金田 - don't open this until you need to

[iamtetsuo]

I’ve had a lot of time to think. What happened . . . what it all meant . . . I finally started to understand it.

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The future, the past, every choice we make exists somewhere. By now, there are infinite places out there. You saw what I'm talking about. You could get lost forever in that stream.

I thought I was. I could look forever and never find my home universe, or Earth, or Neo Tokyo . . . All time in all worlds wouldn't make a damn bit of difference. Then . . .

Do you remember? That piece of me used to move you . . . I knew I wouldn't get it back. I thought if I could get a chance to save you, it was worth it.

But I didn't lose it after all. You caught it. It's up to you now to keep it safe for me. I don't want to lose [erase marks] anything else. I can find you as long as [more erased marks] you keep it.

It's funny, isn't it. Back then, I thought you were too annoying to die, but now that I've had time to think . . . if I really wanted you dead, I could have killed you at any time. I can't change what I said or what I did. [erase marks] we're both idiots and I didn't get what you were trying to do. I almost forgot entirely . . . why we were close.

You

You made me remember. You're always going to be important to me, Kaneda. We’ll see each other again, I promise.




Thank you for being my friend.

鉄雄