[ Maybe they should have blown Mendel to pieces. Maybe both of their schemes would have gone better for it. Maybe it would have been satisfying, at least. ]

You oversimplify. While I believe in the weight that 'nature' holds, I do not discredit 'nurture' as a factor. If we all invariably acted as according to our destinies, then the world would need no fixing. Circumstance forces us from our fates, leading us astray.

[ And maybe Gil himself is most afflicted with that accursed 'want' that Rau keeps talking about. ]

Rey met you and I. You had nothing of the sort.

[ Just the late Al La Flaga and his burning mansion. Gil looks down for just a moment. This is the part he always gets stuck on, much more than Rey and Rau, who may be quite different but who both hold his whole heart captive. "Love" is the connecting thread that reconciles all.

But Al La Flaga? The name inspires nothing but contempt. ]

And your so-called "original", that rotten excuse for a human being, strayed furthest of all.

[ Gil looks into the masks' eyes and wishes again that he could see Rau's eyes. Steal them from Al with every moment he looks at them in fondness. ]