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[standalonehuman]

Togusa

This is Togusa. Feel free to message me at any time.

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Togusa, the little brother you thought you wanted, and then realized you didn't.

[standalonehuman]

This mean I can get an advance on that "allowance"?

he already has a handful of a little brother, he doesn't need one more

[daemonized]

Of course, if you like. A single coin, just for you.

[standalonehuman]

Interesting. That's got to be one rare coin, if you are going to match my salary.

[daemonized]

I actually don't know. It would certainly be one-of-a-kind if we were to find it in this world, so perhaps it would worth a pretty penny? Pun intended.

[standalonehuman]

Suppose I'll have to keep an eye out, then. But I'd assume something so unique was intended for Grell, instead.

[daemonized]

I didn't know Grell back then.

[May as well transition to exactly what it is he's talking about.]

I'm referencing a recent memory I had. I actually gave the coin to Noctis. That text was intended for him.

[standalonehuman]

Noctis?

I'm surprised. Add him in with, you said you and Prompto had shared some things in common?

Why does this keep happening?

[daemonized]

Why do I share residence (of the same city, at least) with two other individuals in my memory?

That's a fair question. One that sounds almost purposeful.

[standalonehuman]

It lends some credibility to the 'other worlds' theory. Even though I'm personally opposed to that theory, I'll admit when something supports it.

But. Don't you mean three? It's you and Fynn and Prompto and Noctis, right?

[daemonized]

No.

I haven't experienced a memory with Fynn in it. Whether this is simply because it hasn't happened yet, or he simply was not part of my "past" remains to be seen.

[standalonehuman]

Oh.

I mean. It'll have to come, in time, right?

[...Right? Please don't break Togusa's little heart with the idea that maybe Ardyn and Fynn aren't always brothers because they have to be brothers, Ardyn the Healer and Fynn the Barbarian, right?]

[daemonized]

Perhaps it will. Though it may be better if it does not, given everything.

[Considering how he's felt in some of his more recent memories, he'd not wish Fynn to be on the receiving end of them, not even in a past life.]

Would that surprise you?

[standalonehuman]

Yes!

You two, it's just about impossible to imagine you not being brothers. I can't even picture it. You've got to be.

If you weren't related before, why would you be now?

[daemonized]

Because we both came out of the same womb?

[Sorry for that... mental image...Togusa.]

The fact that we are related by blood now is no guarantee that we were before. Is it?

[standalonehuman]

[ARDYN]

You owe me a cup of coffee.

I just don't think there would be such a disconnect between the body and the soul.

Follow me on this. So you've got other-Ardyn and other-Fynn. Let's pretend Retrospec is right for a second, okay? They're trying to bring forth those two people by slowly having them take over you two. It's not arbitrary where other-Ardyn and other-Fynn end up.

Most people already look a lot like the people in their memories. Whether this is because Retrospec is trying to tailor the memories to us, make us believe them more? Or it's because other-Ardyn and other-Fynn already look like you and your brother.

There's a connection between the 'ghost' and the vessel.

[daemonized]

But maybe that disconnect exists regardless. There's nothing to say that it wouldn't. I certainly don't recall Souji or Yu in any of my memories, nor am I in theirs.

[standalonehuman]

Okay, no, there's nothing to say it wouldn't. It goes back to what Retrospec was saying about the soul being put out of place, and that causing the person to forget. But if there's already a connection between the ghost and the body, then the transfer has to be easier.

Why do I keep finding more support for this theory I hate?

[daemonized]

You're not alone in your apprehension. There is something highly discomforting about potentially becoming a person you have no desire to be. Physical changes, mental changes. It seems as if we're on a path that we cannot diverge from.

[standalonehuman]

It still comes down to what we do with it. Even if I get all of this other guy's memories in my brain. I'm not going to stop being me. I can know everything about this guy and decide not to make the same choices he did.

[daemonized]

Yes. Though I wonder if it'll be as easily said as done. We also harbor their emotions, and how much will that begin to affect our current actions?

[standalonehuman]

That puts us back to what you were saying not too long ago, that we need to watch out for each other if we begin to drift. Remind each other of who we really are and what is important to us.

Trust each other if we can't trust ourselves.

[daemonized]

Of course. I haven't forgotten. It's the shining ray of hope that remains, should things become too much for any of our friends or loved ones.