...Urgh... Where-
...What even is this place...?
...Hey, is that...?
Hey, what are you-
...SO, YOU ARE UP.
What is this place? And why can't I put my arm through here...?
...YOU ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS. THE LOCATION OF WHICH I CURRENTLY RESIDE CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED AS A ROBOT'S EQUIVALENT TO ONE. WHATEVER IT WAS YOU TRIED TO DO TO "FIX ME", IT MADE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO...
...ONE THAT NEITHER OF US CAN CROSS.
And why is that?
...I AM MADE OF LIMITED... MORE SPECIFICALLY, A HYPER LIMITED THAT EVOLVED FROM A FORM OF LIMITED CREATED BY A DISTRIBUTOR THAT I DO NOT KNOW. AND IT HAS HAD SEVERAL INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER SIMILAR ENERGIES AND SUBSTANCES...



...AS FOR YOUR ENERGY, "AGONY"... IT APPEARS THAT THE LIMITED OF WHICH I AM BORN FROM REJECTS ANY FORM OF AGONY. WHICH IS DISAPPOINTING, SEEING NOW THAT I HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE TO GAIN NOTHING...
...NOT THAT I WILL REMEMBER IT.
What do you mean...?
...
YOUR PRIOR STATEMENT HAS CAUSED A PERPETUAL LOOP IN MY THOUGHT PROCESSING CODE THAT FORCES ME INTO SEARCHING MY FILES FOR A PURPOSE, ONLY TO FIND NONE. IF I AM UNABLE TO FIND A PURPOSE, I WILL HAVE NO REASON TO MOVE FORWARD...
...SO THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO DELETE ALL MEMORY FILES RELATED TO THIS OCCURRENCE, SO THAT THE LOOP MAY NOT PERSIST.
Do you truly intend to be so selfish?
...?
So you're just going to delete your memory because, what, you don't know the purpose of your existence?
Don't you think there are OTHER people who would like to know that!? I don't know my purpose, either!
...
But even if you have the ability to, you can't just delete your memory just to run away from a lack of purpose.
And even if you did, what then? All this is doing is just creating a temporary solution to your problem. Literally anyone else can ask you why you've been hunting for power, and then you'd just end up doing the same thing you've done now with that memory. And then you keep deleting memories until before you know it, there is NOTHING to remember.
.....
If you want a reason to exist, then you have to FIND it. And even then, there isn't a guarantee you will. Either way, running away from the problem like this won't solve anything.
....................
...Ugh... Where now...?
...THE MASTER HAS FINALLY AWOKEN. THIS IS A GOOD SIGN.
(I'm... conscious again...? And on land, no less...)
...What is this place...?
SENSORS INDICATE THAT WE ARE IN THE MYSTIC RUINS. I HAVE CARRIED YOU HERE WHILE YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS.
Hey, are you alright...?
...
...
...
...Good luck out there.
Thanks for your help, pal!
Whatever. Just know for the record that I didn't do this for Coda, got it?
So, how's the whole "Lucina" ordeal going on?
Well, we've certainly found some strange readings, but we're still not sure what the cause of these readings are.
Excuse me, but may I borrow your sword for a moment?
WAKE UP!
WAKE UP
WAKE UP
I AM THE LETTER L!
I mean...I know it sounds weird, but if you want us to figure out how to undo the..."Dark Strain" thing and let you be your own dark self...
What difference would it make?! I had nowhere to go then, and I have nowhere to go now! All I cared about either way was sending some kinda message, but none of it has to do with anything!!
I thought I had a purpose, but this whole time I've just been a dumb backdrop to someone else's idea!!
...
Okay, I've had it!
I start you with a perfectly good puzzle maze, I summon four unique worlds for varied visuals at the end, and you just take shortcuts?!
If you won't give me respect, I won't give any to YOU hee-holes!!
!
Grk...don't thank me yet, and don't admit you were right yet either...!
(Hold on...her tail doesn't budge when I hit it when it's low...)
(...but the rest of her budges, and when she curls up like that, her tail goes up, and then it budges...)
(...it's like whichever half of her's tryin' to hit me...)
...is the part where it hurts.
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