[ ... He can't continue to be cruel to a kid. Even if Nagisa is probably going to win, he just... thinks he'll accept the memory loss. After all, he was having memory troubles before all of this. Even though some of them have returned, and others haven't yet, that's no one's fault.

Certainly not his. Perhaps it's the Observer in him, but he wants to help. He'll make sure his egg is comfortable and then sit by the water. ]

You know, it wouldn't be the first time I've seen that sort of reaction. I have helped raise at least one actual person. She looked a lot like this egg.

[ God, does he miss her. ]

... I'm guessing your mother left quite an impression on you?

[ It's not how he'd phrase it, for his own, really. "An impression". More like "baggage". ]