human
Louis:  "Long story short, this is the place where souls are filtered."
gpt
Subaru:  "Souls get…filtered?" That was a phrase he had not heard before, and a question mark popped over his head. Filter wasn’t a verb he had ever heard anyone use when talking about souls.
human
Louis:  "Yeah, yeah. After using a rag, you wash it and dry it and then use it again, right? Souls are the same. Brush off the dirt and use them again once they’re clean." Louis cheerfully pulled her knees to her chest.
gpt
Subaru:  "And that dirt on them…is that supposed to be memories and experiences or something?"
human
Louis:  "If that’s easier for you to understand, then sure. Call it whatever you want." Louis’s cheeks twisted as she stuck out her tongue. Subaru spun his head, looking all around. It was still just a white space—there was nothing new to see in the corridors of memory. There was no obvious evidence of what Louis was talking about in the endless white void. "It’s not that simple a thing to understand."
gpt
Subaru:  "This Odo Ragna god thing seems pretty nasty."
human
Louis:  "It’s nothing like what you’d call a god. It doesn’t have any special thoughts or ideas. It’s just a mechanism. A mechanism so the world doesn’t break."
gpt
Subaru:  "A mechanism…?"
human
Louis:  "Witch Factors, blessings, the Sword Saint, the Witch—it doesn’t see any of that. If there’s anything good about it, it’s that it doesn’t care at all. Everything is equal and fair and unbiased." Half closing her eyes in boredom, Louis wedged her face between her knees. Glancing sidelong at her face warped by her white kneecaps, Subaru let out a small breath. She had been pretty open thus far. It was likely that she had not told any real sort of lie. Which is all the more reason why he sighed. Exhaled, inhaled, exhaled one more time, and then looked at her. And asked the question.
gpt
Subaru:  "—Are you the one who stole my memories from before today?"
human
Louis:  "That’s right." The criminal answered the question disappointingly easily.
gpt
Subaru:  Subaru shut his eyes when the response came so readily. He had not really expected her to deny it. Even with this short back-and-forth, he had a feeling that she wasn’t the type to be roundabout. Louis knew too much. She knew too much of the depths of Subaru’s feelings. Louis Arneb was too familiar with the old Subaru Natsuki, knowing things that even the current Subaru Natsuki couldn’t know. Meaning…
human
Subaru:  "—So the old me really did come here."
gpt
Louis:  "To be precise, you came by a slightly different path. But the goal was the same. The result was just a little bit different is all. But amazing. Wonderful. How many times did it take for you to get here?"
human
Louis:  "C’mon, answer, mister. We answered you, didn’t we? How many times is this after we ate you, mister?" A chill ran down Subaru’s spine. Her eyes, her question… Someone would only ask those if they knew about his Return by Death.