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Hi, everyone. It's me, Yukiko.

I wanted to check on everyone who was on the machine the other day. Are you all right? I hope the nightmares haven't been too bad.

If there's anything I can d--

[One second, Yukiko is there, talking into the terminal screen. The next second, she's gone. The terminal keeps recording, though all it catches is ambient background noise and video from the terminal bank in the dorms.

She'll eventually be back to answer any 'where the heck did you go?' inquiries, but it won't be before the terminal cuts off.]

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I'll hope for it. Living in fear of possibilities has delayed me long enough.

[Yukiko gets a contemplative look on her face for a moment before nodding agreement.]

I know that feeling. I know it all too well. So, I'll keep being as positive as I can be. This is no time to go back to being afraid.

That's right. We can do it.

*Because they had to do it. Death may be justified for people like him, like Naoya. But there were those here never meant to die. Never made to die. He wasn't going to let them face mortality they were never meant for. He wasn't going to force all these young people to face an early grave. They had to carry this through somehow.*

I'm sure we will.

[For everyone's sake, she almost says.]

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