[It won't be, but...there's a pulsation of warm, pink light from those crystals that illuminates the room just a little bit more.]
...You know it means a lot to me too. Don't you, Yeager? That you're...willing to do the same.
[Dorothy's tone is surprisingly warm at that. Kind, though despair filled and almost...staticy seeming, despite feeling so far away.]
It means so much. You've...continued to see me, and chosen to stay. It means so...so much to me. But still, I...
[The voice fades at this point. Seems the only way forward is to touch the other crystal, and this one...the memories play in a reversed order, though it may not be as obvious at first.
The first memory seems to be of long ago; Dorothy's outfit somehow still pristine as she takes temporary shelter on the surface. Her eyes scan for Raptures as she eats her meal, and when one spots her, she's on the run again. The memory feels...faded, janky almost. Like it's an amalgamation of memories left behind by Dorothy, that she's tried to delete.
The next one is clearer; a place she couldn't leave. A place she had been in stasis for so long, until she could find her own way to move forward: to take the Ark back, and destroy those who'd wronged them. (end at 1:13:21)
The next one is just as clear; something someone tries to snap Dorothy out of this. Someone tries very hard to get her to realize who they are and why they need to do this. About how they really didn't walk away; how walking away was, in truth, something she meant in a different way for some of them. But a lie is told; they go their separate ways, and at Pinne's insistence, she stays at the paradise they created. One that eventually fades once Dorothy realizes Pinne is dead, while managing Liliweiss' grave... (54:10 to 58:00, and 58:54 to 1:03:07. if you want extra painful context: 1:05:09 to 1:08:14. :3)
And last but not least, the betrayal that cemented her hatred for the humans who had betrayed her trust, and taken everything from her. The people she devoted herself to, abandoning her on a surface to die.
The thing that broke Dorothy's mind beyond all comprehension. The reason she's been the way she has, because she can't trust them. She can't. She can't. She's so used to everyone walking away, or rejecting her, and...
The crystals finally shatter, allowing you to move forward.]
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...You know it means a lot to me too. Don't you, Yeager? That you're...willing to do the same.
[Dorothy's tone is surprisingly warm at that. Kind, though despair filled and almost...staticy seeming, despite feeling so far away.]
It means so much. You've...continued to see me, and chosen to stay. It means so...so much to me. But still, I...
[The voice fades at this point. Seems the only way forward is to touch the other crystal, and this one...the memories play in a reversed order, though it may not be as obvious at first.
The first memory seems to be of long ago; Dorothy's outfit somehow still pristine as she takes temporary shelter on the surface. Her eyes scan for Raptures as she eats her meal, and when one spots her, she's on the run again. The memory feels...faded, janky almost. Like it's an amalgamation of memories left behind by Dorothy, that she's tried to delete.
The next one is clearer; a place she couldn't leave. A place she had been in stasis for so long, until she could find her own way to move forward: to take the Ark back, and destroy those who'd wronged them. (end at 1:13:21)
The next one is just as clear; something someone tries to snap Dorothy out of this. Someone tries very hard to get her to realize who they are and why they need to do this. About how they really didn't walk away; how walking away was, in truth, something she meant in a different way for some of them. But a lie is told; they go their separate ways, and at Pinne's insistence, she stays at the paradise they created. One that eventually fades once Dorothy realizes Pinne is dead, while managing Liliweiss' grave... (54:10 to 58:00, and 58:54 to 1:03:07. if you want extra painful context: 1:05:09 to 1:08:14. :3)
And last but not least, the betrayal that cemented her hatred for the humans who had betrayed her trust, and taken everything from her. The people she devoted herself to, abandoning her on a surface to die.
The thing that broke Dorothy's mind beyond all comprehension. The reason she's been the way she has, because she can't trust them. She can't. She can't. She's so used to everyone walking away, or rejecting her, and...
The crystals finally shatter, allowing you to move forward.]