...You can't come back from the dead. I can, but...
[He looks distant as he draws his head away to look up at Nier.]
That memory...I-I don't remember it. Like, I must have experienced it, but...every time a Servant dies and returns to the Throne of Heroes, they forget everything. So if I die here, I'd forget everyone here. That's...how it works.
[ MANDRICARDO! FORGETS HIS FRIEND!! That moment when it would have been better if Mandy died forever, I'm kidding. Nier is very torn because he's glad that Mandricardo doesn't... Die, but he also wonders if the man would be tired. Not that he would know, right? He wouldn't remember.
His eyebrows furrow, thinking more than he usual. ]
[He repeats again, but its a little more defeated. More exhausted. He's silent for a moment, before leaning his head against Nier's shoulder.]
...Y'know, I didn't think too much about it. But now...I really think it's cruel. Having to forget all of you.
[...]
I don't want to forget you.
[Because that's just insult to injury, even if he has no control over it in the first place. Just a guarantee that there will be another person who will never know the man that is Nier.]
[ He supports Mandricardo despite the tears, giving him a small squeeze as a reminder that they are both here. This place is real. Everyone they met, their memories, too. ]
This is why you have to do your best to live. [ SURVIVE TO ENDGAME. BEAT THE ODDS. ] It'd be too sad to be forgotten again.
... I also don't want you to be lonely. Without all these memories.
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...I'm sorry. I'm sorry you...were feeling like that before it happened.
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It's fine. It's behind me now. [ They're genuine words. ] ... What about you? I remember you talking about being a spirit or something.
[ Is death final? ]
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[He looks distant as he draws his head away to look up at Nier.]
That memory...I-I don't remember it. Like, I must have experienced it, but...every time a Servant dies and returns to the Throne of Heroes, they forget everything. So if I die here, I'd forget everyone here. That's...how it works.
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Uhm.
He... Does not seem thrilled about that? Maybe the eyes are welling again because they're still in the moment. ]
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[nooOOO he looks a bit distressed but yeah HE FORGOT THAT WHOLE FRIEND DEAL COMPLETELY]
D-Don't cry, please...you shouldn't cry over me...that's how a Servant works...
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His eyebrows furrow, thinking more than he usual. ]
... Forgetting is...
[ So sad. Says the man that was forgotten. ]
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[He repeats again, but its a little more defeated. More exhausted. He's silent for a moment, before leaning his head against Nier's shoulder.]
...Y'know, I didn't think too much about it. But now...I really think it's cruel. Having to forget all of you.
[...]
I don't want to forget you.
[Because that's just insult to injury, even if he has no control over it in the first place. Just a guarantee that there will be another person who will never know the man that is Nier.]
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This is why you have to do your best to live. [ SURVIVE TO ENDGAME. BEAT THE ODDS. ] It'd be too sad to be forgotten again.
... I also don't want you to be lonely. Without all these memories.