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You're awake.
...Leader. I-is everyone okay?
Nanami... Nanami's still in the tunnels! She was trying to save me and...
It's okay.
The Fortress is no longer a fortress. It's already destroyed.
Everyone's hurt, but luckily not severely.
And the savior of all this... she's still here, I think, she's waiting for you to wake.
But we can't tell for sure if she has something to say to you.
We... we scavengers have something to tell her though. We'll need your help, Amy.
Please tell Nanami.
Tell her that we are thankful... and sorry.
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...Nanami, Nanami...!
You're finally awake!
...I'm sorry... Nanami... I'm sorry...
Sorry...
It's us...
We're the ones attacking the Constructs from Babylonia.
We lied. We baited them to the hunting grounds, then recycled their scrap parts to exchange for food and resources...
I... know it's wrong... I know... but I couldn't stop it.
Mhm... But didn't Amy also secretly give the only energy valves left for the trapped Constructs?
No, it's not like... I... I was just hesitant... I know I've been kept alive through resources gained from this scheme, but then I self-complacently helped the Constructs...
Hmm... Nanami still doesn't quite understand.
But, the fact that the scavengers are the culprits.
Nanami already knew from the start.
From the start...?
Yep. It's as if you all wanted to be found out, there were a lot of clues.
You knew it was a trap...
Then why didn't you expose us? Why did you step right in instead?
With how powerful you are, you could have taken out all of us...
And... when the Fortress appeared, you could have left us alone, why did you save us?
If you just die, then nothing is truly solved.
When humans die, nothing's left of them.
At least Nanami knows this much.
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And more importantly!
Amy and Nanami are friends!
Right or wrong, that's too complicated for Nanami.
But Nanami thinks that, if Amy's alive, and Nanami's friends are alive, then it would be pretty nice.
Oh... Amy... are you... crying...?
...I'm so glad... we can be friends.
I'm so glad... you came here.
Thank you, Nanami...
(Nods)
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Anyway, what's that in your hand, Nanami?
It's my super-duper important diary! I write everything that's important in it!
What's all this scribbling...? It's all the same name...?
[player name]...? Who's that?
It's the name of someone who means a lot to me!
Now, I wanna write your name down, too, Amy!
I wanna make a hundred living friends!
Uh... Living?
Well, I wanted to just make a hundred friends, but they kept dying.
I didn't want that to happen, so I changed my mind.
And if all my friends are alive—
Won't the world be a better place?
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Commandant, we've reported the relevant Scavenger data to Babylonia. As for judgment and disposal, that will be left for the Science Council to adjudicate.
The support request will also be decided by the Council, then organized for the families to be contacted.
...So I came here out of worry, but it seems that everything has been solved.
Did you hear... the commandant's name just now?
Commandant, why not just go talk to Nanami?
Right...
Are we really... going back now?
Not to mention, she was willing to risk her life on such a dangerous mission just because she was worried about the commandant seeing her new frame so soon...
If she doesn't see us when she comes back, won't that invalidate everything she did?
Understood, Commandant.
Gray Raven, prepare to return to base.
