[He'll float a little closer to Zack, looking at him carefully.]
Because, perhaps, he is your dog. Just as the man over there -
[- one part of his robe lifts, as he 'points' towards Hades slumped over on the desk -]
- is your father. Only...the memories have been...distorted. Reworked. I've experience with that, with realizing exactly who and what you are through the haze of false memories.
[...That he did to himself in service of a scheme, but let's not get into that now.
His voice is firm, but gentle. Perhaps even saying things a bit more slowly and deliberately than he normally would.]
It is up to you to reclaim them - to reclaim yourself. If you wish to live as Zack Prince...perhaps, then, none among us would blame you. It is Comfortable to believe you are normal. Comfortable still, to think that none of your loved ones are in direct danger, and that you are merely an ordinary person innocent of all that has occurred here, no reason beyond malice for your plight.
...However. Can you live with the doubt of knowing such a thing...may not be the truth?
[...]
I can only lead you to the question you must face. You, my boy, must decide your answer for yourself.
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[He'll float a little closer to Zack, looking at him carefully.]
Because, perhaps, he is your dog. Just as the man over there -
[- one part of his robe lifts, as he 'points' towards Hades slumped over on the desk -]
- is your father. Only...the memories have been...distorted. Reworked. I've experience with that, with realizing exactly who and what you are through the haze of false memories.
[...That he did to himself in service of a scheme, but let's not get into that now.
His voice is firm, but gentle. Perhaps even saying things a bit more slowly and deliberately than he normally would.]
It is up to you to reclaim them - to reclaim yourself. If you wish to live as Zack Prince...perhaps, then, none among us would blame you. It is Comfortable to believe you are normal. Comfortable still, to think that none of your loved ones are in direct danger, and that you are merely an ordinary person innocent of all that has occurred here, no reason beyond malice for your plight.
...However. Can you live with the doubt of knowing such a thing...may not be the truth?
[...]
I can only lead you to the question you must face. You, my boy, must decide your answer for yourself.