[Ugh... What can I even do? One person doesn't care whether she lives or dies, another is so programmed that I can't even reach her... the door's blocked, nothing I destroy will have any impact... but I can't die here! I just can't! Not when everybody else I know is in danger!]

...I know you will never believe me. I know you've branded me as a liar, just like you've branded everybody else. So nothing I say will make any difference at this point.

So allow me to speak into the void for a bit. Whether you believe it or not, Rei, we're fighting for the same thing: the defeat of falsehoods. We just have different approaches. You want to destroy the world. I want to rebuild the truth. And I will continue to fight for that truth. Even if I die, I can only hope others will take up the mantle.

I will also say this. A single lie does not make a person evil. A thousand truths do not make a person good. Some of the best people I know could tell me lies and still be the most authentic people I've ever met in my life. My only regret right now is that you've focused so much on lies that you no longer know what the truth looks like.

Mitsuki... I hope, at some point, you will realize. Your father is a good man. And therein lies the contradiction. This person who says is your father wants you to perform terrible acts for him. So how could that person possibly be your father? Even if you don't believe me personally, at least believe in logic.

And believe in the hope of the truth!

[He turns suddenly towards Rei, dashing towards her as if to strike her with the axe... before instead sweeping his foot down at her legs.]