[If there was a way for Machina to feel a long, debilitated sigh over a connection, this is it.]
Sure. You can change the past, but then what? You've got no control over the consequences it'll have on the future. It's a ripple, all across the timeline. Change one small thing, and thousands of other things change, too.
[Oh yeah, he can feel the sigh. It's still strange to get emotions and not just voices or words but there we have it. Not that he understands fully why this is a bad thing. After all, the point is to change things. How could that go wrong? Other than Machina's historical knack for Bad Life Decisions.
He lapses silent, genuinely listening and thinking about what she's saying. Not diving in on his emotions and stopping to think things through before acting isn't something Machina does often. But he's trying. But his frustration and feelings of helplessness are probably leaking through anyway.]
[If they are, Lightning makes no comment on them. She realizes she might have sounded a little harsh, especially with the accompanying sigh, but this isn't something she takes lightly, nor should he.]
Machina.
[It's firm, to try and grab his attention back from the silence he's fallen into.]
Do you think that if I could change everything that's happened, I'd be sitting here talking to you right now?
Because there's something weird about people coming and going. Izana died almost a year before I got here. But Apple is from her mom's future. Something or someone is pulling us in and out of time. Whatever or whoever it is... if they can do it, shouldn't we be able to?
[Lightning falls silent for a moment. These are the exact questions she's been asking since Prompto and Gladio left, and even more now with Serah gone.]
I've been looking for answers. Checked history books, newspapers, anything that might have had some information about the past, but I came up with nothing.
... Almost like whoever, or whatever, is doing it doesn't want us to know.
They're not gods. They aren't all-knowing like people think they are.
[Though they certainly seem like they are sometimes, which is why talking about them still leaves a sour taste in her mouth. Not that she's had the chance to speak with any one of them face to face yet.]
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Sure. You can change the past, but then what? You've got no control over the consequences it'll have on the future. It's a ripple, all across the timeline. Change one small thing, and thousands of other things change, too.
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Other than Machina's historical knack for Bad Life Decisions.He lapses silent, genuinely listening and thinking about what she's saying. Not diving in on his emotions and stopping to think things through before acting isn't something Machina does often. But he's trying. But his frustration and feelings of helplessness are probably leaking through anyway.]
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Machina.
[It's firm, to try and grab his attention back from the silence he's fallen into.]
Do you think that if I could change everything that's happened, I'd be sitting here talking to you right now?
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Not a chance.
[He sighs in frustration, hands pressed into the sides of his head.]
Great. So it's back to square one.
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[Well, she's glad he's at least listening to her... maybe there's still some hope for you after all, Machina. Her tone and features soften.]
What made you think you could do something like that, in a place like this?
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I've been looking for answers. Checked history books, newspapers, anything that might have had some information about the past, but I came up with nothing.
... Almost like whoever, or whatever, is doing it doesn't want us to know.
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[Though they certainly seem like they are sometimes, which is why talking about them still leaves a sour taste in her mouth. Not that she's had the chance to speak with any one of them face to face yet.]
You hear stories about Simpathis?
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[She lets out an exhausted breath.]
Trying to find answers to anything here is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Sorry I can't be more help.
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[Anything.]
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[And she'll do the same for him. She's not all that hopeful, though. Not anymore.]