Video 04 → No, Really, I'm Just Curious.

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[Filtered from Weiss]

[Ken, wearing a blue apron, is standing in what appears to be the stockroom of Nectar.]

So...

[He hesitates for a moment, gazing around himself apprehensively, clearly worried he might be overheard. When he turns back to the screen, he closes his eyes briefly and takes a deep breath, as if steeling himself for something.]

What would it take to make you decide you couldn't be yourself any more?

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[theignorantfool.livejournal.com]

So, you're starting to see this guy for who he was before you met him, and you're not liking it?

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

God, no! That's not who he is, he--

[Ken breaks off again, and sighs.]

It's... complicated. See, I knew him back from before but he's here now as well. Him and several other guys I know, they're all here. But they're all...

This is going to sound stupid.

I mean they're all from the future. My future anyway. Whatever's gonna make him want to be this guy, it hasn't happened for me yet. But it has for them, and they all... they get it. They've seen it. I haven't.

[theignorantfool.livejournal.com]

[In normal circumstances that would have been enough to make Ed question this kid's sanity, but after seeing Hughes listed on the Dreamberry when he first got here and talking to a girl that claimed she was supposed to be dead instead of here, the idea that people were from each other's pasts or futures wasn't all that bizarre a concept to follow.]

So, you're seeing what he's going to become. Do you know what makes him change, even though you haven't actually seen it yourself?

[The next question came after a long pause, uncertain he really wanted to even touch on the subject.]

It hasn't happened for you yet, meaning you are around to see that future yourself, right?

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

I guess I must be.

[That's not a comforting thought, somehow. Not when what they've become - all of them, not just Omi - seems so strange sometimes, and so disquieting. What could have happened to change them all like that?

[It all begs the question, how's he gonna change?]

I... think he said something about it when I asked him what the deal was. But it didn't explain why he'd think he'd have to change like that. It... it kinda didn't seem enough, you know?

And I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get to see it. Normally. They don't want me knowing what'll happen back home, but they've said enough I know I'm probably not dead yet.

[He can understand the hesitation, there.]