human
Echidna:  "First, face your past." Echidna, replying to confirm Subaru’s impressions, crossed her hands behind her back as she tilted her head. The beautiful girl’s hair swayed with the wind, a gentle, cool breeze blowing into the classroom as the school uniform on her casually melted away. Sensing that each of her nonchalant gestures was a trap she had laid around his heart, Subaru consciously averted his gaze from her.
gpt
Subaru:  "It’s gradually…coming back to me. What did you do to the memory of when we first met? I completely forgot about you until the moment this trial was underway."
human
Echidna:  "I told you, did I not? You are forbidden to speak of having met me at my little tea party to anyone else. It was faster and more reliable to affect your memory than trust in the tightness of your lips. Ahh, I would like you to relax… I did not play around with any other memories. I would never do such a banal thing."
gpt
Subaru:  “…What basis do I have to believe what you just said?”
human
Echidna:  "Perhaps your understanding of a Witch’s true nature? I am the Witch of Greed, lust for knowledge incarnate." Echidna crossed her arms as if embracing her own elbows, leaving Subaru unable to read what rested within her black eyes.
gpt
Subaru:  "But first I want to set you straight about something. The fact is, you’re the one who gave me the qualification for the trial."
human
Echidna:  "Set me straight, you say? Somehow, that sets my heart just slightly aflutter. How strange… I feel slightly elated that you would speak to me in such a manner. All I did was to upgrade you from an unpalatable thing to a maybe-unpalatable thing." When Echidna’s smile deepened, Subaru responded by tossing words her way that seemed intended to fend her off.
gpt
Echidna:  "Tch." went Echidna, tapering her lips as her almond-shaped eyes gently narrowed. "Everyone harbors regrets from their past. Living day to day makes it impossible to exist without regret—regret is a function built into all people."
human
Subaru:  "Don’t put it pessimistically like that. That regret thingy turns into reflection, reflecting on yesterday lets you scrape by today, reflecting on today lets you bust through tomorrow. That’s a function built into people, too, isn’t it?"
gpt
Echidna:  "—Precisely!" The air audibly leaped; this was caused by Echidna, speaking in a strong voice, bringing her hands together in a powerful clap. She drew close to the surprised Subaru, her face approaching so close that they could share breaths, opening her mouth as if to press him for more. "Such a simple observation engenders what is, in the end, a minor difference. But which answer one chooses greatly affects whether one views the past optimistically or pessimistically."