435 The Fallen Heroes Laments... and Their Hope for a New Life (1/2)

Our memories… are so dizzy…

What did we use to be?

I remember… I was… someone… I had… a mission.

And I… I had hatred…?

And I… I wanted to live more…

And I… I used to want to protect those dear to me…

And I… betrayed someone… was it someone important? My brother…?

And I… I was so foolish…

And I… I had obsessions…

We do not remember our names… we do not know who we used to be, but we know that we once were someone…

We are together now… it feels… comfortable. So comfortable.

We have never felt this comfortable before, this warmness.

We will never be alone anymore.

Were we friends? Enemies? Allies? Family?

We do not know… we shall never know…

Our memories… fragmented…

They disperse like the dust through the breeze.

But we remain the sediments of our true selves…

I used to protect people, didn't I?

And… wanted to do the same as well.

No, I wanted revenge… but for what?

I reached revenge… and it led me to nothing… yet I still do not remember who I truly was.

You did not have it so bad… I do not remember who I was… but I remember that I was never someone.

I was always suffering… in the void of my wicked mind… I am grateful that the memories of what I was are gone, I do not want to remember.

I want to be someone else…

Same… I always wanted to be someone else…

Do not worry, you are not alone anymore.

You will not have to suffer anymore, my friend.

I am your friend?

Yes, we are friends.

No, we are more than that.

We are family?

Yes, we are family… we will take care of each other.

Why does it hurt so much? To try to remember who I was?

Was I… in the wrong?

No, you never were.

I do not remember who I was, but life was always hard.

Life is hard when we are alone…

Perhaps we were allies before? But never truly felt like a family.

But we are gathered now, all together…

Are we really a family? Or are we one?

You are not alone anymore, we are not one, but many.

We are many… not alone anymore?

Not alone anymore.

I am so glad, thank you, thank you for being so kind to me…

There is no need to thank us, you are our family now.

Family protects each other.

We look for each other.

We love each other.

Thank you, thank you… I am so happy…

What is this feeling? I never felt it before, even when I browse through my clouded and fragmented mind…

It is a warm feeling.

The warmness of our consciousness connected, as a family, together.

I'm so happy… to not be alone anymore…

I think… I did atrocities before… was I a bad person?

No, you are not a bad person.

Really? Can you forgive me?

There is nothing to forgive you about.

But I was so small and so weak… I was so pathetic… and I died… so quick…

Did I have parents? I think I miss them…

Do not worry, we are small and weak alone, but together, we are strong.

Can I really become great and strong?

Together with us, we can.

Even if you are small, your help is necessary.

Every one of us is necessary.

We are together now, never alone, and never weak.

I… I suffered so much… why have these memories still linger through my mind?

Let me help you.

Ah… They are slowly dissipating… how did you do that?

I am with you now, there is no more suffering, we are with you now, there is no more despair.

Together… this happiness… this freedom… did I never had my own freedom?

I was always entangled in my family's rules… never free from the constraints of fate…

I do not remember who I was, but I remember what I went by, my death was horrible, and my life ended that day…

But you are not dead, aren't you?

No, I am not… I was given a second opportunity, with you, all of you, my new family.

I am so glad you don't feel bad anymore, we are so glad you don't suffer anymore.

We are together, let's hug.

I cannot hug.

Me neither.

We do not have bodies… or do we?

I have… we have.

This warmness… we must be together, closer… closer… let's become one, so we can always be together.

Yes, let's be one.

For now, let us keep sticking together…

Until we wake up…

From this endless dream…

I was once someone, and now, I am someone else…

Me too, we are all, someone else now.

Let us try… to be a better person…

Let us try… to see the bright side of life…

Let us try… to be stronger…

Let us try… to be humbler…

Let us try… to love…

This warmness that we feel, what is it?

It is not the warmness from our family, but something else, outside of this dream…

So beautiful… so mystical…

Who could it be?

I feel like we are being guided… to somewhere… by someone great…

Can we really do that?

Can we allow ourselves to once again be happy?

Yes… please, at the very least… let us try.

This presence… it feels so similar to the one… to the one who took my life…

Indeed, it is.

It is the same?

I do not know; I don't even remember who we were.