human
Subaru:  “How about trying to remember one bit at a time? For example…who did you live in the forest with?”
gpt
Emilia:  “…There was…a tiny settlement in the forest. All the elves lived there together.”
human
Subaru:  “Emilia, what about your family?” He wondered about both her parents and any siblings. It was with that intent that Subaru asked the question, but he instantly realized his error.
gpt
Emilia:  Emilia had always spoken of Puck as her only family. That she’d lost her entire birth family was something he should have deduced without thinking.
human
Subaru:  “Don’t worry about that. My family wasn’t living inside the forest. Everyone was really nice to me, and I liked everyone…but, mm, family.” With Subaru regretting his slip.
gpt
Emilia:  Emilia resolutely smiled and shook her head. “There was someone like a mommy to me. She was really gentle, beautiful, amazing…”
human
Subaru:  “Mommy?”
gpt
Emilia:  “She had a look in her eyes like you have, Subaru. Just a tiny bit. That…er?” Still smiling, Emilia was finding something in common between Subaru and her memories of her mother. However, that smile abruptly stiffened, and Emilia blinked her eyes several times. “Uhhh…why Mommy…Mom…my? Why did I…call her that…” Seemingly in disbelief, the shaken Emilia touched a hand to her own lips. Emilia’s gaze began to wander around the room, as if searching for an answer, yet it was unable to find one. But there was no reason a lost fragment of memory would be found fallen on the floor of her temporary abode.
human
Subaru:  “Emilia, calm down. Take it easy. There’s no need to rush.”
gpt
Subaru:  Emilia was on the brink of panic when Subaru wrapped an arm around her head, pulling her close against him. Her long, silver hair flowed down her back as Emilia found, in her surprise, that her forehead touched Subaru’s chest. He let her hear his heartbeat. Just like Emilia had done for Subaru the night before.
human
Emilia:  “…What happened to everyone when the forest froze?”
gpt
Emilia:  "—. Just like me, they were inside the ice…they’re still frozen even now. I was living inside the forest with Puck, waiting for everyone…”
human
Subaru:  “I see… That’s really kind of you.” The days she had spent together with Puck, living in that frozen forest—that was time truly and literally spent alone with the spirit, among the ice statues who had once been like family. Even just picturing it in his mind, it was a forlorn, lonely scene…
gpt
Emilia:  “I waited for everyone to wake up…but that day never came. That’s why… That’s why I…left the forest and participated in the royal selection.”
human
Subaru:  “—? Why is the forest related to the royal selection?”
gpt
Emilia:  “I made a promise with Roswaal.”
human
Subaru:  His breath caught. That one phrase, *promise with Roswaal*, sent a shudder through him. What kind of promise had Emilia, tormented by loneliness in the forest, made with the devil that was Roswaal?