[Upon hearing the child's declaration, Oswald nodded in agreement.]
"I'm going to choose my own destiny from now on! I won't let neither god nor machine control me. I will make my own path and follow it!"
[But if he was going to do that... the first thing he had to do was make a choice between living or dying. And if it was that god's will that he be reborn again and again after each death, then he would reject it.]
"I decided. I'm going to live."
[With shaky steps, Oswald got up off of the sand-- abet using the child for balance at the same time. He leaned on the boy and put a hand to his stomach to stop from bleeding any further.]
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"I'm going to choose my own destiny from now on! I won't let neither god nor machine control me. I will make my own path and follow it!"
[But if he was going to do that... the first thing he had to do was make a choice between living or dying. And if it was that god's will that he be reborn again and again after each death, then he would reject it.]
"I decided. I'm going to live."
[With shaky steps, Oswald got up off of the sand-- abet using the child for balance at the same time. He leaned on the boy and put a hand to his stomach to stop from bleeding any further.]
"Alright kid. I'll go with you."