Hope: Something seems off, though. They look gloomier than the last time we saw them.
Fake Serah: Perhaps… Because we’re on Caius’s side.
Lightning: Hmph. You may have Serah’s face, but you’re nothing like her.
Fake Hope: …But we’re much happier than you, “Light-san”.
Lightning: They give me the creeps.
Fake Serah: Listen to us, “sis”.
Lightning: I’m tired of this. Let’s ignore them and move on.
Rem: Wait! Even if Caius is influencing them, they might still possess the light that we need.
Fake Lightning: My other half from the world of light - Lightning, it is better for you to join Caius. If only you could remember… The battle we fought, the horrible path were forced to take…
Fake Serah: Caius is trying to overwrite it all - what I did, what I became - he’ll erase everything for us. An ordinary but happy me. Isn’t that what you wanted, sis?
Lightning: Shut up! What would an overindulgent, foolish fake know?!
Fake Hope: If Serah’s mistake hadn’t occured, humanity never would have fallen into chaos. The Purge, becoming l’Cie… my mother wouldn’t have died.
Hope: You..!
Lightning: Hope?
Hope: Don’t speak of my mother!
Fake Hope: Admit it. You’ve wished it many times. If the past - even if only one thing - could change… Do you remember Mother’s face when she died? Do you remember? You remember all the pain! We can change that. At least, we can make everyone forget that it happened… We won’t have to suffer anymore.
Hope: …You’re right; it was painful. I have wished that I could change the past. I’ve regretted more times than I can count… But still..! I’ve never once wished that I could forget! Meeting my friends… Meeting Light… They are all painful, but precious memories of my childhood! If we had never met, we never would have suffered, but I believe that there is always hope in the future! There is no value in things that could have happened! All of us are desperately living for the hope of what could be. How dare you trample on my feelings… I will never forgive you!
Rem: Hope…in the future..?
Lightning: Hope… You..?
Hope: Let’s fight, Light! There’s no point in listening to their empty words!
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Hope: Is this… the light? My memories… My lost time…
Serah: Hope, did you..? Do you remember now?
Hope: Yes. In fact, I remember the current you as well.
Lightning: I didn’t have a light…
Serah: T-Then, Hope, does that mean you’ve regained your adult memories too?
Lightning: …What? An adult..?
Hope: Yes. I may be in this form right now… But I’m much older than you remember, Light.
Serah: Is it because of Caius?
Hope: No. I remember everything now. Before I came here, I choose, um… this child form myself.
Lightning: But wouldn’t an adult be stronger? Or had your skills weakened by then?
Serah: Nope, Hope was strong, even as an adult.
Hope: I chose this form because it was how I looked when Light and I were together. When I became an adult… Light was so far away - at the edge of time, in a place where I could not reach no matter how hard I tried.
Lightning: …Is it the place that Caius mentioned?
Serah: There’s no point in hiding it now.
Hope: Are you sure, Serah?
Serah: Sis, you became Etro’s Champion and fought an endless battle with Caius.
Hope: Serah and I, and everyone else, we fought to fulfill your wish and protect history from Caius.
Serah: When you regain your memories, I’m sure you’ll remember lots of painful things.
Lightning: It’s better than staying ignorant. No matter the future, I will move forward.
Hope: I knew you would say that.
Caius: Sink into Chaos, Etro’s Champion. I will put an end to this fight - this neverending despair!
Hope: I won’t let Light bear this alone… I’ll fight too!
Lightning: Hope…
Hope: I’ll protect them! The future of our world, our past. I won’t let him erase any of it! I can do it… Now I can… I can protect Light… I can protect the future with my own hands! Come on, Light!
Lightning: …Right! Let’s strike him down!
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