Why am I protecting these gems? What if there is a curse and the gems are the only way to stop it? Am I causing the death of the entire population just for five shiny gems?
The Traveler you chase down at the very end? He IS you, at least an alternate past version of you that failed that little chase sequence in the first game. Space is tangled within the deep sleep; perhaps time is, too. And you do seem to have a strange habit of leaving notes for your past self.
In fact, let's extend that theory a little. Know how whenever you die in this trilogy, you get to try again from right before you were in danger? Maybe that's not just a game mechanic. Maybe every time you die, the viewpoint actually switches to another branch, and your old timeline remains in existence.
For those of you wondering, talk to the thief and chose th first option, then the second one to get the ninja outfit. Use the ninja outfit to sneak into Paldrino's headquarters.
Dear Blonde Help Woman, I know I have two receptionists. I have two because I get complaints otherwise. Kindly shut up and let me run my god damn hotel.
I see all these people who beat the game in one day. For those people, some of us like playing games without cheaters hacking their way to the top of every leaderboard. Ever heard of this little thing called playing games the way they're MEANT to be played? When the boards are full of cheaters and hackers who can't be bothered to play the whole game, that's when I feel like that even games can't be played for, well, fun and games.
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