[ He laughs at that, but there's no humor in it. He waves a hand at this, putting on a little show for Cilan. ]
This world won't survive, Cilan-san - I don't believe it will, and if it does it shouldn't.
[ There's more to it, of course. He's got a promise he made to himself, a promise he made to Shikamaru, a lot of things that he must face. Even if he retained his memories, he was going to lose his body. And really, it's probably for the best that the man, Masaomi Kida, dies so that the boy, Masaomi Kida, can live out that life he's been terrified of. But he'll go on anyway- ]
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This world won't survive, Cilan-san - I don't believe it will, and if it does it shouldn't.
[ There's more to it, of course. He's got a promise he made to himself, a promise he made to Shikamaru, a lot of things that he must face. Even if he retained his memories, he was going to lose his body. And really, it's probably for the best that the man, Masaomi Kida, dies so that the boy, Masaomi Kida, can live out that life he's been terrified of. But he'll go on anyway- ]
So then, Cilan-san, do you want to "survive?"