[ look, don't listen to the haters. sometimes a tales protag just needs to operate on his own wavelength and tune out the rest of the world, senpai. ]

I was back in my world. [ a nod. it's a straightforward enough question. he pauses a bit at that, recalling the exact things that happened... it's all rather bittersweet since true end all the way, but he doesn't really have any regrets about it so his state of mind is probably better than when he was here the first time. ]

It's pretty jarring... one second you're there, not remembering anything about this place ,and the next you're back here, uh... dressing up and going to some bizarre murder party? [ how else would you describe it, he's not sure. ]