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What happened to the others, then? What made me different?

I don't understand. Why would I say that? Why would I do that? I don't remember--

[And then she trails off; when she speaks again her voice is trembling.] I... I don't remember. It's like from back home, at the SAZ, I don't remember-- [The phone clatters from her hands onto the floor. Because it's so very similar. It's far too similar for comfort, and she's starting to feel sick from dread.]

....Euphie?

[Her question's lost, his voice showing a hint of concern as her voice breaks off, hearing the phone drop.

Is she--]

EUPHIE??

Kaneda... [Her voice is faint and very far away, because she's letting the communicator stay where it is on the floor.] I don't remember what happened at all. The only time... [She swallows.] The only other time that's happened... was at the SAZ.

Before I got shot.

Kaneda, what if-- what if something like this happened then?

[Her voice is soft, and it's not just from the comm falling to the floor. It's like she were waking up from a nightmare, her tone trembling and frail.

...

And then she says that last part--that was right. She DID lose her memory recently, didn't she?]

It can't be the same thing--[So why can't he say that with more confidence?]

Can't it? [Her voice is small, shaking.] Is that why... I died?

I'm not sure, but-- but if I did anything like that... at the SAZ of all places--!

...

That's where you were making a speech for Japan, wasn't it?

[Shit. He knows where this is going. He'd been trying to avoid this line of thought exactly. But no matter what excuses he throws into it...

The puzzle pieces add up too perfectly.]

It was... more than that. The SAZ was where the people of Area Eleven could be independent. They could call themselves Japanese again, and govern themselves.

It would have ended the rebellion peacefully, so... so if that happened...

Kaneda, I-- [She swallows a painful lump in her throat.] --I think I need to go.

Euphie?

[If her situation involved the Japanese...]

Euphie, don't do anything stupid, alright?! You don't KNOW what happened.

[Suddenly, there's nothing that describes the tone of her voice more than exhausted.] Don't worry, Kaneda, I won't do anything stupid.

I just... need to be alone for a while.

Thank you for being honest with me.

...Alright.

Take care of yourself, got it?

I will... try. I will promise you that.

[She doesn't sound sure, though.]

Take care, Kaneda.

[She hangs up.]

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