Togusa holds up a hand because hold your chocobos horses there. "If we are buying this other worlds thing. Then, okay, there is some kind of a benefit to them oh god damn it all..."
Togusa's face absolutely falls and he has to stare at Emil for a second because he answered his own question there. Work through your paranoia one step at a time for someone who is not you, please, Togusa.
He reaches inside his jacket pocket and puts a paperback book on the table. The writing is in kanji, but the cover is blue, so it is clearly a Retrospec item. He reaches down and jabs a finger into the book.
"How does giving this to me help out Retrospec? Same way that playing fetch with the pearls and gold coins did. It's an object from inside one of those unreality twists. Retrieving this gets them energy. How? That's up for debate. But it was what they needed to be able to resolve the storm that pulled all of you away."
"So they've been pulling these through the whole time. If. And this is a big if. Any of this is true. Then us and the memories they're giving us and the objects they're sending us are just a power source. That's why we've had no say in the matter, and why they really don't give a damn what we do, so long as we keep using the platform."
Togusa sits back, and he scowls at the book. "But I want more evidence. The Recolle project, the unreality twists. I need proof that this is real before I'm committing to this 100%."
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chocoboshorses there. "If we are buying this other worlds thing. Then, okay, there is some kind of a benefit to them oh god damn it all..."Togusa's face absolutely falls and he has to stare at Emil for a second because he answered his own question there. Work through your paranoia one step at a time for someone who is not you, please, Togusa.
He reaches inside his jacket pocket and puts a paperback book on the table. The writing is in kanji, but the cover is blue, so it is clearly a Retrospec item. He reaches down and jabs a finger into the book.
"How does giving this to me help out Retrospec? Same way that playing fetch with the pearls and gold coins did. It's an object from inside one of those unreality twists. Retrieving this gets them energy. How? That's up for debate. But it was what they needed to be able to resolve the storm that pulled all of you away."
"So they've been pulling these through the whole time. If. And this is a big if. Any of this is true. Then us and the memories they're giving us and the objects they're sending us are just a power source. That's why we've had no say in the matter, and why they really don't give a damn what we do, so long as we keep using the platform."
Togusa sits back, and he scowls at the book. "But I want more evidence. The Recolle project, the unreality twists. I need proof that this is real before I'm committing to this 100%."