[Voice]

[alephbet]

I'm no good at speeches. Louis is far better at them than I am - but with him gone I feel that it's my duty to pick up his slack.

[It still stings a little to speak of his disappearance, but Aleph has had worse pains.]

Not because I need to intimidate the administrators. Not because I need to curse them. They know already what their crimes are. But everyone trapped in this tower needs to hear this right now.

Every tyrant falls. Every regime is overthrown, every cruel fist is shaken off. No matter how powerful, how old, or how deeply entrenched.

You know how many of us there are, and our numbers continue to grow. And with every new captive comes a new hope for freedom. Among us are those stronger than you can imagine, those wiser than you can dream of, those skilled beyond belief - those who may not have the power to escape on their own, but will risk everything together to bring down those who would seek to torture us.

With so many of us who are so strong, freedom is an inevitability.

Comments

[Video]

[technologic]

Because you... might have confused it for something else?

[Video]

[alephbet]

That's silly.

[Video]

[technologic]

I-I guess, but I... I d-didn't think you a-actually like me in 'that' w-way...

[Video]

[alephbet]

Well I think I do like you 'that' way.

[Video]

[technologic]

[Asdfghjlk-] ... Y-you do?

[Viideo]

[alephbet]

Y...yeah.

[Video]

[technologic]

O-oh. Oh... [Wow her face is really warm right now.] I... I-I-I...

[She glances down at her hands as she fidgets with them.] A-a-and I think I l-like you 'that' way t-too...

[Video]

[alephbet]

[He's very very red right now.] Really?

[Video]

[technologic]

[And April is probably just as red. She hesitantly glances back up and shakily nods.] ... Y-yeah, really.

[Video]

[alephbet]

I'm really glad to hear that!

[Video]

[technologic]

Y-y-you are?

[Video]

[alephbet]

Yeah. I'm glad you like me, too.

[Video]

[technologic]

Did... D-did you think I didn't like you?

[Video]

[alephbet]

I knew you liked me but I didn't know if you liked me.

[Video]

[technologic]

I-I wasn't sure at first, b-but then I noticed that I felt... differently around you than how I felt when I was with my friends. A-and I care about you a lot, but n-not in the same way that I care about England or Naoya...

[Video]

[alephbet]

I think that has to be it.

[Video]

[technologic]

Y-yeah, I think it is... And there's also how when you compliment me it... means a lot more to me than when anyone else does it. And how it makes my chest feel strange and my face warm up.

[Video]

[alephbet]

That's what it's supposed to be like.

[Video]

[technologic]

... S-so, is that what you feel too?

[Video]

[alephbet]

Yeah. It is.

[Video]

[technologic]

[So much blushing right now.] O-oh... But w-why me? I mean, t-there's loads of other people here who are w-way better than me.

[Video]

[alephbet]

If that were true, then there would be one person in this tower getting a lot of attention and everything would go badly. I think it's more that everyone has someone different that matches well with them and makes them happy.

[Video]

[technologic]

But... B-but that can't be me for you, right? ... N-n-n-nobody has ever said before that I-I made them happy, s-so...

[Video]

[alephbet]

You make me happy, though.

[Video]

[technologic]

... H-how? I d-don't do anything.