I've told you the rest. Grima rises and lays siege to the land, eventually leaving my friends and I with no choice but to return to the past.
Even after figuring out what caused Uncle Chrom to die in our future, he... never lost faith in Robin. No matter what, Uncle Chrom always trusted Robin. Together, they came up with an idea to fake Uncle Chrom's death at the Dragon's Table when the time came for that to happen once more. Grima still rose, but Robin maintained herself... Mostly because the Grima from our time came to the past along with us and offered a new vessel for Grima to inhabit.
At the end, Robin sacrificed herself, as Grima could only be slain by itself. She made the final blow, killing both Grima and herself at the same time.
[she's quiet. It's still a lot, but she's left with the worry that-- what if that wasn't what happened there. The barghest became her. it took on her characteristics, and her body.
she'd thought she was both its vessel and herself.
was that the same here? and what would he say if he knew that?
she folds her hands in her lap. her knuckles are white]
... I tried to frame you. Specifically because I thought I would manipulate Akira into telling the seeker to investigate you. I knew he was already suspicious of you, and Barghest used that to its advantage.
[she hasn't moved, but she definitely isn't looking at him.]
... That should at least make you suspicious of me, and my motivations.
Perhaps, I can assure you if Uncle Frederick were here, he and Gerome would be sure to keep both me and Cynthia away from you. But I still consider you one of my closest friends here.
Owain... Listen. The Barghest, at least, wasn't a friend of the resort. If anything, he wanted to capture the Outsider because he was so good at evading it.
[she's not looking at him.]
It was a cruel, petty monster and it made the people it possessed think it was a god. I don't know if that applies to the other monsters, but I would be willing to bet it does.
The game is as much a way to get rid of them as to get rid of us.
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Even after figuring out what caused Uncle Chrom to die in our future, he... never lost faith in Robin. No matter what, Uncle Chrom always trusted Robin. Together, they came up with an idea to fake Uncle Chrom's death at the Dragon's Table when the time came for that to happen once more. Grima still rose, but Robin maintained herself... Mostly because the Grima from our time came to the past along with us and offered a new vessel for Grima to inhabit.
At the end, Robin sacrificed herself, as Grima could only be slain by itself. She made the final blow, killing both Grima and herself at the same time.
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[she's quiet. It's still a lot, but she's left with the worry that-- what if that wasn't what happened there. The barghest became her. it took on her characteristics, and her body.
she'd thought she was both its vessel and herself.
was that the same here? and what would he say if he knew that?
she folds her hands in her lap. her knuckles are white]
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[she hasn't moved, but she definitely isn't looking at him.]
... That should at least make you suspicious of me, and my motivations.
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[she says that immediately.]
All the information I knew, even though I wanted to keep it secret, it got used. Worse, it could happen to me again, if we kill any of the monsters.
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[ implied: owain called him the same thing ]
The same could be said about me, about Gerome, about any of us.
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I... don't actually remember. I don't even remember the execution.
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R-right. I do remember most of, jut... not that.
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Owain... Listen. The Barghest, at least, wasn't a friend of the resort. If anything, he wanted to capture the Outsider because he was so good at evading it.
[she's not looking at him.]
It was a cruel, petty monster and it made the people it possessed think it was a god. I don't know if that applies to the other monsters, but I would be willing to bet it does.
The game is as much a way to get rid of them as to get rid of us.
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The Barghest didn't care what happened to the Resort, so long as it got what it wanted?
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Can you imagine something that cruel caring about anything?
[she has scars on her cheek, paleness and frailty in her body. she just. doesn't feel like pointing it out.]
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Alright.
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I truly consider you one of my closest friends here.