AUDIENCE: HIKARU

[retellers]

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[retellers]

Likely so. It is affected by nova, at the very least.

[heartablaze]

[She nods.]

I wonder if the others... the removed... I wonder if they can still create Nova. They still remember us, which means they can still create memories, so... maybe they can still help.

[She pulls an oreo out of her skirt pocket. Delicious! She just twists it apart for now, brow furrowing.]

Have you only remembered the one thing? Or have you been getting more as we get more nova?

[retellers]

I have regained memories alongside the rest of you--however, nothing of what I recall would be of assistance to you or anyone.

[heartablaze]

It's okay. I just... I always want to know more about you, Goat-kun.

I know a couple things - that you're kind and you try your best, and that all you want to do is help no matter what happens. I know you like bread and the Oreo cereal. I know animals like you, and you really seem to feel at home with them... and you seem really happy when you draw. I think Goat-kun is a gentle person, so...

I'm sorry if it's pushy to keep asking. I'm just hopeful for you, and for the others. I want to help you remember.

[retellers]

I do not mind, though... most of what I remember is not very happy, I should warn you.

[heartablaze]

I don't mind. Some of what I can still remember isn't happy, either. [Quite the opposite.] That doesn't always make it a bad thing, even if you'd want it to go away... It's still something that made you who you were once, you know?

[retellers]

It's not that I want them to go away, exactly... It is important to learn from past failures.

But they're not the sort of stories that others necessarily want to hear.

[heartablaze]

Maybe not.

I'm here, though, if you ever need somebody to listen. I don't know how much I can say, but... it's hard to have nobody who understands what you go through, you know? Sometimes, even those hard things are important to say.

[retellers]

It is fine. Many here have assured me that I am not alone.

[heartablaze]

[Ah. She looks a little torn, but thank god for [redacted] because she's just chill about .5 seconds later instead of worrying about it.]

I'm glad, then. As long as you've told somebody. We'll help you remember.

Haku-san mentioned you might have lost one of your powers... is that right?

[retellers]

[ he nods slowly. ]

The ability to manifest items, as that was one bestowed upon me by the Realm. Every other power is my own, and so has remained with me.

[heartablaze]

Can you still use your ice powers? I guess I should have asked when I first met, but I thought that was all the magic you had outside the portals and stuff.

[retellers]

Unlike most of the other Leaders, my power over ice was originally mine, so yes.

[heartablaze]

And the Realm let you keep your powers anyway, huh?

I wonder why it took all of ours away and not yours.

[retellers]

It is part of what was protected, in return for losing all of our memories. The Realm could not handle everyone's powers without destabilizing.