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[Those who know Vash may have been noticing slight differences about him the past week to two weeks. He's not around as much, taking longer and longer walks through the forest. Visiting the spot where he once fought Wolfwood and Legato more and more.

Today he leaves his house extra early and spends most of the day at that spot. He has his journal and will answer it if someone wants to get a hold of him, but will not be using it himself. He'll return to the village later in the evening and finds a quiet place to sit at Good Spirits with a bottle of cheap whiskey.]

There's so much life in this place... and yet... [No one knows the terrible things I've done.]

[He'll be there until the place looks like it's about to close up before stumbling his way back home. It's on his way that he takes his journal out and speaks into it with the slightest slur to his voice.]

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On this day, back home... the city of July was destroyed. I know - I know you all couldn't know the people there. I just, I just don't want them to ever be forgotten and how they lost everything in a single moment. [He stops speaking for a moment. His voice breaking as tears start to fall from his eyes.] And I'm so sorry.

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Uh... you okay there?

I'm fine. [Just a little drunk.]

[He can relate to the loss of a lot of people, more than he'd like to admit. Though that last comment catches his attention.]

Don't beat yerself up over it. As long as you remember them then that's the least you can do right now.

It just, back home, everyone remembers this day and what it means. Here, here it seems important days like this could so easily be forgotten.

Well, if everyone back home remembers it then you don't need ta worry! Luceti's calendar is different ta the ones back home, it's usually a different month with the same name.

I mean... [He pauses, thinking.] I guess what's important in one world is overlooked here 'cause Lucet is made up of people from all kinds of places! It'd be impossible fer us ta not overlook events back home really. So come on! Wipe those tears away!

[He's trying to sound re-assuring, but he might not be that good at it in this case.]

Yeah, I guess so... [But most people here probably weren't the cause of such tragedies.]

People find other ways of payin' respect to those lost. You could plant some flowers, or leave a little memorial somewhere if you really wanted to!

Maybe. Although it could never bring them back.

The point isn't ta bring them back, it's to pay yer respects. Unfortunately, we can't change the past, all we can do is work towards a better future. Somethin' like that.

[He's really not the best person, but he knows how difficult it is.]

[Much like Raven, it's the last part that gets Nami's attention. But she has a different question, couched in more subdued tones.]

Why are you sorry?

If you want us to remember it, I can try. But I'm sure there's dozens of other tragedies recorded in dates no one here not from that world will remember.

I'm sure they would appreciate it, if you could give your best effort to remember it.

Because... because... [There's a break. With having to speak it it's a bit harder to speak.] ...it's my fault.

I know, but I wish there was some way it could be taken back.

[...]

Why?

[She doesn't believe that. For all your flaws, this is just another way of assuming all the blame and being an idiot, right?]

[...]

Mhm, got it. I'll send my prayers to them alongside you.

I can almost hear the alcohol. I must have picked the wrong bar to hang out at tonight.

Well, there's only about two in all of Luceti. [Too drunk and emo to joke very well.

Thank you. I'm sure they'd really appreciate it if you did. [You're prayers more than his anyway.]

Because... I- I lost control! I didn't mean it, but... it doesn't change -

I'm a monster.

You can't do that. Think of all the families who've suffered and had to come ta terms with their loss, if ya undo all of that then yer not bein' very respectful to them. You'd be makin' a mockery of their suffering.

Bad things happen, growing and remembering them is all we can do.

But if I could take it back, then they wouldn't have to suffer.

Ya know how timelines are all wiggly here? In some other universe that city would still be destroyed, even if you stopped it in yer own.

It's just the way the cruel hands of fate work, sorry.

If there was just a way to save everyone... there should always be a way to save everyone.

Sometimes you can't, ya just have to accept that and prevent it from happening again!

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