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Groose has returned home.

[Vincent normally doesn't care to remark on these things, and it's not as if he knew the real Groose too well. It's not even as if he was the type of person whose company he'd want to be in. And yet... and yet, because of the experiment prior to the last, he has just enough lingering familiarity that his leaving is bothersome.]

I wonder if perhaps... some of us were not meant to ever return to where we're from. If perhaps that's for the best.

[There are Reasons he's started to think this, but that's all he's going to say for now on the matter. For now, he's limping across town slowly, with a pair of ruined shoes and some terribly aching feet. Magical dancing really took a toll on them- he only hopes he'll find the appropriate type again.]

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[Then he would never want to go back. ...but that's not really the right thing to say, so he sort of avoids talking about what he would do.]

Then... you should do what you can to try and stop it.

I would... if I knew of anything that could prevent it.

[Not for lack of trying, he's given it a great deal of thought over the time that he's known about what may come to be.]

So it's better if nothing happens at all?

If it prevents unnecessary sacrifice of lives... then perhaps so... but it's nothing any of us can control in this situation.

If you can't control it, you just have to try to make the best of things somehow.

You're suggesting... find some means to live with the consequences?

[He's wondering how well that would work, if it would at all. Yet he should realistically plan for any scenario.]

Y-yeah. That's right. Even if you can't stop something bad from happening, then maybe there's a way to fix it.

What if that consisted of the annihilation of all life on your world?

[You know... still strictly hypothetically.]

I don't know. It sounds... really scary. But I don't think you should just let it happen. It might seem impossible, but there has to be something.

[He didn't know what he would do in that situation. There were times when he felt like maybe it would be better to let those things happen. But that wasn't right.]

...Perhaps. If I can control one part of it, perhaps what I've read about won't come to happen.

[Possibly. He certainly intends not to let anything horrifically destructive happen if and when he returns...]

I think it's worth giving it a try. [Don't be like him!] I remember once, someone said that even if there's only a one percent chance of making it, it's better than zero. It's better than not trying at all.

[Of course, he understands it's not as easy as it sounds. Especially if you fail in the end.]

[Look at what happened the last time he gave in to inaction, and waiting until it was too late...]

...Right. Avoiding a situation, not acting... it will only lead to guilt in the end. I won't allow that to happen. I must do all that's within my power.

That's probably the best that anyone can do. [If only it was this easy to follow his own advice. It would save everyone so much trouble.] Running away only makes things worse, in the end.

[If only it were easier, he understands that all too well.] Avoidance... I see now why it's no better than running. Ignoring a problem does not end it.

Yeah. And if that happens, then other people might get stuck trying to fix it.

Nor would I want that to happen... for another to be burdened on my behalf...

Me, either. Even if it's hard, I'd rather do it myself than have someone else be forced to deal with it.

[He feels like he can really relate somehow, so it's not that hard to admit.]

Yes.

[It's not that hard for him, either.]

To cause the downfall of others, or endanger them in any way... I could not allow it to happen. Better to prevent it from affecting others.

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