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Maru(Cross?) -Then let me say this,Even if your life expectancy is six months,the lifespan of your heart has already ended now.No matter what you do,you’ll never feel the same kind of emotion or wonder as before.
The things that once made you laugh your favorite meals, music, scenery,all of them will start to feel like:
“So what?”
“I’m going to die anyway.”
From there on, you’ll spend your precious remaining time,throwing yourself again and again into a whirlpool of hatred.
You’ll keep thinking,“Why did this have to happen to me?”
“Why not that person instead…?”
Okkotsu Yuuka,your future was stolen from you.
Will you now steal again from those who’ve already lost?
Yuuka-So that’s what happened to Cross?
Then tell me,what will Cross do?
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Cross-Don’t lump us together!What we suffered was man-made!!!It’s different from illness or an accident!!!
Yuka-Cross said it, didn’t he?Cross might have lost his home,but he won’t die.
I… I’m going to die.
Cross-Did you think you could win a misery contest and make me repent?
Yuka-That’s not it. Why are you rushing to conclusions? We’re just talking.
There are things I can’t change…
But you, Cross ,with time, you can change them, right?
It’s okay to be angry at the unfairness.
It’s okay not to forget.
So please ,tell us everything.
What happened to you, Cross?
We’re not your enemies.
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Cross-That’s just a nice-sounding lie…!!!
Do you think I can be satisfied with reason and logic waved at me from the opposite shore?
No…
She’s no longer standing on the opposite shore
You bastards,when you talk about “coexistence” from now on, what you really mean is“live without being a burden to the Earth,” isn’t it!!!How long?! How long must we,how long must we live always watching the faces of Earthlings?! If we have to spend years, decades, walking such a miserable life, then I’ll take it by force!!!
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Yuka-How long will you keep stealing?
Cross- That Is!
Yuuka-That is…!!!Hating people is easy, and taking from people is easy too. So you’ll just keep repeating it, won’t you?
Let’s end that with us.
~Ch ends
No break next week