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？1：El-Melloi!

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＠El-Melloi II
You might have already figured this out, but let me get this out of the way: these Mnemosyne papers are a trap.
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＠Reines
A trap? What are you saying, brother!?[sr]For that matter, how are you even here? You were dead!
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＠Mash
I-[messageShake 0.05 4 4 0.1]I was wondering the same thing.[sr]Are you really El-Melloi II?
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＠El-Melloi II
I can understand your confusion, but think about it.[sr]A normal Servant would never leave a body behind.
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？1：Oh, yeah, that's true, isn't it.
？2：But, you're not a normal Servant, right?

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＠El-Melloi II
So you remember that now, [%1]? Yes, Zhuge[sr]Liang uses my body for a vessel, making me a Pseudo-Servant.
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＠El-Melloi II
So as long as certain conditions are in place, it is possible for me to leave a body behind in the event of my death. That is what I took advantage of here.
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＠El-Melloi II
Since I essentially have two Spirit Origins,[sr]I used my Zhuge Liang one to create that body.
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＠Reines
You detached your Spirit Origin?[sr]Even though you're a Pseudo-Servant!?
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＠El-Melloi II
It wasn't easy, believe me. And in consequence,[sr]most of Zhuge Liang's power is now gone.
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＠El-Melloi II
But in this case, losing most of Zhuge Liang's power and Spirit Origin also has some significant upsides.
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＠El-Melloi II
It was impossible for the enemy to track me in this state, regardless of how sharp their sensors might be.
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＠El-Melloi II
After all, no one would expect a tactician of Zhuge Liang's caliber to only have as much magical energy as a common mage.
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＠El-Melloi II
Hell, [messageShake 0.02 4 4 0.2]I bet it never even crossed their mind, no matter[sr]how much attention I might've called to myself!
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＠El-Melloi II
Hmph, [messageShake 0.02 4 4 0.2]I guess whoever's behind all this just couldn't[sr]care less about a rubbish non-Servant mage like me!
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？1：Uh, El-Melloi?
？2：I think you're kind of getting off track?

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＠Reines
Oh yeah, that's my brother, all right. A big, walking,[sr]talking inferiority complex of a third-rate mage.
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＠Gray
Why would you go to all that trouble...?
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＠El-Melloi II
Because I had to go into hiding, of course.[sr]And those slips of paper are why.
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＠El-Melloi II
I've been using the time I bought to analyze them, and I learned something very interesting in the process.
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＠El-Melloi II
Memories in this Singularity possess[sr]some highly unusual properties.
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＠El-Melloi II
For one thing, memories don't normally have much in the way of magical energy, but here, they can provide vast amounts of it.
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＠El-Melloi II
Conversely, this paper uses massive magical[sr]energy to manipulate others' memories.
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？1：Manipulate memories?
？2：You mean, it can change them?

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＠El-Melloi II
That's right. This paper fabricates memories.[sr]That's been the true goal here all along.
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＠El-Melloi II
Yes, I expect your memories were initially[sr]stolen when you first entered this Singularity.
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＠El-Melloi II
But stealing memories is one thing.[sr]Fabricating completely new ones is quite another.
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＠El-Melloi II
You've already remembered some things by encountering Servants you've met in the past here, haven't you?
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＠El-Melloi II
That's exactly why the one behind this had to employ more cunning measures to overwrite your memories.
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＠Reines
...Like what?
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＠El-Melloi II
They hid these pieces of paper in each patchwork[sr]explicitly to have their target collect them [&himself:herself].
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＠El-Melloi II
Having the target collect them of [&his:her] own volition[sr]enables things that would normally never fly to sneak past without suspicion.
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＠El-Melloi II
I expect the mastermind kept the first two pieces practically identical to the target's memories, only to plant a complete fabrication in the third.
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＠El-Melloi II
Magecraft and Mystics are fundamentally[sr]built upon that kind of deceit.
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？1：But still, fabricating memories? It just doesn't seem possible...
？2：That does make sense, but there's still something off about earlier...

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＠El-Melloi II
Are you sure about that? Did you confirm[sr]the veracity of those memories with anyone?
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＠Gray
Oh! [%1] is a member of Chaldea, right?[sr]I bet they could verify [&his:her] memories!
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＠El-Melloi II
I see. True, Chaldea almost certainly could determine whether [%1]'s memories are genuine or falsified.
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＠El-Melloi II
So on that note, I have a question for you.
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＠El-Melloi II
I'm sure you've received a transmission or two from Chaldea by now, but I'm guessing Mash is the only one there you could speak to, right?
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？1：...!
？2：You don't mean...

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＠El-Melloi II
Fabricating memory is a difficult endeavor. Even after you've managed to implant new ones, you need to keep a close eye on them to see how well they took.
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＠El-Melloi II
So the one behind this would need to do just that, as well as make sure you stuck to the path they wanted you to follow.
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＠El-Melloi II
And the best way to do so is under the guise of someone you trust completely. Someone you would never suspect.
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＠Gray
Someone we would never suspect...?
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＠Reines
No way... Then, the “M” you wrote in[sr]your dying message was meant to be...
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＠El-Melloi II
That's right. Mash, of course.[bgm BGM_MAP_6 0.1][sr]The Mash you've been talking to here is an imposter.
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＠Reines
She's gone!
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？1：If that Mash was an imposter, then[line 2]
？2：What about the real Mash!?

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＠El-Melloi II
Relax, the real Mash is fine. Your communications are still being jammed, but that's all.
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＠El-Melloi II
She's probably worried sick about you, but in the meantime, you have other things to take care of.
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＠Reines
How so?
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＠El-Melloi II
For our mastermind to impersonate staff from Chaldea,[sr]they would of course need information on Chaldea.
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＠El-Melloi II
And it would be impossible for someone native to this Singularity to obtain that information.
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＠El-Melloi II
That means whoever is behind everything wouldn't be able to do all this with only information obtained in this Singularity. They must have a connection on the outside.
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＠Reines
I see. That makes sense.[sr]All right then, what do you propose, brother?
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＠El-Melloi II
That brings me back to this paper.
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＠El-Melloi II
I couldn't turn up anything else in my own analysis,[sr]but I bet Sir Babbage could dig considerably deeper.
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＠El-Melloi II
What do you say, Lady Astraea?
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＠Astraea
So, you know about me too, do you?[sr]Fine, I'll go along with this.
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＠Astraea
Is that all right with you, Kerry?
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＠Kerry
Fine by me.[sr]Whatever the client wants, the client gets.
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