost]

They died.

[A pause.]

Not permanently, at least. Goodness knows Kain was healthy when I last saw him.

[Another pause.]

...He also apparently had a very foolish idea, along with my brother. I should probably be angry at them for that.

[myplaceishere]

[Relief! Then they are alright. Death seems well... trivial, in one sense of the word, given that those in the conflict were never meant to be eternal, just another step towards the next cycle.]

Your brother?

[And somehow, Golbez's visit to her when she awoke in the Sanctuary last, makes considerable sense. ]

[paladinlost]

Something about taking us out before the manikins could. His lack of faith in us is not very impressive.

[Even if it worked.]