【haven't seen you for a long time】

[A salute to Dr. NNa]

Input: Retrieve the last video recording

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"We have been waiting for you for a long time, great doctor."

"You are the only one who has given everything for all mankind; you are one of the great founders."

Then, you saw it.

[Dr. NNa appears on screen, looking worse than before. Her hair is covered in blood, and she is emaciated, almost skeletal. If it weren't for the soft glow reflecting off the monitor, you might even think she no longer has eyes, as they are sunken deep into their sockets. Her pupils stare unblinkingly ahead, like solidified glass marbles.]

“They won’t stop, no matter how much I experienced in the second wave layer… all the nightmares never left. I know I’m the special one, even after browsing all the classified documents, I wasn’t infected. I tested myself 27 times to see if I was infected by Eoubs-027, and the answer was no. Hera was too, Bell was too… them? They’re separated from me, the only ones who used countless deaths as printing media, no—no! I have to record their sacrifice.”

She parted her lips into a broken smile, a weak laugh, and then raised her trembling hands—the bone remains that seemed to have once been fingers were mostly embedded in the flesh of her right hand—to support the stump of the ring finger.

Two dull-colored wedding rings were loosely placed on it, touching each other.

"So, I can now easily detach myself from these spatial layers. I haven't been infected by them, no... no, I haven't gone mad. I know, I know exactly how all of this is supposed to work."

Something drew her attention away from the screen, so she turned to listen.

"No! This can't be, I can't—I can't! You're not the same as before, this isn't you, because it's different! It's not you, this is no longer you, no! No, no, no!"

She rubbed her temples vigorously, repeating the words over and over. 27 seconds later, Dr. NNa turned her head and faced the camera again.

"The future I can bring back... may only be a part of it, but there's no way to change it now. I don't want to think that the situation will really become hopeless and irreversible."

“The future seems almost hopeless to me. God, please look at me. Humanity’s fate cannot continue like this. I seem safe here, but the light will never come to me—I, I will not… I will not let it, let it take me away.”

"Mom, Dad, Earlier."

“I’m sorry, but I had to do it.”

[End of record]