···11+But the Commander… It felt like he really needed me. I saw a future for myself in the Commander… Or, I wanted to, at least.
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quotes/xenosaga-episode-i/cherenkov_language.txt
···11+Before I could find some significance to my own life, the war ended, and I was left behind while the world went on.
22+I tried to adapt… But the language I spoke was so different from the rest of the world. I thought the entire world had rejected me.
+3
quotes/xenosaga-episode-i/cherenkov_myself_1.txt
···11+The year after the Zoar Incident, which led up to the Miltian Conflict.
22+I was brought into this world as a weapon of warfare…
33+It happened all the time back then.
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quotes/xenosaga-episode-i/cherenkov_myself_2.txt
···11+Killing was my…no, our whole reason for existence.
22+The fortunate ones were those who could adapt to that way of life.
33+Even luckier were those who died on the battlefield.
44+But I was never granted that opportunity.
···11+Shion… I like it here.
22+I'm the only living thing that exists in this place.
33+There's nothing else. No anger, no sadness, no happiness, not even a future…
44+The only thing that's here…is me. And that'll eventually fade away… It feels good…
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quotes/xenosaga-episode-i/cherenkov_rejection.txt
···11+But I had to rely on the drugs to communicate with the rest of the world. It was because I hadn't changed…
22+After everything that happened, I hadn't changed at all.
33+Now I finally understand. The world didn't reject me, I rejected the world.
+4
quotes/xenosaga-episode-i/shion_chaos_solace.txt
···11+"Was that really the Commander?! Tell me, chaos! Surely we didn't…"
22+"Shion… The truth isn't always a pleasant thing to know."
33+"chaos… Are we all… going to end up like him…?"
44+"We're still here and none of us have turned into Gnosis. Perhaps we can take solace in that. Here, stand up…"