[ the closer he gets, the more they lean to him, shaking themselves from their memories before they fell too deep into them. as real as everything felt back there- it couldn't be. because what did that mean about here? what did that mean about now? ..it only complicates their thoughts some more.

they shake their head a little, focusing more on his words. ] We just kept fighting. I kept thinking that... you wouldn't want me to give up, the others wouldn't want any of us to. So we just... sorta gave it our all?

Of course, after I had thought we won, we ended up all falling deep into the sea. [ and with their injuries, everything they went through- they kinda just... sank. ] ..I think something... someone? saved us though. I woke up briefly after a while and we seemed to be somewhere else. Somewhere safe. [ ... ] It was after that that we ended up showing back here.