Run and Don't Look Back - Sayuri's Monologue

At the time I hadn't fully comprehended it.

A young child who had such little attachment to this world.

To think that you could value life in a way so linear and logically.

After watching you a little bit more, I can tell, you're not normal.

I would never be able to stand on the same level as you. Even with all of my specialised training and education, even with my optimised genes, I will never reach you.

It's funny, it's not like you were any luckier than me, in fact, most people would say your luck was much much worse.

But it was partially that luck that made you this way.

Hypothetically, someone could imitate what happened to you, and they may just be able to create someone similar to you.

But there will probably never be someone exactly like you again.

Because what occurred was not completely based on your circumstance, it was based on you.

And because of that, no one like you will ever exist again.

I was instructed never to interact with you during your time in Tachibana House, but now all those rules are gone.

I can see and talk with you all I want.

But for the time being, I'll watch you from afar.

Because when 'that time' comes, I know,

you'll find me.

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