human
Subaru:  The boy who had the same clothes, the same face, the same name, and yet somehow seemed decisively different, looked directly into Natsuki Subaru’s eyes as he continued. "Honestly, just imagining how painful the situation you are in is enough to make me sick. Starting at the sixth stage at level one with no pickups. I hear you on all those complaints. It’s the same pain I’ve felt so many times before.” His face was etched by the countless experiences of powerlessness and ignorance— Subaru could tell because he had lived through them as well.
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru knew all the defeats, all the pain, all the cries of death that the other Subaru had experienced. He had seen them with his own eyes. He had experienced them all with his own body, his own ■■■■■.
human
Subaru:  And precisely because he had experienced them, because he knew that none of it was a lie, he refused to accept what the Subaru in front of him was saying. He didn’t want to accept it.
gpt
Subaru:  “If I was stronger, if I was smarter, if I was more everything… It’s enough to drive you crazy, right?”
human
Subaru:  “…As if you’d understand! What do you know?”
gpt
Subaru:  “I know. And you should know why I know.”
human
Subaru:  “Grrr.” There was no force behind his rebuttal. That was only natural, because that would entail rejecting someone’s opinion, to brush it aside or crush it and declare they were wrong. But Subaru couldn’t muster that in response. Because he knew. In every sense, he knew everything there was to know about Natsuki Subaru.
gpt
Subaru:  “I shouldn’t have looked at your memories…”
human
Subaru:  “You don’t get to complain about that after poking around in someone else’s diary.”
gpt
Subaru:  “I should never have looked at your memories!” Clenching his fists, Subaru railed against Subaru’s cheeky quip. But that was all the resistance he could muster.
human
Subaru:  “I…I wanted to find some hope. If you were some amazing guy, and I could just figure out what made you so amazing, then maybe I could do the same thing. But…” But he knew. He had seen it all. The Natsuki Subaru standing over there was no different from him at all. He was just a weak nobody. Just a mediocre guy who had lived a life that Subaru didn’t know before, who had met people Subaru didn’t know before, who had made it through stories Subaru didn’t know before, who had experienced moments Subaru didn’t know before.
gpt
Subaru:  “—I wish I could say you’re wrong. But I can’t. Because I know exactly how you feel—since you are me.” He had seen the world the other Natsuki Subaru had seen and experienced. He had seen it all. How Natsuki Subaru had come to love this world, the people in it, Emilia and everyone. And he had seen all the wounds Natsuki Subaru had suffered to be able to keep loving it all. —Natsuki Subaru wasn’t some superman. That illusion had already been shattered.
human
Subaru:  “Yeah, I know! I knew it!