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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 12m

"I joined the army after I came of age. But it was different after you all left. It was as if you took its spirit with you. The only exception was General Zelgius." "I see. Is that why you're under his command?" "Yes. He is the last true knight. I will die for him." "Yes, Levail. You will."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 42m

A day may come when the prophecy is fulfilled and the waters burst forth... But it is not this day. This ancient power could easily obliterate an entire race... The tsunami of fury would unleash endless catastrophe. This sentence is too severe... Forgive me for overruling it.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 1h

No, Lady Sanaki... I've actually lied to you very little. What I have done is hold things back. I've also twisted the truth from time to time... But I have only told you one blatant falsehood. That one lie has weighed heavily on me. It makes me hate myself sometimes.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 1h

That is one of the phrases that defines me. However, words give people many forms.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 2h

INCREDIBLE. I FELT IT THERE SHINING. YOUR POWER. A LITTLE FURTHER.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 2h

I... I don't want people to think the wrong things about me... I want them all to be my friends... I... always thought that... ..... If you'll be by my side... Then I'll do it...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 3h

* ... Shouldn't you be helping that pumpkin fella? * Nah, Ralsei's got it covered. I... I quit. * Quit? Quit what? * You know. Healing. That green sparkle thing.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 3h

"You've got it so much easier, you know. At least yours is well-behaved." "You're jealous? That's a surprise." "That's not what I mean." "Nothing about this is easy. There's this awkward distance between us. I'm just lucky that things panned out this way."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 4h

How lovely...it would be for this moment to last forever...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 4h

* Huh...? You mean, um... how I... got locked out of my house? * That's why I... well, I used to end up at your place sometimes. * Y'know, you'd help me... faha, break into my own room. * Even then, my mom... never gave your family a spare key.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 5h

Thought I told you... Your calling, it isn't this stuff.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 5h

"Our last battle, in the valley. Was that your strategy?" "..." "That was impressive. You killed thousands of beorc soldiers with your little ambush. Well done." "I..."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 6h

"I hate them. They have killed many of my sisters and my brothers. If I lose to you, they will kill me. No... No, they will kill me, in time, no matter what." "But...you don't die. I'm proof of that."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 6h

The resemblance between us was uncanny, and we discovered we had much else in common. We were inseparable, for a time. And I was all too happy to have something like a real brother. He was my other half.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 7h

* You're, uh, shaking. * Well, um, maybe, I'm a little scared, but... I... * To be honest, I... I actually like... scary things. * ... what do you mean? * When we were little, me and my sister would stay up... * And go past our bedtime watching horror movies.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 7h

The bell's ringin' now. Seems we've reached the final rounds. So... how do you think it all ends? No, how do you want it to end?

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 8h

This is the road I must walk. Our paths won't cross. But, should we in fact ever meet again... On that day...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 8h

Correct. This is the place where Peruere killed her best friend. A mere year later, this is also the place where she fought tooth and nail to kill the "Mother" they shared.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 9h

If I could, I want to show Tatsuya to my father. He'd be proud...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 9h

I know how heavily grief weighs upon one's heart... I lost my mother some time ago. It was... Forgive me my moment of weakness. Even all these years later, I cannot recall that time without feeling the pain as if it were brand new.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 10h

Seteth... Flayn... First my mother, and now those two have been stolen away as well? Must you take everything from me?!

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 10h

"What does it take to prove you were ever alive...? Even if you die, as long as you're remembered, you'll live on as a memory..." "But then, if you're forgotten... That's really no different from being dead..."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 11h

So I beg you... grant me this opportunity to gain a purpose. To change my destiny and end my wandering.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 11h

"Joran! You're... You're *our* Joran? Y-you were alive?!" "Was I alive? Hah... Of course not. I did die on that day! Evidently! That's why I can be here now! You can call me J! Guess what? I'm a proud member of Moebius now!"

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 12h

"Even the weather hates me. I'm useless. A failure. ...I wish Dimo's rock had taken my head off."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 12h

Have you ever felt so much fondness, that it made you... quiver? Long time no see... You forgot about me... I missed you... All these sayings that have to do with time... They ring so insufferably hollow, when you only have ten years on the clock. It doesn't feel real. But, you know?

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 13h

"We told you we wanted to go to Elysium... But, the reason why we wanted to go there... ...was to beg our Father to let us die." "So forget us, Rex! For the sake of the world, abandon us."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 13h

Hundreds of years must have passed by now. Perhaps this show must go on for hundreds more... I never imagined that it would hurt so much...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 14h

"Now that they know about the shard, they're sure to break it... and he'll know I've met my end—that he's lost me forever." "You gotta really love somebody...if you wanna hurt 'em that badly."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 14h

"Yes! Yes! Deny your past and bring about a revolution!" "That’s not what I mean!" "Oh, but you sound so much like them! Dreaming of revolution, burning with ideals, and drowning in sentiment. Like father, like son…!"

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 15h

The meaning of my life is not something I should worry about. It's really what others think of my life or what I was able to do for them. So... for me, or you, or anyone... the meaning of our lives is something that we make but don't see.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 15h

* K... Kris? Kris, you... * Haha... * I... I'm scared... * It's getting harder and harder * To just stand there smiling all the time. * To be the one * Pretending I'm not afraid, too. * But

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 16h

Since I don't remember my Dad too well... Shotaro, you taught me this before: "The most important thing to a detective is their client." About how that was Dad's motto. So I'm going to stay true to that.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 16h

Dad died pursuing his dream. All he left me was this...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 17h

No matter the manner of man, the goddess judges with an even hand.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 17h

"Pathetic, Wakana. I'm going to show you... what I'm capable of." "Please wait! What's all this fighting about!?" "Reaffirming my existence... something along those lines."

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 18h

"J-Joran... You were never like this! What did they do to you?!" "What do you think you knew of me? You didn't know anything. I am only myself, Eunie. The realest, truest me! I don't need to hide anymore! I can finally be me! Becoming Moebius? Best thing that ever happened to me!"

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 18h

For the longest time... I thought they pitied those of us left behind. "Sucks to be you". "Sorry, guys". "I'm checking out early". "It'll be tough, but keep your chins up". I figured...that's what the smile said. But now... Mio, too, was smiling.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 19h

* I'll be more honest, Susie. I promise. * Even if it means... sounding... weird. * ... Ralsei? * You couldn't get any weirder if you tried. * You too, Susie! * ... uh, thanks. * ... well, let's get out of here, Kris.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 19h

I always dreamed of becoming human... And I still do, even now. In my eyes, to be human is to be part of the greatest opera ever known.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 20h

(Nec fatum finire te) (Nec tribulatio potest) Flames grow with immortal courage (Haec olim meminisse iuvabit)

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 20h

Tatsuya... Why do you put up walls like that? You look like you're in so much pain that I can't bear to see it...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 21h

M-My pops is the only man I have trouble dealing with... Ever since I was a kid, when he yells at me in that scratchy voice, I freeze up.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 21h

* Noelle * Disregard... Me... And... * With Your Own Power * Choose The World... That Makes You Happy

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 22h

Hehe... You truly are the perfect human — my "ideal." I suppose this would also be the "justice" that belongs to you.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 22h

I...I'm sorry, Dad. I don't... I don't know what to... I'm so very sorry. I love you, Dad. ...I love you.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 23h

This is of grave import, so I will say it once more, for good measure. Master Yew. Give up this fight. Ignore my advice, and we will have no choice but to kill you—just as we did our comrades.

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 23h

I-I'll show you all my favorite place, too! There are so many flowers blooming there... It's quite beautiful...

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

* Noelle. Sweetheart. * First time I laid eyes on your mother... * I walked right up and told her she was a HOT piece of work. * R...Really? * Yeah, she slapped me so hard I blacked out! * Hahaha...! * Dad, that doesn't help at all!

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Gate of Steiner @audgate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

* (It's a plaque bearing the words of a famous writer.) * ("Hope comes to those who believe. And for those that cannot...") * ("... May our hope shine so brightly...") * ("... That they, too, may keep shelter from the dark.")

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