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Shima:  "These are fragments of the memories I have gathered together… I had meant to organize them in chronological order in my own way, but I have found that telling a story from the memories of another person—even when they belong to the person closest to me above all others—is still quite a difficult thing." Shima was carefully choosing her words and memories as she spoke of Ryuzu Meyer’s past. Perhaps she was accustomed to drawing on memories, for her relaxed tale flowed smoothly. From her pause in that tale of the past, the cast around Ryuzu Meyer seemed to be complete for the moment.
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Shima:  "—Perhaps I should say Lady Beatrice has not changed at all?"
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Subaru:  "My opinion about that’s the same as yours…but there’s something…before that… Way before that." Subaru had received a shock just from discovering that she appeared in Ryuzu Meyer’s memories. But at the same time, it wasn’t difficult to come to terms with. He’d known to begin with that Beatrice was Echidna’s contracted spirit from four centuries prior. Echidna had worked with Roswaal’s ancestor to build the Sanctuary and ordered Beatrice to stand watch over the archive of forbidden books at Roswaal’s mansion and await That Person after Echidna’s own death.