[Video, backdated to before Mamoru went to confront Gilgamesh] This might be goodbye.

[adoptedalien]

 Video (locked from Gilgamesh):

[Mamoru appeared on the screen, looking with a serious look to the camera.]

Everyone, I'm going to be leaving immediately to face Gilgamesh, I know you all told me to be patient, but I can't just sit around and wait, at the very least, I can go and buy you all time. I have to do my best to help Sakura-san, I can't sit by while Gilgamesh makes other people suffer and Sakura-san is his prisoner.


I know I don't have much of a chance to win, but my friends taught me all about risks and how even with a small chance of success, courage can create miracles. If I die, please don't be sad. If I do die, I died fighting to the very end, not giving up. That's what the G-Stone guides me to do, and what I feel I must do in the name of the oath I swore in my courage, and I just want to help Sakura-san. I at least want to prove to her that none of us should be scared of that man.


Private Video (locked to Anastasia):

I'm sorry, Anastasia-chan, for acting on my own without you. I want to keep you safe, just as Sakura-san wanted me to. Just believe in me and my courage, and everything is going to be okay.

If... I don't make it, I want you to know I died trying to help your friend and to protect you, and fighting for what I believe in. So, don't be sad if I don't come back, I would never forgive myself if I made you sad.

Comments

[adoptedalien]

[Mamoru's face began to turn sad. He knew she was right.]

I'm sorry, Sakura-san is Anastasia-chan's friend and I... I had to act when I saw that.

What's he doing is too cruel... especially to Sakura-san. I can't forgive someone like him!

[gammavirginis]

[ Porrim signed. She didn't want to brow beat him, but she did want him to learn. ]

Answer me honestly, Mamoru - do you think rushing off on your own was really the best thing you could do for Sakura?

[adoptedalien]

Of course! I have to let her know directly she's going to be okay in the best way I know how, by saving her! She seemed so miserable...

Plus... I don't want him to hurt anyone else! Definitely not! Even if I have to give my life in order to stop him or, if my powers and courage are not enough... to delay him till the others can come, then I'll do it knowing I fought until the end, just like my friends always taught me!

[gammavirginis]

You mean by trying to save her.

Most likely futilely.

Do you think she'll thank you for that or scold you for your foolishness?

[adoptedalien]

Isn't it better to try and make an effort with your all than to not try at all? I don't believe in giving up.

[Mamoru looked pretty serious now.]

Maybe it's because my friends taught me to not believe in futility. That, with courage, 1 percent can turn into 100 percent.

[gammavirginis]

Mamoru, you're creating what's called a strawman - rather than arguing against what people are trying to tell you, you're arguing against an invented, unreasonable opinion.

No one is trying to tell you to do 'nothing' - they are telling you to think, to be patient, to work with others and make sure your contribution is used most effectively.

No one is giving up; Sakura will be saved; the only difference is whether or not you throw your life away in a symbolic sacrafice in the meantime, or if you pool your strength with others, ensuring victory.

[adoptedalien]

But...Gilgamesh isn't going to simply sit back while the others make their preperations, He might take the initiative if we give him a chance, what if he hurts Sakura-san before she can be rescued?

I.... I can't allow that to happen! At the very least, I can be the first person there and stop him from advancing while the others get together. Even if I can only occupy him for a little while, I can at least buy everyone a little time!

Given the situation, I don't see how I could do anything else!

[gammavirginis]

If everyone you talk to is telling you not to do this, is it because you know better than everyone else, or because your own stubborness is overwhelming your ability to discern what is smart versus what is 'right'?

[adoptedalien]

I thought they were only saying not to because they're worried about me, you know, because I'm young...Not because it's a bad idea to buy the others time.

I'm not trying to make it sound like I'm smarter than everyone else, I'm simply doing what my G-Stone and my courage guide me to do. And what the bottom of my heart says.

[gammavirginis]

They'd be saying the same thing to anyone trying to rush off and take an army by themselves.

And I'm saying this to you because you are young, and maybe you think you have the world figured out and it's as simple as listening to your heart but sometimes it's not as simple as that.

[adoptedalien]

I'm not "trying to take on an army by myself". I'm planning to try talking through this first, see if I can at least get Gilgamesh to let Sakura-san go, fighting isn't exactly the first thing on my mind.


Listening to the courage in our hearts always worked out for me and my friends... most of the time, anyway.

[gammavirginis]

So if talking doesn't work you'll retreat?

[adoptedalien]

Well, I doubt he'd just let me run away after trying to stand up to him verbally, so I'm obviously going to have to defend myself if he doesn't listen.

Plus, I don't like running away, especially when Sakura-san's freedom and safety are on the line. And I have to buy the others the time they need. I have to keep Gilgamesh occupied for as long as I can...

But if it gets bad, I'll try to get away, or play dead or something...