"... But of course... when I first got here, my first friends were you guys, and that persistent, nervous Moogle. I'm um... sorry for refusing to wake up when I first got here." There's a sheepish scratching of the back of his head at that admittance, but he returns to being serious. "Kharon eventually told me in note form left in Aqures Ixen's lab after all this time... I'd win that battle against the end of the world, at the cost of my own life. And that he's sorry he couldn't admit so face-to-face. He didn't want me to be fatalistic. Yet, I never really expected to get out of this alive at first, I only kept myself going when people came to rely on me."

Sweeping his hair to clear his face, there's a gentle expression. Minato's voice is likewise peaceful. It's not like he wanted to go, but...

"If the Calamity needs to learn about death, I know what it's like to have wanted it, to have had him within me and... I'm already kind of a zombie. Hey, don't look at me with such a sad look; I'll go ahead and die twice. It's not like I have a lot left to lose or a lot of future plans, I just hope the Calamity accepts that. I'm grateful... I got to live a bit longer, thanks to Crystallis. My only regret is not having more time, but I'll gladly give that to everyone else."