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Kim, do you feel the struggles you’ve gone through since moving to the overworld are worth it compared to your time in the End? Or would you have chosen to stay there if you could have changed your steps?

If you do prefer the overworld, what keeps you there compared to the End?

"... No pain, no gain, as they say."

She takes a long sip from her mug of tea, her new favored drink in these times.

"All the shit I've gone through since moving... It's been excruciating. Horrible, painful, even debilitating at times. But... I'm not alone for it all. Not like I was in the End."

She pauses to think for a long while. You'd almost think she was done talking were it not for her opening her mouth again just now.

"Sure, I could have just made friends and shit in the End, but that wasn't a risk I was willing to take. I was, and still deep down am a killer. Getting involved with other people when I knew I could get them in trouble by just existing... Not worth it."

"Down here... There's no laws to worry about. Nobody is going to rat me out or get killed for being involved with me. I've found... Friends here. I've found family. All that pain... At least it was worth something in the end of it all."

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It's nice. There's a lot of nice people there, and I love going there to just talk to them sometimes!

I want to see if there's more out there. If there's more places with more people to meet. I never knew there were people like me left until I met Eido. I'll ask him if we can travel to faraway places together somenight.

It feels like the people can understand me. Can help me. Like the Divine One has always done before.

I pray for it to protect them like it protects me.

I wish I had the words to tell them about it, so they could live without fear like I do.

Buddy, what do you think of the Eidolon now that you’ve spoken to him again? How about the things he’s told you, and what you two had in common?

Do you actually plan on trying to clear his name?

Before answering the question, they quietly walk out of their room and walk down into the basement, avoiding waking their father. Even though they know they're alone here, they speak at a whisper.

"He's... Okay. I don't exactly trust him yet, but... I do feel bad for him. Especially since we both... Went through something similar. And he... Kind of was acting in self defense, and... He just got caught up in the fight. He probably didn't actually mean to k-"

They suddenly snap to attention, probably because they heard something upstairs. Thankfully, they deduced it was just the dogs.

"...Anyway. Once dad gets better, I'll try to talk to him about the Eido situation. Dad... He wasn't a fan of what me and Echo did, so maybe he might be glad to know Eido is okay? I don't know. At least he probably won't be super angry like Echo might."

They take a deep breath after thinking silently for a few moments.

"I just hope Eido doesn't hurt anyone again. If he did, and I was the one to clear his name... It'd be my fault. So if he ever, ever, hurts someone again... I'll make sure he can never do it again."