[after escaping from the Daughters of Aku, Jack hides and is confronted by a blue apparition of himself]
IJInner Jack
It's time to end it, don't you think?
JJack
Never. They are just machines. I'll find a way. I always have.
IJInner Jack
When you had the sword, but now it's gone! There's no hope!
JJack
I've been doing fine without it.
IJInner Jack
Well, listen to you. And what are you going to do when Aku finds you and realizes you have no sword?
JJack
Aku doesn't know, and he hasn't shown himself in years. He keeps thinking that one of his machines can defeat me.
IJInner Jack
Maybe he's right. You haven't faced anything so powerful! How much longer can you keep this up?!
JJack
It always seems bad at first, but then I find a way. They're just nuts and bolts... Just nuts and bolts.
IJInner Jack
Who cares anymore!? There's no way home! There's nothing to fight for! There's no more honor! Come to think of it, the only honorable thing to do is...
IJInner Jack
NO! I WON'T SPEND ETERNITY IN THIS FORSAKEN TIME!
JJack
What do you want from me?
IJInner Jack
I want it to end. Aren't you tired? Wouldn't it be great to be free of all of this? Our ancestors are waiting for us. They want you to join them.
[Jack sees through the crack; he sees the silhouette of the Omen in the green mist and a temple behind them]
IJInner Jack
You'll never make it! They'll get you!
[Jack is freezing and sweating in the cold night]
IJInner Jack
Look at you.
[Jack sees his blue self with a monstrous-looking face and pointed teeth; he points at Jack's face]
IJInner Jack
You survived worse. [Jack groans] This isn't about your pathetic little cut. It's about that girl you killed! [Jack keeps groaning] We've never killed a human before, have we? Sure, mountains of robot corpses. But this? This was the first human being. Real flesh and blood. [zips to the hole] What happens when the others find you? You'll have to kill them, too. Can you? [zips back to Jack] Will you be able to when the time comes? Maybe they will kill you... Or is that what you want?
PPuffball
Jack! What are we doing, Jack?
PPuffball
Waiting for what? You know the way out. Let's just go.
JJack
No...she's another innocent.
PPuffball
Innocent? Are you mad? She is pure evil.
JJack
She has lost her way.
PPuffball
[giggles] You'd know about that, wouldn't you?
JJack
I don't want to talk to you anymore.
[Jack blows Puffball away]
IJInner Jack
Well, then, maybe you'll talk to ME.
JJack
Leave me alone. I don't want to talk to you either! I don't know why you keep bringing this up!
[Behind Jack's back, a crab-like beast grabs Ashi]
IJInner Jack
Look, why do you always need to get involved?! She chose her way and now *she* has to suffer the consequences!
JJack
You'll never understand that it's all my fault! She is here because of me.
IJInner Jack
[suddenly smirks] She's gone.
JJack
[shocked] What? [Jack runs to the location of where Ashi was and looks up to see the crab monster, taking Ashi along with it]
IJInner Jack
Okay, so that's that. Now let's get out of here!
JJack
No! [he pulls from the ground a clubbing stick]
IJInner Jack
[groans or sighs] You're gonna save her life again, aren't you?
[Jack climbs up to save Ashi from the crab monster. He succeeds in killing it as it falls to the ground with its skull busted open and Ashi is now strapped onto Jack's back]
JJack
[to Ashi] You're welcome, by the way.
I'd be happier as that creature's excrement than ever be grateful to you!
PPuffball
[to Jack] What did you expect? A hug and kiss?
[Jack is looking at his reflection with a calm smile, but frowns in sadness as his own reflection turns into his past bearded self]
JJack
I know. This...has never happened before.
IJInner Jack
What are you going to do?
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