If you don't know, I'll tell you. A loyal dog will follow his master everywhere. If he can't, he'll stay behind, steadfast and ever watchful. Even after months, he'll bark at anyone who resembles his master. But when all--
[ --hope is lost, he was going to say. It had been hope that carried Gilbert forward all those years. It was hope that had made him abandon his revenge upon Zai Vessalius, denying the reality he'd seen with his own eyes. He hadn't understood at the time; since then he had mulled it over and over in his mind...
Ah, there's nothing for it. No words he can say will have any effect on these two: one who can't understand, and the other who willfully pretends not to.
Fine. No more words. He seizes Oz's shoulder and spins him around, catching him under the chin with his cane. ]
Gilbert!
[ If Oz disappears for good, what happens to hope? ]
With your own hands! With your own eyes, I want you to check! Look at his incuse!
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[ --hope is lost, he was going to say. It had been hope that carried Gilbert forward all those years. It was hope that had made him abandon his revenge upon Zai Vessalius, denying the reality he'd seen with his own eyes. He hadn't understood at the time; since then he had mulled it over and over in his mind...
Ah, there's nothing for it. No words he can say will have any effect on these two: one who can't understand, and the other who willfully pretends not to.
Fine. No more words. He seizes Oz's shoulder and spins him around, catching him under the chin with his cane. ]
Gilbert!
[ If Oz disappears for good, what happens to hope? ]
With your own hands! With your own eyes, I want you to check! Look at his incuse!