[Dhaos, unable to speak or move this whole time, finally snaps back to reality. Grune's show of pure, innocent love strikes a painful chord in him, but more urgent if the knowledge of how his persona will react. Because Grune is not the first person to take pity on the mad Demon King.
He reaches out for Grune's arm, but freezes as the persona's words reach her first:]
Had I given up in the beginning none of this tragedy would have ever come to pass! Do not be so arrogant as to assume you know who I am, or what I have seen! How I feel... You dare to know it?!
[...It isn't just a persona. Those are words that straight from Dhaos' memories, things he himself remembers saying. Things he still believes.
The phantom in the mirror is the true reflection of all that 'Dhaos' is.]
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He reaches out for Grune's arm, but freezes as the persona's words reach her first:]
Had I given up in the beginning none of this tragedy would have ever come to pass! Do not be so arrogant as to assume you know who I am, or what I have seen! How I feel... You dare to know it?!
[...It isn't just a persona. Those are words that straight from Dhaos' memories, things he himself remembers saying. Things he still believes.
The phantom in the mirror is the true reflection of all that 'Dhaos' is.]