＄04-00-02-17-3-0

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？1：Oh, hey. Isn't that...
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＠Xu Fu
(Munch, munch, munch)
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？1：I see you're really enjoying that curry bread, Xu-Xu.

＠Xu Fu
(Gulp)[sr]...No, you can't have a bite.
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＠Xu Fu
Baker and that super jacked new cook came up with this curry bread together.
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＠Xu Fu
It's got a perfect balance of spice, salt, sugar, and, uh...other amazing flavors.
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＠Xu Fu
If you want one, go get your own.
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＠Xu Fu
...What's that? You want to know what I'm reading while I snack?
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？2：Not often I see you reading, Xu-Xu.

＠Xu Fu
(Gulp)[sr]What? You got a problem with that?
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＠Xu Fu
It's some kind of essay that just popped up in the database one day.
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＠Xu Fu
It was a good test subject for my emergency excitation response system...
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＠Xu Fu
...but once I used that to materialize it, I didn't have anything better to do than, well, read it.
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？1：So what's it about?
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＠Xu Fu
It's a treatise on Alter Egos. How they're formed, the implications of their existence, that kind of thing.
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＠Xu Fu
“We have been quick to make use of this class of Servants despite not understanding their greater significance or true nature...”
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＠Xu Fu
“...and perhaps it is time we take a moment to reconsider that choice.”
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＠Xu Fu
“I believe doing so will lead us to a greater understanding of Alter Egos in general...”
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＠Xu Fu
“...and also help us learn how to make even more effective use of their power.”
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＠Xu Fu
I know, right? Takes itself real seriously. Oh, it goes on to say this, too.
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＠Xu Fu
“Alter Egos generally appear of their own accord...”
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＠Xu Fu
“...so be warned that, unless you are using yourself as material, and you already possess an incredibly OP skill...”
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＠Xu Fu
“...intentionally making a new one would be both difficult and ill-advised.”
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＠Xu Fu
Well, duh.
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＠Xu Fu
Hell, even speaking for myself, I have no idea why this version of me is an Alter Ego.
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？1：But you don't regret being one, right?

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＠Xu Fu
Of course not.
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＠Xu Fu
I might not know why I came out like this, but I know exactly why I am this way.
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＠Xu Fu
Obviously, it's because of my deep, abiding love for...(pause for dramatic effect) Lady Yu.
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＠Xu Fu
That's the part of this essay I agreed with the most.
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＠Xu Fu
It says that even though Alter Egos are derived from fragments of the original's personality...
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＠Xu Fu
...the nature of their existence also makes it possible for them to do things the original couldn't.
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＠Xu Fu
In my case, if I was still my old self, with all my extraneous ties and obligations...
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＠Xu Fu
...I wouldn't be able to live the dream of devoting everything to Lady Yu.
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？1：Yeah... Maybe you're right.

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[lr]I kind of get the feeling someone once said they're hollow creations with nothing of substance...
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...but even if that's true, I don't think that's all there is to them.
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Even if the Alter Egos think of themselves as no different than walking dolls, burning their very selves for fuel...
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...and that they wouldn't be able to do anything if they weren't made from emotions, there's no denying their purity.
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And there must surely be places reachable only by beings as pure as them.
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？2：(It'd be nice if she put a little effort into her job, too...)
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＠Xu Fu
...(Munch)
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＠Xu Fu
Hmm. Since I'm one of the keenest intellectuals around here, and one of the Alter Egos in question...
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＠Xu Fu
...I think I'll add my own thoughts on the subject.
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＠Xu Fu
I'm pretty sure regular people are just as capable of doing the same things as Alter Egos filled with a singular focus.
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＠Xu Fu
For example, let's say you accomplish a great feat and go down in history.
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＠Xu Fu
Maybe the you who accomplished that wasn't the normal you, but a you who only lived to love someone else.
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＠Xu Fu
Maybe it was a you who just wanted to protect a certain someone, even if it cost you your life.
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＠Xu Fu
Or maybe it was a you who only cared about killing someone.
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＠Xu Fu
My point is, maybe us Alter Egos...
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＠Xu Fu
...are just a series of the countless moment to moment heroic forms everyone has within them.
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＠Xu Fu
Or something like that.
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？1：I'm not sure I get it, but I think I get it.
？2：I think I kind of maybe understand what you mean. Possibly.
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＠Xu Fu
Which is it?
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＠Xu Fu
Oh well, it's no big deal. Like I said, I was just reading this 'cause I didn't have anything better to do.
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[lr]Some old-timey jazz, chosen by who knows who, echoed quietly throughout the cafeteria.
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The musician was singing a heartfelt song about how, as long as you believed in them...
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...even artificial creations and paper moons can become as real as anything else.
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It got me thinking. Maybe, in the same way Sabers fight with swords...
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...and Lancers fight with spears...
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...Alter Egos fight with the strength that comes from devotion to something besides themselves...
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