[ it's all enough to wonder if there are as many 'games' as there are universes, just another alternate timeline in an apparent multitude of them. or maybe this is some sort of purgatory, where the most conflicted souls are left to be tested again and again.

they did escape pandora, but could it really be called a victory? is being here with flayn some extended punishment for the both of them? or maybe there is no reason at all.

he finds a vine that's spindled up one of the statues and pulls it off. ]

I am no longer surprised.

[ there is so much cruelty out there. ]

...It does not matter. In the end, what we must do has not changed. Find the source, and compel it to meet our demands.