[ Does he have to ask...? Dark alleys; stalking the night; blood. So much blood. Hikaru shakes his head, takes a half-step back. The end of the world. It should be completely alien. It's nothing like anything he's experienced. But it's true, it's real, just as real as Hyperion himself, and Hikaru can't deny its existence. ]
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[ Does he have to ask...? Dark alleys; stalking the night; blood. So much blood. Hikaru shakes his head, takes a half-step back. The end of the world. It should be completely alien. It's nothing like anything he's experienced. But it's true, it's real, just as real as Hyperion himself, and Hikaru can't deny its existence. ]
I don't know what you're talking about.
[ No. That's not right. He rephrases. ]
None of that happened. [ Still not true. ] To me.