[So he really didn't remember anything... well, even though Yoosung sort of expected that, when Mishima puts it that way, it's something that's interesting to him. Talking to him after the last memory as this place had never happened in between seems impossible. In response, all kinds of manic theories come out of the woodwork of his thoughts.]
Maybe it's not time checkpoints, but was really like a parallel universe... or an alternate one. You probably know that from science fiction, but I always thought about that kind of stuff. That maybe there's a lot of ways a situation could have gone, and those branching routes really exist in some other dimension. The only difference is the 'programming' in our brains. If you're 'programmed' differently, you make different decisions... normally that 'programming' is just what you call the butterfly effect, but it could also be possible for person to mess with intentionally...
[Yoosung pauses, suddenly aware that even though he's thought about this kind of thing before, that doesn't mean it won't sound totally crazy to a listener. He shouldn't think this much. It just makes him look weird, how can he salvage that? It's not like he can just say "We're in the route God abandoned" and call it a day.]
... I-I mean, maybe that's also what a change of heart is like. I don't really know at all though. That probably sounds silly, right?
[He sits back in his chair, letting his eyes roll up to the ceiling for a moment. God. He should just answer the freaking question.]
Yeah. I didn't forget anything from before. It's definitely all stuff from later on... The truth is, I.
[The most important part of the story is... He cracks a wistful smile.]
...I fell in love. [But for some reason, the tears have already started to form in his eyes, and every feature except his fond lips are deeply etched with misery.]
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Maybe it's not time checkpoints, but was really like a parallel universe... or an alternate one. You probably know that from science fiction, but I always thought about that kind of stuff. That maybe there's a lot of ways a situation could have gone, and those branching routes really exist in some other dimension. The only difference is the 'programming' in our brains. If you're 'programmed' differently, you make different decisions... normally that 'programming' is just what you call the butterfly effect, but it could also be possible for person to mess with intentionally...
[Yoosung pauses, suddenly aware that even though he's thought about this kind of thing before, that doesn't mean it won't sound totally crazy to a listener. He shouldn't think this much. It just makes him look weird, how can he salvage that? It's not like he can just say "We're in the route God abandoned" and call it a day.]
... I-I mean, maybe that's also what a change of heart is like. I don't really know at all though. That probably sounds silly, right?
[He sits back in his chair, letting his eyes roll up to the ceiling for a moment. God. He should just answer the freaking question.]
Yeah. I didn't forget anything from before. It's definitely all stuff from later on... The truth is, I.
[The most important part of the story is... He cracks a wistful smile.]
...I fell in love. [But for some reason, the tears have already started to form in his eyes, and every feature except his fond lips are deeply etched with misery.]