Battler wasn't really sure what he'd been expecting in a conversation like this, but this.... probably wasn't it. Not to say that it was a bad thing but it was a little strange to hear so directly that the situation was fine. But then, was it really so surprising? Apparently, it was common enough here, and with exception, nobody really seemed to fault him for it or treat it as an excuse. It was probably out of consideration—there was just no way this wasn't weird—but even so, bit by bit, he could feel himself beginning to relax some. Maybe explaining wouldn't as awkward as he thought.
That last bit, however, definitely caught him by surprise. "Yeah, that's right," he nodded. ... It was the same explanation that he'd come up with. He thought he was going to start from the very beginning when he explained things, but had someone already beat him to the punch? ... But it was still kind of strange, hearing it on those terms, especially when what he'd been told himself didn't match what he'd come up with on his own. Could they be thinking the same way, even though he hadn't told anyone about it...? ... Well, he wasn't about to complain. If it could already be thought of like that, then this was going to be much easier for to explain.
"I'm not sure how you know about this, so sorry if I'm just repeating a bunch of things, you already know, but... Apparently, this sort of thing is pretty common here. Sometimes people will appear here and suddenly vanish. Except that, sometimes they come back, and don't remember a thing about the time they'd spent here. The way I heard about it, it sounded like they're ... 'reset' and have had their head screwed with somehow, but I don't believe that explanation at all. It's ... an interesting story, and it might be good for some kind of horror story, but that sort of thing shouldn't be possible, right? Instead, it's exactly like you said. ... 'Ushiromiya Battler' may have been here before, but that Battler and I aren't the same."
It was like playing a new piece on the board. It only made sense those variations wouldn't have the same memories, right? They couldn't even be called the same person, so much as one of who knew how many possibilities. ... He wondered if what he was saying was going to get across, or if he'd have to explain it more. Honestly, in most cases, he wouldn't have bothered at all. It was ... strange, and not many were going to understand or believe it outside certain experiences. Even he wasn't really sure if he should be accepting something like that so directly, but still, it was better than the alternative, wasn't it....? There was just no way in hell he was going to accept that he had something missing. And even if that weren't the case, it was hard to completely deny something he'd experienced for himself, right?
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That last bit, however, definitely caught him by surprise. "Yeah, that's right," he nodded. ... It was the same explanation that he'd come up with. He thought he was going to start from the very beginning when he explained things, but had someone already beat him to the punch? ... But it was still kind of strange, hearing it on those terms, especially when what he'd been told himself didn't match what he'd come up with on his own. Could they be thinking the same way, even though he hadn't told anyone about it...? ... Well, he wasn't about to complain. If it could already be thought of like that, then this was going to be much easier for to explain.
"I'm not sure how you know about this, so sorry if I'm just repeating a bunch of things, you already know, but... Apparently, this sort of thing is pretty common here. Sometimes people will appear here and suddenly vanish. Except that, sometimes they come back, and don't remember a thing about the time they'd spent here. The way I heard about it, it sounded like they're ... 'reset' and have had their head screwed with somehow, but I don't believe that explanation at all. It's ... an interesting story, and it might be good for some kind of horror story, but that sort of thing shouldn't be possible, right? Instead, it's exactly like you said. ... 'Ushiromiya Battler' may have been here before, but that Battler and I aren't the same."
It was like playing a new piece on the board. It only made sense those variations wouldn't have the same memories, right? They couldn't even be called the same person, so much as one of who knew how many possibilities. ... He wondered if what he was saying was going to get across, or if he'd have to explain it more. Honestly, in most cases, he wouldn't have bothered at all. It was ... strange, and not many were going to understand or believe it outside certain experiences. Even he wasn't really sure if he should be accepting something like that so directly, but still, it was better than the alternative, wasn't it....? There was just no way in hell he was going to accept that he had something missing. And even if that weren't the case, it was hard to completely deny something he'd experienced for himself, right?