human
Subaru:  "We can’t just assume we’ll be fine without knowing all the exam’s rules. So Shaula—”
gpt
Shaula:  "I don’t wanna."
human
Subaru:  "Shaula!"
gpt
Subaru:  She covered her ears and looked away, like a child who refused to listen. Subaru stepped closer. He grabbed her shoulder to reveal the secret she was trying to keep hidden. "You should have your own role in this tower. You’re the tower’s star guardian, right? You’ve been keeping watch all this time, haven’t you? Four hundred years, if that’s really true! So—”
human
Shaula:  "Four days."
gpt
Subaru:  “…Huh?”
human
Subaru:  It was a whisper that cut Subaru short. A time span so short, it couldn’t begin to compare with the centuries he had mentioned. But it wasn’t that her earlier explanation was a lie. "Four days…? What are you talking about? You’ve definitely been here longer than that and—”
gpt
Shaula:  "It’s only been four days. You’ve only been here for four days.”
human
Subaru:  “—Ah."
gpt
Subaru:  A hoarse rasp left his throat when he heard Shaula’s weak voice. The loneliness she was feeling was something he had not imagined—had not even tried to consider. And more than anything, the fact that he had not even imagined that might cause her to—
human
Shaula:  "It’s four days."
gpt
Shaula:  The entreaty in her eyes was still there as her lips trembled again. "It’s only been four days since you came to this tower. And of that, you were asleep for the first two days, so it’s only been two days that I could see you, talk to you, be at your side…even though I waited four hundred years! Just two days…”
human
Subaru:  "Shaula…”
gpt
Shaula:  "I thought a moment, even just a glimpse, would be enough."
human
Shaula:  Shaula looked down, but she quickly stopped. It was like she didn’t want to waste even a single moment with him out of her sight. —No, thinking back, it had always been like that. As best he could remember, whenever she was in the same place as he was, she was always looking at him. Not because she was observing his every move, but because…
gpt
Shaula:  "I waited for you in the tower all this time, Master. Four hundred years. I thought I would be satisfied if I could just see you once. But that was a lie."
human
Shaula:  ""
gpt
Shaula:  "You’re my everything, Master. All of you, all of my feelings for you—that’s all of me. Even if I had four hundred years, it wouldn’t be enough to tell you everything. But to only have two days…I don’t want that."
human
Subaru:  “…That’s why you won’t tell me the fifth rule?”
gpt
Subaru:  Emotion coursed through Shaula’s whole body, making her who she was. Four hundred years—he had just thought of it as a number, but now, it felt like he finally understood a little of the weight of what that number truly meant. Her attitude had seemed so frivolous next to the heavy weight of four hundred years. He had convinced himself that maybe she just didn’t have the ability to feel pain or bitterness or sadness.