[the headache is trauma, yeah. but naib suggests they're finished and sora realizes it's a losing argument. and anyway...it's not like he doesn't already know he may never see further outcomes.

but things have changed. things continue to change, and while he's on the defense with the existence of more of the ea appearing, once they begin to float away he watches them drift and listens to the squirrel.]

...there are still things you can change. [rhetorical or not, he answers.] Sometimes, you have to understand hurt in order to really change anything at all. There are some things that are destined to happen no matter what, but your own fate can be taken back and changed by your own hands. Don't forget that.

[and then they're up in the stars and floating away. the squirrel speaks, and he blinks right back because...uh?

he looks at naib.]

...did you hear anything?