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[5thchild]

Hello. [ have a SMILE :) There is no reason for this to be video other than Kaworu not really bothering to change the settings on his communicator ] I am pleased to see that the city is different since my last visit. You are truly amazing, proving that you can heal even when all seems dire. Congratulations. [ kanworu's smile grows bigger ]

My presence here and existence in this world is still quite irrelevant. But because healing this world might be the only way to be returned to my universe, I will help. Positive contact, right? [ kaworu absolutely does not mind it at all. Regardless, that is the perfect way to ask his next question ]

Is contact with others something you are comfortable with? The touch of another person, is it something you seek?

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[5thchild]

Do you have a purpose?

[wakemelater]

Sometimes. It depends on what's going on. Right now, my purpose is to help this world. Maybe then, I can go home.

[5thchild]

And if that purpose is fulfilled, then what? Will you simply find a new purpose?

[wakemelater]

I have one waiting for me back home. I believe a friend of mine is trapped somewhere. I'm going to find them.

[5thchild]

Then, your purpose is ultimately to protect your friend. [ to fix this world, so he can go back, so he can save his friend ]

[wakemelater]

For now. Once I find him, I'm sure something else will come along. [There's always something else - another battle, another prophecy...]

[5thchild]

is it something you are looking forward to? To find out your purposes as you go?

[wakemelater]

Not really. Doing nothing for a while would be nice.

[5thchild]

Just floating? Just existing without an objective?

[wakemelater]

Not literally. But yeah. No battles, no prophecies, no obligations... I know it's not possible. [As he said, there's someone who needs saving back home.] But it would be nice.

[5thchild]

Must you really save the people from this world, if you'd rather do nothing?

[wakemelater]

It doesn't matter what I'd rather do. Helping the people here is the right thing to do. And as I understand it, the key to getting back to my own world is fixing this one.

[Alternately, he could just sit around and wait to disappear - but he's already been here well over a year.]