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[deus_ex_machina]

[Well when she puts it like that...]

Not a chance.

[He sighs in frustration, hands pressed into the sides of his head.]

Great. So it's back to square one.

[sparkstrikes]

Right.

[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?

[deus_ex_machina]

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?

[sparkstrikes]

[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.

[deus_ex_machina]

I noticed that too when I was looking. Someone said the Arehtei don't know anything, but I don't believe that.

[sparkstrikes]

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.]

You hear stories about Simpathis?

[deus_ex_machina]

I saw a couple of references, but nothing more. Something I should know?

[sparkstrikes]

Mm, no. Thought that maybe you'd know more than I do.

[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.

[deus_ex_machina]

It's okay. I'll keep at it as long as it takes to turn up something.

[Anything.]

[sparkstrikes]

You turn anything up, you let me know.

[And she'll do the same for him. She's not all that hopeful, though. Not anymore.]