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Our labor has not entirely been for nothing, it would seem.

[Elissa's actually out in the city, sitting somewhere and watching a few of the new arrivals sort themselves out. It's safer to be using the audio function if only so that her displeasure is not so easily seen. She still has several misgivings over what they've done to the earth in order to arrive at this point.]

But any victory is not without its costs. I attempted to speak to a few of the shop owners to ask them about what had transpired before now and no one could answer me. In fact, they all start looking at me as though I had grown three heads and horns. They do not seem to remember the change in scenery or even the monsters. One woman told me I must have been on the bottle.

[Considering the last time she had appeared on the network, this garners a brief snort.]

I suppose I'm the only one that finds all of that troublesome. I don't think I'll ever understand these time changes. A shame, too, because it seems like a fairly interesting concept.

[Too bad it just seems too far-fetched for her.]

And this talk of parties reminded me that I - we, really - would be celebrating a holiday if we were home. [Though it's been a while since she's done any sort of gatherings or parties.] I suppose that's a shame too. But I'm not the first to miss an important holiday or occasion, now am I?

[And being away from home isn't going to stop her from doing something for Satinalia. It's just going to mean a little bit of creative thinking on her part to find gifts suitable enough with the coin she has.]

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If there was a holiday that required family to be present then, yes, it wouldn't quite be the same.

Oh. Yeah. That would be pretty hard. But... don't people usually substitute family with friends when that happens? I mean, it probably isn't the same but at least you're spending it with people you like? Or something. Not that I'm assuming you have friends or you don't I just thought–I mean–[Oh my god. Stop. Breathe. Change the subject.]

–What were you saying about the people here, again?

[She pauses. What might actually have her distressed (and doubly so, for loss of family and friends), she manages to laugh off instead because he's shoved his foot into his mouth.]

It's all right. I understand exactly what you're saying. I have friends here I can celebrate with, of course, but it was just an example.

[Her chuckles subside.]

I was saying that they don't remember what happened to them before we changed the past. Originally, this land was burned and ruined because of a bombing attack. Many natives died. Monsters were in the city last week, and yet none of them remember this.

I just thought that was normal.

[A thought hits him.]

But what about any of the... "natives" who died because of the monsters? Do you their families remember?

I haven't checked. I admit that I haven't thought to ask, if only because we are strangers. Perhaps they do not want our questions or our sentiments.

[But she should try anyway.]

Oh. Right.

But still. There has to be something we could do, right? We can't let them just be forgotten.

[She hums thoughtfully once.]

True enough. Would you accompany me to do so, serah?

I don't know how much help I'd be, but... sure.