KYOUKO: ...... KYOUKO: Do you need anything? KYOUKO: I guess... sometimes it’s good to have a change of pace. KYOUKO: Fine then. Let’s take a short break. KYOUKO: ...... KYOUKO: Naegi-kun, are you scared? MAKOTO: ...eh? KYOUKO: Being locked in this place... MAKOTO: I...isn’t it natural? MAKOTO: Who wouldn’t be scared? MAKOTO: Being locked in such a messed-up place. KYOUKO: I see. I’m happy, then. MAKOTO: What is there to be happy about...? KYOUKO: If you think you’re scared, it’s proof your imagination is working... KYOUKO: This is a much better position to be in than not feeling scared at all. KYOUKO: If you lack imagination, you can never discover the right way to act... MAKOTO: But - is it okay for you to say that, Kirigiri-san? MAKOTO: I mean, you don’t seem scared at all. KYOUKO: I may be the most scared person in this place. KYOUKO: It’s just that I don’t make it obvious. KYOUKO: There’s no value in letting other people know how you feel. MAKOTO: So... you’re hiding it? KYOUKO: ...I am different from someone who is as foolishly honest as you. MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Foolishly honest... KYOUKO: That said, the fear I feel is probably... KYOUKO: A little different from the one everyone else here does. MAKOTO: Eh? What do you mean? KYOUKO: You are all afraid of “losing something”. KYOUKO: But my fear is different. KYOUKO: It's that “something is already lost for me”... MAKOTO: I... don’t get what you’re trying to say. KYOUKO: ...that’s to be expected. MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She turned her back, leaving my questions unanswered. KYOUKO: I’ll see you around. MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Saying just that, she left me alone. MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Our conversation was left hanging... MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Or maybe I should say, we never even started anything resembling a conversation. MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Kirigiri-san... there's nothing about her but riddles...
MEMORY #8
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: Do you need anything?
KYOUKO: I guess... sometimes it’s good to have a change of pace.
KYOUKO: Fine then. Let’s take a short break.
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: Naegi-kun, are you scared?
MAKOTO: ...eh?
KYOUKO: Being locked in this place...
MAKOTO: I...isn’t it natural?
MAKOTO: Who wouldn’t be scared?
MAKOTO: Being locked in such a messed-up place.
KYOUKO: I see. I’m happy, then.
MAKOTO: What is there to be happy about...?
KYOUKO: If you think you’re scared, it’s proof your imagination is working...
KYOUKO: This is a much better position to be in than not feeling scared at all.
KYOUKO: If you lack imagination, you can never discover the right way to act...
MAKOTO: But - is it okay for you to say that, Kirigiri-san?
MAKOTO: I mean, you don’t seem scared at all.
KYOUKO: I may be the most scared person in this place.
KYOUKO: It’s just that I don’t make it obvious.
KYOUKO: There’s no value in letting other people know how you feel.
MAKOTO: So... you’re hiding it?
KYOUKO: ...I am different from someone who is as foolishly honest as you.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Foolishly honest...
KYOUKO: That said, the fear I feel is probably...
KYOUKO: A little different from the one everyone else here does.
MAKOTO: Eh? What do you mean?
KYOUKO: You are all afraid of “losing something”.
KYOUKO: But my fear is different.
KYOUKO: It's that “something is already lost for me”...
MAKOTO: I... don’t get what you’re trying to say.
KYOUKO: ...that’s to be expected.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She turned her back, leaving my questions unanswered.
KYOUKO: I’ll see you around.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Saying just that, she left me alone.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Our conversation was left hanging...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Or maybe I should say, we never even started anything resembling a conversation.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Kirigiri-san... there's nothing about her but riddles...