[…master?]
Celestia's voice echoed, clearly confused by Arthur's actions. The godslayer, however, simply sighed as he stared at the fragment in his palm.
"This thing holds some of your memories, right?"
[Yes.]
"…Then are you aware that those memories carry the risk of overriding your current self?"
[…]
Celestia fell silent, which was enough for Arthur to know she understood.
If the memories stored in this fragment of hers outweighed her current memories of the past 18 years with Arthur, then there was a high risk that her present self could be overwhelmed by those memories.
In fact, she was already being affected, even though she hadn't absorbed the fragment yet.
"Do you still want to go through with this? Even if you don't regain your memories, you will keep growing stronger the more I do. And we can always opt for the Power Fragments instead of the Memory ones."
[My existence would remain incomplete, and I wouldn't be as useful to you as I'm meant to be—unacceptable.]
