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→ 001; [voice]
What?!
[He's not really aware that he was being recorded - sure, he'd been messing with the journal, which is probably why it's recording right now. But he's more shocked about the fact that he's alive again.]
But why? [Silence again, for a few minutes as footsteps get farther and then nearer to the journal again.] I was supposed to be--
[Dead.]
This is so pointless!
[He pauses one last time, and then decides that kicking his book would do him good. There's the sound of his foot making contact with it, and then the sound cuts.]
[He's not really aware that he was being recorded - sure, he'd been messing with the journal, which is probably why it's recording right now. But he's more shocked about the fact that he's alive again.]
But why? [Silence again, for a few minutes as footsteps get farther and then nearer to the journal again.] I was supposed to be--
[Dead.]
This is so pointless!
[He pauses one last time, and then decides that kicking his book would do him good. There's the sound of his foot making contact with it, and then the sound cuts.]
[Voice]
No, they haven't. Everybody's been dwelling on Auldrant.
[But he's got this. Really.]
But I can figure it out.
[Voice]
[...is what he says, but he knows next month is February, and he remembers what happened last year. And as much as he'd love to warn Sync, it was awkward enough having to explain it to Anise... m-maybe it's mentioned in the guide too...]
[Voice]
[It must be something, huh? And that's a lot of reading...oh well. He probably won't have anything better to do.
...Poor Ion.]
If you guys are just going to tell me to read it over and over again, why bother talking to me?
[Just leave him be.]
[Voice]
[...]
[This is one of those answers that could potentially get the journal shut in his face. But. Hey, it's the truth.]
[Voice]
Then it's pointless.
[Yeah, he's done with this conversation now. He doesn't want to give Ion any satisfaction of being able to talk to him more.
So. It's just as Ion thought - the journal is going to get shut in his face.]
[Voice] Okay this is the real one.
[Oh. He closed his journal. Ion probably should have seen that coming, but... well. Sync was here now. And they were able to talk, even if only for a little while. Maybe for now... this would be okay.]