( He doesn't say anything to Nanashi at first. It was a pretty long battle, and he's tired, though he doesn't really know it.
Eventually, though: )
... Upset by Cubia again?
( He's guessing. He at least remembers this one trait of Nananshi's - not liking what Cubia's handwork has done to the humans beneath the gilded exteriors that comprise each Phase. )
If he hadn't turned them into Waves, Uta and Makoto could still be alive with us even now.
Or... no. If we had deleted Cubia from the start, then...
[Reducing humans to programs is already unforgivable. Turning them into something that must be fought - forcing their lives in this world to be snuffed out?
What an abhorrent program. They need to destroy it completely.]
That's probably why he chose his company so carefully - because he knew the remainder wouldn't be so forgiving toward him. Uta, trapped with nowhere else to go; Matoba, for his hubris; Barrett, for his sentimentality; Fandaniel, for being equally miserable... And so on.
Only those who would be ineffectual at stopping him until he was strong enough to show his true face.
He probably thinks he'll "fix" everyone here by making them happy, following the success of his plan.
( Which won't happen, obviously. )
I don't know if he saw us Phases as "fixed" or "complete." Just tools. It's probably why he's not bothered by some of us living - that's my guess. Because "fixing" us will come when he takes us all to his false paradise.
( Ugh. He doesn't like thinking about Cubia sticking his baby fingers in his brain again - falling under Cubia's sway again. )
Did it?
( Mithrun figures Cubia thinks more people would agree with his suggestion to stay if the outside world seemed like some awful unknown - hence all this memory stuff. )
He wanted me to see things his way... but he still gave them back. ...Maybe he thought if I was happier without my memories, I'd want to get rid of them again?
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Eventually, though: )
... Upset by Cubia again?
( He's guessing. He at least remembers this one trait of Nananshi's - not liking what Cubia's handwork has done to the humans beneath the gilded exteriors that comprise each Phase. )
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If he hadn't turned them into Waves, Uta and Makoto could still be alive with us even now.
Or... no. If we had deleted Cubia from the start, then...
[Reducing humans to programs is already unforgivable. Turning them into something that must be fought - forcing their lives in this world to be snuffed out?
What an abhorrent program. They need to destroy it completely.]
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( He agrees. )
That's probably why he chose his company so carefully - because he knew the remainder wouldn't be so forgiving toward him. Uta, trapped with nowhere else to go; Matoba, for his hubris; Barrett, for his sentimentality; Fandaniel, for being equally miserable... And so on.
Only those who would be ineffectual at stopping him until he was strong enough to show his true face.
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[It's a mixed feeling. He doesn't want to be targeted by Cubia, certainly. But...
If it had been him rather that Uta or Makoto...
...]
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( Which won't happen, obviously. )
I don't know if he saw us Phases as "fixed" or "complete." Just tools. It's probably why he's not bothered by some of us living - that's my guess. Because "fixing" us will come when he takes us all to his false paradise.
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Did it?
( Mithrun figures Cubia thinks more people would agree with his suggestion to stay if the outside world seemed like some awful unknown - hence all this memory stuff. )
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It did. And since I could only read what I wrote about on the forums, it made the outside world seem scary.
[Still kind of is tbh, but.]
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( Well, for however long that lasted, but still. )
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He wanted me to see things his way... but he still gave them back. ...Maybe he thought if I was happier without my memories, I'd want to get rid of them again?