Who the hell is Marth?

Ohhhh

Mister Director, I'm sure you're a genius in your field, but you're...kind of a half-wit, too.

Your top secret plan to set things right is a memory wipe? People aren't like hard drives, they're more like...my notebook. Even if you erase what's written, there might be some residue left, or mayhap some imprints in the page. It's not the same as never having written anything.

Just look at your Abyss Team. Poor Dodo always seemed like he was fighting phantoms to the last. Gif-...Dr. Caster is having some kind of lucid moment over there as we speak. 23, too...a part of Dr. Crowe lives on in his desire to fight for what's dear to him.

Even if you get your way, the past will catch up with you eventually. It might happen when Astrid's watching a detective drama and feels like someone's missing, or when she tears up at some Hingan cartoon and doesn't understand why. That little ripple will become a flood, and when she remembers what you did to her, to us, to our friends...what then?



...Not that we'll let things get to that! Director, Nyarly, Evil Spooks...your schemes end here, villains! For those we have lost, for those we can yet save...If only Walmart John were here to see this final dungeon! ...As, like, a person, not a ghost.





I'm sure that's fine.

*distant sound of echoing footsteps*

D...O...N...T...B...E...A...F...R...A..I...D...

The apparition does not speak, but you feel this is what it is trying to say.

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