. . . welcome back.
choose wisely.
we've both been here before. you know how it ends. it always ends the same.
you will not find your answers here.
you must find yourself, first.
WHY DID YOU SAY IT? YOU KNOW BETTER.
this is not the first time you've fallen.
it's too late to stop what happened to you. you know.
... but nothing ends here.
you can still save someone else.
i'm sorry. i was too late. i wish i could have stopped it from getting that bad. i'm only one person. i'm sor —
but i know you. i always have.
do you know yourself?
liar. liar. liar. liar. liar.
bold, aren't you? what makes you deserve to be told?
. . . how have you tried, before?
we've crossed paths a thousand times, haven't we?
you know better than to say it aloud.
you insist that so easily. is it really true?
what good does it do anyone?
most don't proclaim that so boldly.
who are you trying to convince?
isn't that a sign?
the world takes us to right where we need to be.
and what if i told you, despite your unworthiness?
can you be trusted? would you betray it again?
you couldn't if you tried.
but i am tempted to see the effort made.
you have to make a scene, don't you?
what's the phrase... "going out with a bang"?
you'll have to make a choice eventually.
what drives you to act?
"someone has to" - right, yeah, we all know the line. but do you get it?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS?
what gives you the right?
even in your darkest moments, a bleeding heart.
you can't help but think of everyone but yourself.
how they see you... how they would miss you. you know they would miss you. even if you don't want them to.
...
i'm sorry. i didn't save you. i should have.
you had the strength to make it. i knew you did. you wouldn't have been happy if i'd taken you.
didn't want to bother anyone with a mess?
do you often cost yourself for others' sakes?
...
you don't deserve to hurt. not like that.
funny, that. you already know it won't work.
what end are you trying to meet?
i'll know if you lie to me.
those who want are the least deserving.
come back once you've grown.
we have no need of heroes. there are other banners for you.
there are consequences for scorning a second chance.
what happens when you BURN OUT?
what are you running from?
...
why have you given up already?
get up.
do you think that you can be saved?
carry on their memory, then...
someday, someone else will carry on yours.
ha!
will you win, if i promise to?
fingers crossed. just kidding!
again?
you must be a masochist. or exceptionally stubborn.
you came into this with a goal in mind, didn't you?
so, let me ask you...
if i asked you to, would you kill me?
if i were a great hero...
would you still lay me low?
you would've done it to yourself a long time ago, if you would to me.
if i killed you, who would you leave behind?
would it hurt you to leave them?
is there a future for you?
you're here, now. safe. there is. i promise you. there's more for you yet.
