human
Ferris:  “I don’t choose who I heal based on whether I like them or not.”
gpt
Subaru:  “I wanted you to deny hating me, you know!” Even if your worth was understood, how you accepted it depended on whether you acknowledged it yourself. When Subaru unwittingly gave a pained smile, Ferris had a sullen face when he touched his only weapon—the dagger on his hip.
human
Ferris:  “Whether I like or hate someone has no relation to whether it’s worth keeping them alive. It’s because…that’s what Ferri’s power is, that others recognize that power.”
gpt
Subaru:  “Ferris?”
human
Ferris:  “Besides, a lot of people died in the battle with the White Whale. When someone’s squished flat, or erased by the mists, even Ferri…even I can’t heal that.” The usual composure in his voice absent, Ferris touched the relief carved into his dagger with a finger. This was the family crest of the Lion Rampant—the same crest on the treasured sword his master, Crusch, had carried. The touch of Ferris’s fingertip seemed to put courage, and more than that, resolve on his face as he glared at Subaru. “Don’t get conceited and think you’re the only one who doesn’t want people to die in this fight.”
gpt
Subaru:  “…I’m trying to keep that in mind, too.” He was trying to, but in truth, trying might have been the extent of it. With Ferris’s gaze straight on him, Subaru could accept that he wasn’t the only one, but he couldn’t change his ways. No matter how much Ferris might object, he’d carry out the plan without deviating. If it was Subaru’s own life on the line, he’d probably always bet that chip first.
human
:  “We’ve finished checking the cave. The people inside were completely crushed by falling rock. I feel kind of bad for them.”
gpt
:  “Oh yeah, it was perfect! Perfecto-mundo! They all went booooom!” Just when the conversation was at a pause, the beast person siblings returned from checking on the buried cave. Greeting the pair, Subaru walked over to Petelgeuse’s remains. Uncertain elements had been swept away, and the danger had been completely eliminated. Subaru was no longer feeling tense, and his stiff cheeks had finally slackened.
human
Subaru:  “Wiping ’em all out in an unexpected outside attack—to be honest, it was pretty unsportsmanlike, but don’t think badly of me. After all, you’re way, waaaaay worse than I am.” With his opponent already a corpse, all he could do was make a hollow declaration of victory. That the victory had been earned with a surprise attack, practically an assassination, made it baser and hollower still. Even so, Subaru couldn’t help but say it, because now it felt real inside him. Petelgeuse had been struck down—the result Subaru had redone the world several times over to achieve.
gpt
Subaru:  “Wilhelm, thank you very much. Also, sorry for making you push yourself.”
human
Wilhelm:  “Push myself, you say?”
gpt
Subaru:  “Cutting him down with a surprise attack from the rear, it’s the worst, right?” Wilhelm’s face became slightly clouded. He was complicit in no mere surprise raid, but a sneak attack.