[ There's a light huff of amusement at Yuri calling him out, and then another, softer, when his reply comes in earnest.
It's not as if the answer itself surprises him -- first impressions may elude him, but Shez does have a surprisingly accurate insight on people once he's gotten to know them -- but perhaps that may be a fair bit more open honesty than the usual. Surely this place has a way with changing people... ]
I know. That's what I have been fighting for, too.
[ But Shez has changed, as well, perhaps not so much in true nature or ideals, but something within has decidedly shifted. What, exactly, or how he'll keep growing moving forward, he can't say just yet, but-- ]
But that's the very thing that Oracle took from us, wasn't it? Our motivation.
[ Whether by killing, by wiping their memories, by pitting them against each other, each cruel mechanism chipping away at their willpower, demanding sacrifice upon sacrifice often taken without consent. No exactly a major revelation, either; Yuri should be at least as painfully aware of it as Shez is. ]
When I ran into you in the maze, you couldn't remember your own mother-- [ He turns to face his friend, and the look he gives him is one of real concern, never accusatory despite his words. ] --and that's the person who matters the most to you, right? If an Oracle has that kind of power, then it could easily have made you forget everyone else, and then... would there have been anything left to fight for?
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It's not as if the answer itself surprises him -- first impressions may elude him, but Shez does have a surprisingly accurate insight on people once he's gotten to know them -- but perhaps that may be a fair bit more open honesty than the usual. Surely this place has a way with changing people... ]
I know. That's what I have been fighting for, too.
[ But Shez has changed, as well, perhaps not so much in true nature or ideals, but something within has decidedly shifted. What, exactly, or how he'll keep growing moving forward, he can't say just yet, but-- ]
But that's the very thing that Oracle took from us, wasn't it? Our motivation.
[ Whether by killing, by wiping their memories, by pitting them against each other, each cruel mechanism chipping away at their willpower, demanding sacrifice upon sacrifice often taken without consent. No exactly a major revelation, either; Yuri should be at least as painfully aware of it as Shez is. ]
When I ran into you in the maze, you couldn't remember your own mother-- [ He turns to face his friend, and the look he gives him is one of real concern, never accusatory despite his words. ] --and that's the person who matters the most to you, right? If an Oracle has that kind of power, then it could easily have made you forget everyone else, and then... would there have been anything left to fight for?