"Eve": |
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The screen fades to black.
Eve: |
Brother, this person says they can cure me. It's okay, brother! I'll be as good as new in no time!
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Eve: |
There was another girl in my room... But it didn't look like she wanted to be friends. She was the same as me. Another "patient". One day, in the corner of the room... I found a flower bud. It was the same as the flower I saw in that picture book, all those years ago... A dawn flower. The doctors wouldn't let us have anything special in our rooms... But I wanted to protect it, just like my brother used to protect me. I wanted to be like it, too. I wanted to grow and survive, with all my heart. And maybe, when it finally bloomed... Maybe I would be cured, too...
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The screen fades to black and back in again.
Eve: |
I heard screams of pain all the time there, but eventually... Everything would be quiet again. Would I have to go through that kind of pain to get better, too? Brother... I'm scared...
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The screen glitches.
Eve: |
Later on, the girl who shared the room with me discovered my secret: my little flower. But instead of reporting me, she actually agreed to help me take care of it.
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Eve: |
What's your name, kid?
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... I don't have a name.
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Eve: |
Oh... Then why don't I give you one? What should I call you? Hmm... Well, you have really pretty eyes. They remind me of the morning sun back home! Let me think... Oh, I'm Eve, by the way! Nice to meet you!
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...
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The screen glitches, and the background becomes black.
Eve: |
She wasn't hard to get along with at all. She was just a lonely child, the same as me. I told her about the outside world all the time. About my brother, and my parents, and Red-Eye Gorge... But my body... Over time, I got weaker and weaker and had to rely on her for so much... Would she dislike me for it?
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Eve: |
Will I... make it long enough to see it bloom, too?
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... You will.
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Eve: |
What if today... is my last day here?
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Then it will bloom today.
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Eve: |
... Okay! I'm going to see it bloom! I'm sure of it!
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And... Dawn.
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Eve: |
What?
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My name. I want to be called Dawn.
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Eve: |
Okay! In that case... Nice to meet you, Dawn!
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The screen glitches back to black.
Eve: |
I never thought... The day that person promised I would get better, would actually be... My first day in hell.
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Dawn: |
Just hold on... Eve... *Coughs* Don't... Don't fall asleep!!
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Eve: |
Did... Did I do all this? Where are the doctors? Where are the other kids?
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Dawn: |
She's not a doctor, Eve!
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Eve: |
Behind us, in that sea of flames, I remembered seeing that woman... As she watched us run away, she let out "that" howl...
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!!!
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Eve: |
I couldn't tell if she was in pain... or if she was laughing.
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Dawn: |
Eve... Help me find our way... My eyes, they really hurt...
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Eve: |
Dawn...
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Dawn: |
I promised... I promised I would show you... The day that flower would bloom...
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