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Crane's Heart

[ You wake up to the smell of cherry blossoms surrounding you - billowing in the wind, piling in your face.

Where are you? Well, that's a question you'll have to answer for yourself. ]

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Would you rather I stop, and let her give up and drown in guilt and despair?

I'm not saying to give up, I'm saying to share the burden! As it is, you're only fighting because you need something to fight, right? In the end, all that's going to do is leave you trapped when there's nothing to fight against anymore!

[Sigh...]

Still, if you absolutely need something to fight, wouldn't the despair itself be a better thing to fight?

I suppose so. But it's not here for me to strike, is it?

...And you can't leave this room to go look for it.

No, I cannot.

Fine, I'll bring it here even if I have to drag it over. But I'll continue to say it: If you're the only thing keeping everything from falling apart, you definitely need to actually get working with the rest of the heart. You can't hold everything by yourself forever.

[...Now, there should be a way forward somewhere around here. I have a key, but I haven't seen anything to unlock yet...]

As I said: I'm not an actual person, simply a representation.

[ There's a door right behind the two, if that's what you're looking for. ]

I know you're a representation, but it doesn't change the fact that if you're the only thing keeping things together, everything will fall apart eventually. If we were to make body part comparisons, it would be like asking the heart to be responsible for eating, or an arm being to be responsible for walking.

Regardless, I'll be heading onwards. If I find something that fits, I'll be bringing it back here.

[...I'm guessing it's the bears. I bet I can find a bear to bring back here. But yes, unlocking that door and heading through.]

[ here ]

[Then, popping back in, hopefully with the bear.]

Will this do, then? I'm guessing this either represents despair or guilt, but it's hard to be sure which one.

[ It's worth noting that, since you left, Cut swapped out her katana with a shinai and the little girl with a kendo dummy. So she's wailing away on that, while the little girl just watches. ]

Ah, what is this?

I suggested that you fight some of the stuff that's drowning you, right? Well, this bear seems to be the most dangerous part of the heart overall, and considering where it came from, it's probably guilt or despair, so if you have to attack something, you can attack this, too.

Then again, it seems like you've switched to a shinai, so that might not be necessary after all.

...No, I think it is a good idea. Those bears are certainly harmful, so if harming them is at all useful for us overall I might as well do so.

Then, I'll be heading off. I'd still like it if you worked together with the other parts of the heart to get things done, but as you said, that's something that can't just be handled by talking to just one of you.

For now, I need to see if we can find the last two coins before we finish up around here.

[Back to the trial room, then!]

[ and back you go ]

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