Opening-Waltz of Anomalies
An innocent child in a white dress with long raven hair picks flowers in a field of red roses, with the only other object of importance being a large willow tree in the center. Their hair is long and falls gracefully to the ground when it is picked up a figure that is only a white outline like everybody else in this cruel world that is not important to the eyes of the all-seeing. More white figures appear around the garden of flowers and blood, dancing with piano wire controlling their movements, the only thing visible about them being their twisted smiles while their limbs fall off and add even more scarlet to the evergrowing collection. However, the child is not disturbed, playing with themself with a stranger messing around with their beautiful, silky hair.
When all of the other figures fall down with their twisted smiles, however, the sky once lite up with pretty stars darkens as fog settles in. The other figure is no longer just a white outline, with only their back being visible with brunette hair and a long white lab coat somehow not sainted with the blood surrounding the two of them. Without another word, the figure leaves, causing the child to be all alone. But they still collect more roses, their fingers becoming bloodied by all of the thorns.
Suddenly, the stars return, making the child stare at them. But the child is no longer innocent, now growing up to become a man. The stars do not stop him from his quest of picking all the flowers, however. They spell out words in the sky as if they are seeking to guide the lost souls to something better than their lives of constant red and white.
The Despair in Our Stars
Right afterward, the stage disappears, only leaving rose petals and the void. The man falls down the void and looks around to see thirty others doing the same, all in the same white dress. All of them look up to the sky and the stars until the man in the middle of them all closes his eyes. Opening them up once again, the man sees that all of them are in a cage, with shackles chaining them up together and in a circle.
With a shock going through visibly throughout their bodies, everybody begins to hold hands as they circle the tree that is in their shared cell, once again a willow but instead this time it is red-stained leaves dripping onto the floor creating a pattern of a rose.
Even when the shackles fall off and the cell bars fall down, all of the figures continue to dance. For their eyes are dead and now all of their faces share the same twisted smile. All of them become only white outlines with them dancing around the willow with only the stars as their company.
The scene changes when all of the lights shut off to reveal a white stage with a spotlight of red. A woman with white hair waves with a mask hiding her true emotion until she is chased off the stage by a woman with blue hair.
何も気にしてないような顔で私がただ笑うからって
Just because I'm smiling as if nothing bothers me
Mei Yamazaki runs onto the stage while dragging Shiro Amari with her. She waves and forces Shiro to do so as well, causing the boy to groan. Somebody from the audience of white outlines throws Mei a video game controller and Shiro stares blankly when he sees a piano from the ceiling fall and destroys the ground below. While Mei air kisses the excited crowd, a group of Monokumas clean up the mess but Shiro runs after them when he realizes the piano is still intact and tries to play on it. However, the cleaning crew disappears off stage, with Shiro still trying to catch up to them, causing Mei to apologize to the audience as she goes after them.
Then an image overtakes the screen of Mei's body hanging from the willow tree with a frown on her face. Though her limbs are broken and torn, she still reaches out to the flowers underneath. Her tears are red as they fall like rain onto the flowers below, causing them to bloom more. The touching scene is stopped with a shotput ball to her head, causing the body to fall. Shiro appears with the same blue-haired girl as before, waltzing with the mysterious stranger over Mei's body. But Mei is smiling, reaching her hand out to the woman history forgot the name of.
あの日の事を全部何もかも忘れたとでも思ってるの
Do you think I've forgotten everything that happened that day?
Next up are Emilynn McKay and Etsuko Abe who are both pushed onto the stage that is now set up like a therapist's office. Etsuko goes into the therapist's chair and starts spinning around in it to the point that she is highly pass being dizzy. Emilynn, however, just relaxes in the chair for the patient, putting her feet on the desk and placing her hands behind her head. One of the spotlights fall and the Monokuma behind the scenes team can be found cleaning that up and wishing they have picked another job. With the audience growing bored, the crew also drags both Emilynn and Etsuko off. Emilynn goes off willing, but Etsuko wants to continue spinning around in the chair. So the crew forces Etsuko off while she is still spinning around and around.
Another image, this time taking place inside what seems to be some sort of barrel. Emilynn and Etsuko have their backs to each other trying to find a way out of it. But they are able to make it out of the death trap, spears piercing their flesh everywhere but they still remain alive.
傷を付けるほうはすぐに忘れても
Even though you may forget about it right after hurting someone
All the lights suddenly turn off, and, when they appear once again, Ryusuke and Saitou Katatake are on the stage with nothing but their weapons. Ryusuke aims his blade at Katatake's heart, but the duelist smiles, mouthing something nobody can ever understand. After Ryusuke charges at Katatake, wowing the entire audience who responds happily with cheers and claps, Katatake defends himself and the fight is officially on. However, there is a malfunction with the lights, casting the entire stage in darkness once again. When the lights turn on yet again, Katatake is seen face-down on the ground with Ryusuke staring at his blood-stained hands. Standing right next to Ryusuke now however is another Saitou, this one with the last name of Kurokoma. The light once again turns off and then the only thing remaining on the stage is a massive puddle of blood. In a rush, the Monokumas clean it up.
切られたほうはずっと忘れない
The one you hurt won't ever forget it.
Now with the stage being set up like a classic Japanese home, Sachiko and Osamu appear. Although Sachiko is visibly frightened, staring intensely at the audience while clinging onto her cat Pon-chan, Osamu is noticeably looser. Sitting her down in one of the many chairs, Osamu starts serving her every desire, but, no matter what, Sachiko will not pay attention to him. Osamu brews some tea, with the Monokumas sighing past the curtains wanting this part to be over with already. When his job is done, Osamu serves his tea and then kisses Sachiko's hand. When Sachiko does not take the tea, Osamu has a blank expression on his hands. Though he offers up his hand, which Sachiko accepts as he escorts her off the main event.
During all of this, the screen randomly distorts to instances of blood. Then of the brutalized bodies of both Sachiko and Osamu, both of their bodies being mutilated by way to cutting off all of their limbs, but with Osamu reaching out for Sachiko who is turned away from him. Last is a figure entirely covered up in shadow except for their smile and then shushing whoever is viewing.
そしていつか頭に焦げ付いて 黒く淀んだ水は溜まってく
And then someday, it will burn a hole in my mind, and the black, stagnant water will start building up.
Jun and Fubuki have the same set as Sachiko and Osamu, but, instead of entering from backstage, they have their own special entrance from underneath the stage with the use of secret doors. Fubuki does not have her mask on so when she makes her grand entrance onto the stage, she puts it on and starts performing for her enticed audience. With a worried look on his face, Jun starts to transform the stage to what it once was with the help of the crew. When he finishes returning the stage to its original state, he forces the mask off of Fubuki. He hugs his sister, with her hugging him back. The audience boos as they throw tomatoes at them. They exit the stage by one of the crew activating one of the trap doors once again, except this time it causes Fubuki and Jun to fall because it was not properly set up.
Returning to the tree, Fubuki and Jun glare at the mysterious blue-haired girl who is reaching out towards them. They face away from her, walking in the direction of the tree, which has a hanging unidentified body. Once they are near enough to the body, Jun and Fubuki both go onto the ground, accidentally destroying some flowers, and begin to pray.
When the beat drops, the tree and garden are now apparently on fire. Team Danganronpa does not know the meaning of workplace safety.
例えば君が望むなら 私を全て解体してあげましょう
For instance, if you wish, I will disassemble my whole body for you
Seventeen silhouettes are seen in the shot against a plain white background. With the majority of them being still, forming a chain of sorts by holding their hands. Three figures are screaming at them, trying their best to break apart the chain but it will not budge. One, however, stands there watching the rest of them with their arms crossed. Getting seemingly bored of the display, the figure gets a gun, shooting one of the members of the rebellion down. But that does not stop the last two from trying. So, instead of killing them, the murderer watches as the white background morphs into red and turns and walks the other way. There is a single red-colored tear going down the figure's face as they do so. When the tear falls, it colors the same bit of white with red. The moment that happens the chain falls down, with the only ones still left standing being those who dared to rebel. So the murderer faces the two of them and smiles, then continuing their path.
腕も 足も 髪も 舌も 胸も 耳も 鼻も 指も
Be it my arms, my legs, my hair, my tongue, my chest, my ears, my nose, my fingers
For this scene, it shows off dead versions of the body parts mentioned contrasted against a black background with sparkles that resemble fading stars. They are all horribly mutilated and shown off as a trophy with stylized angles.
心さえもすべて残らず
Or even my heart - I'll do a thorough job of it.
Two Shiros are facing each other in a white void, one being how he usually is or another in despair and wearing a pink dress. The normal Shiro has a knife and glares at his other-self. Without mercy, he starts stabbing the other Shiro, once again coloring the white a shade of red. He will not stop stabbing even after the person is long dead and no longer identifiable. During this entire time, Shiro does not show any emotion.
だけど私がこの世で一番 何よりも欲しかったものだけは
But what I wanted the most in this world, more than anything else
Back to the stage, Natsuki and Kitsu have been performing their own show while the camera was away. Both of them play off each other well even though they have no experience with stage acting. It is the dramatic scene, with Natsuki shouting at Kitsu while he is trying to reach her. However, he cannot in time causing her to leave and never return, with him being forever alone. But, instead of being in tears, Kitsu begins to laugh and smile, going off in another musical number that has the members of the audience either crying or sharing the actor's infectious smile. When the musical number finishes, Natsuki bows, and chases after Natsuki.
Once again, a different scene plays during all of this, with them all noticeably having to do with Natsuki and another person covered in shadow. The first is Natsuki refusing the grab the person's hand, but the second she does with tears down her eyes and a worried facial expression.
君のたった一言で粉々に砕け散って灰になった
Was broken into pieces and turned into ash just by a single word from you.
Asuka and Ayumu are the next actors up. At first, neither of them know what to do, never having experience with this sort of thing before. They look behind them to see that the stage is still empty, no props to give them any help whatsoever. So, with nothing else to do, Asuka begins showing off her volleyball moves to the audience while Ayumu just goes to sleep in the center of the stage. Kitsu goes on stage again, with another musical number, circling around both Asuka and Ayumu. When he is finished, he drags Asuka off the stage, leaving Ayumu to the poor crew. Even when he is being dragged across the floor, Ayumu does not wake up.
Scene change to an elevator in which both Asuka and Ayumu enter. When the doors close, the camera moves down to the floor that they are supposed to arrive on. When the elevator makes it to its destination, both Asuka and Ayumu lay dead inside it, brutally murdered with agony distorting their once youthful and bright faces.
私はそれしかいらないの
Kind of sad, considering that it was all I ever needed.
Ichiko and Mizore at the last for the first cast, with Himura and the Akimoto siblings being noticeably absent. These two girls, however, are forced into a school setting with a Monokuma teaching them the basics of their talents. Both of them are not paying attention. When the teacher does not stop going over material Ichiko and Mizore already know by heart the two of them start to talk with each other. With their minds made up, and the Monokuma not paying attention to the students, the two of them try to exit, only to be intercepted by Mononeko who still looks too tired to do anything but still makes her introduction to the audience. Now that Mononeko is there, the Monokuma is fired. Mononeko then takes Ichiko and Mizore to escort them to their new classroom.
With the last remnants of the burning tree, Ichiko and Mizore sit with the backs against each other staring out to the stars. Mirroring the other's motions, they both reach out to try to grab a shooting star but fail, leaving them nothing but the fire threatening to slowly burn them alive. But they do not pay attention to they mirror their movements once again to grab a charred flower still on fire. While Mizore smothers the fire, Ichiko allows it to grow.
さぁ
Alright.
Three figures appear holding out their hands to a weeping child. Before the child can do anything, they all fall down to his feet.
踊りましょう夜明けまで 疲れ果てて眠るまで
I shall dance until the day breaks, until I fall asleep with exhaustion
Abandoning the stage yet again, we see the first two figures introduced, the blue and white-haired girls, begin to dance with each other underneath the burning tree. Although thirty bodies surround them, they do not mind as they continue to waltz. They go directly into the fire but do not burn, unlike all of the unrecognizable bodies, two of them which have flowers more charred than themselves.
どうせこの心は君には 何一つ届かない
Because my heart won't ever reach yours, in any case.
A new man tries to break apart the two dancing women, not caring that he is now being burned alive by the overwhelming flames. As the man falls down, falling victim to the will of mother nature, the two girls do not give him a second thought. Stopping for just a second, the white-haired girl kisses the one with blue hair before catching on fire herself.
愛が欲しくて愛想笑い 夢が見たくて不眠症
Desperate for love, I force a smile. I wish to dream, but insomnia is my sole companion.
The blue-haired girl returns the kiss but does not catch on fire. When the white-haired girl joins the bodies, her smile being eaten by the flames, at first the blue-haired girl laughs. But then everything settles in, causing the only survivor to cry and jump into the mass of the flames. But they refuse to burn her as she begins to cry more and more.
別に何も悲しくはないよ
I'm not exactly sad about anything, though.
Another scene change with Aito, Yuu, and Yuki holding each other's hands. They supposedly comfort each other while in front of three graves that have their names crossed out. Somebody else from the cast, entirely covered by shadow, tries to get them to join him. But the three of them refuse to watch the graves with a dead look in their eyes.
ねぇ そうでしょ
Don't you think so, too?
Continuing the previous scene, the three figures which fell down in front of the child before now rise from the graves. Aito, Yuu, and Yuki get taken by them, not fighting back in the slightest. The three figures lead the teens down to the ground with them. When they are nowhere to be seen, the figure that tried to get them before reappears, with a hammer smashing the graves to bits. He leaves as the fire returns and claims the graves.
Music Solo
A dog, a cat, and a rat venture onto the ruined flames, everything being claimed by the fire which has finally died out thanks to nothing else being able to feed its endless hunger. The camera follows them as they work together to find anything in the wasteland, but the fire consumed everything in its path. Near the end of the solo, the three of them come to face the blue-haired girl. For a little bit, they try to get her attention. But the girl, with wobbly legs and crazed eyes, begin to chase after them with a knife. Because of this, the three animals run the opposite direction, giving up their original goal. When they create enough distance between them and the girl, they look back to see the flames have started once again, with the source being the girl but they once again not having the mercy to give her what she truly wants.
「もしもこの世に生きている人間には二種類いるとして,
"Supposing that there are two kinds of humans living in this world,
The entire cast takes up the entire screen with white silhouettes over a black backdrop. They are divided by a red line by who visited the lost paradise of despair and who did not. Every couple of seconds, the silhouettes would change poses, to they become more and more disturbing hinting to the fate of everybody involved.
必要な人とそうじゃない人に分けられているとしたら、
One is those who are needed, and the other is those who aren't.
The original cast get all murdered with the those who are needed line. With the other who aren't line everybody from the new cast are murdered. Because this is me and everybody deserves to be murdered.
私は前者である自信がもう限りなくゼロに近いので、
My confidence in being the former is already infinitesimally close to zero,
Returning to a not super zoned out area, the blue-haired woman starts dancing on top of all of the corpses. Everybody is equal in her eyes since the entire world is her students.
せめてただ一人だけに必要とされる人であろうとした。」
So I tried to become someone who would be needed by just one person, at least."
The child from the first scene appears with flowers. Then he goes through the stages of his life, the flowers beginning to wilt as he grows older. When he officially becomes Shiro Amari, he drops the flowers, them turning to dust the moment they hit the ground.
それすら上手く行かないまま
But even that doesn't work out very well.
Seina reaches out her hand as a child but it does not get grabbed, resulting in her picking up the pieces of dust off the ground. She too then begins to age with the flowers beginning to bloom. But Shiro does not react, looking past her.
そう
That's right
Hanane sits down in the new forest under a different tree that looks directly the same. She glares directly at the viewers as she sings the lyrics.
繰り返し繰り返し 何度も書き直して
Again and again, rewriting everything over and over again.
The stage finally makes its reappearance. Surrounded by dogs, Keiji looks like he is in Heaven but Choumi notably just wants to go home. Instead of Monokumas, the audience and crew are filled with Mononekos. Keiji makes sure all the dogs are behaved and starts introducing them to Kobi, who is very protective of his human friend. Choumi just tries to leave the stage but is constantly denied by all of the Mononekos. Choumi eventually gives in after too many Mononeko blocks, which surprises her since Mononeko is still acting like her tired self, and joins up with Keiji. But, as she does so, Ichiko and Mizore come from behind the scenes. Grabbing both Keiji and Choumi, and being followed by all the dogs, the four of them escape before Mononeko can catch any of them.
Scene changes to Keiji climbing up the tree and Choumi hanging out on the top already, being almost able to catch the stars. However, Choumi falls and then Keiji jumps down to try to get her. Nothing is known about their eventual fate since the scene changes just before either of them gets to the ground.
もはやぐちゃぐちゃで滅茶苦茶で 見るのも嫌気が差す
It's already so messed up, so wrecked up that I feel disgusted just looking at it.
Now the stage has been transformed into a badly done rocket that is falling apart since it is entirely made out of cardboard. Sora and Chika are the unfortunate souls riding in it, with them comforting each other as the Mononekos fly them high up towards the ceiling. It makes its rounds across the theatre with the audience in awe. Right as they are about to be bought down to the ground, half of the bottom of the cardboard gives out. Chika almost falls down but Sora grabs her hand just in time. Just before the two of them can be confirmed to be safe, the Mononekos instead fling the cardboard death machine off stage and apologizes to the audience for all of the hassle.
During this, there are flashes about Chika arguing with Sora about something. At the end of the argument, Sora is in tears and Choumi leaves him biting her lip and stomping.
それでもこの心を 引き摺って歩いていく
Even so, I will drag my heart along as I continue walking on
Renkou and Kaimaru are pushed onto the stage to please the now bored crowd, with some of them being asleep. Kaimaru automatically starts to dance, with the crowd being pulled in by his enticing dance moves. Although Renkou was perfectly fine with not doing anything, Kaimaru grabs him and then they start doing the waltz. The two of them continue, with them getting faster and faster and finding the rhythm in each other. With a wink, Kaimaru goes up and is about to kiss Renkou. Before anything too frisky can go on, the Mononekos pull them apart and close the curtains. The main Mononekos goes up and speaks to the audience, apologizing for all of the delays in their performance.
Scene change to two dead hanging bodies that have been turned into nothing but dolls. Two children cry underneath them until people with coats escort them away from each other.
代わりなど何処にもいないよ
Because there is no possible replacement.
When the curtains part ways once again, Rokuro and Leonie are on the stage. Leonie immediately exits, leaving Rokuro by himself. Rokuro tries to entertain the audience but they are not interested so the Mononekos pull him off as well.
The more important scene then plays. With two children playing in a desert with nothing but miles of sand surrounding the two of them. But they still make it to an oasis where they pick up flowers that sadly turn into dust. Before they can take a drink, the water disappears, revealing it was nothing but a mirage. They still smile, however, playing in the sand while everything they owe turns into nothing but dirt. As the day turns into night, a massive wave of sand comes out of nowhere, swallowing both of the children.
ねぇ そうでしょ
Don't you think so, too?
Last but not least, there are Tahlia and Suzunami. The stage has been transformed into a workshop. Suzunami works on the lockpicks while Tahlia continues to create all of her inventions. Tahlia shows off all of her work while Suzunami makes horrible puns about everything. With all of the puns, Suzunami is booed off the stage, but Tahlia continues talking about how awesome everything she does is. Once Tahlia talks about the Committee, she is also booed off the stage, with the Mononekos shoving all of her inventions onto her to carry. Which leaves Tahlia confused because they both hate the Committee. I mean everybody hates the Committee, even themselves.
While this happens, there are images of bombs destroying the entire cities killing whoever was unfortunate enough to be stuck inside. There is also a person tied to a bed, singing softly some of the lyrics before the door of the prison opens.
Music Solo
With the music, there are stylish cuts and angles showing off the deaths and executions in the lost paradise. In the last bit of the intro, Shiro actually stops during his execution, having a moment of clarity. He reaches out toward something, apparently seeing a figure in the distance. But then Shiro dies the same way he does in a lost paradise.
なんて残酷な世界でしょう
What a cruel world we live in.
Cut back to the scene with Shiro and Seina. Shiro is now paying attention to Seina even though the flowers are nowhere to be seen. Behind them is their respected cast, carefully watching over the two of them. The blue-haired girl is now suddenly in the middle also joining in the spectacle of watching everything happen.
誰もが幸せを求め
Everyone yearns for happiness
The blue-haired girl places Shiro and Seina's hands together. With a moment of hesitation, the two of them begin to waltz in front of all of their classmates. But they never truly look at each other. In the background, their classmates start to fall down one by one.
矛盾だらけのワルツを
And keeps on dancing
However, Seina falls next, but Shiro continues to dance with her. Even when nobody else but the blue-haired woman remains. Eventually, though the blue-haired woman pulls Seina out of Shiro's hands. She hands Shiro over the flowers and he accepts, causing them to turn into dust once more.
いつまでも踊ってゆく
An eternal waltz full of contradictions.
The two of them waltz until Shiro falls down as well. This leaves the woman alone. Somewhere in the distance, she sees two figures, a man who looks like some sort of police warden and a woman that most likely belongs in the military. She just stares at them when they walk closer, with the bodies that they past turning into nothing but ash.
When the three different beats drop, they show different photos. They are all Shiro being killed in different ways. Lovely.
さぁ
All right.
Hanane is in front of the tree this time, once again singing the words. But this time she is standing up with a lighter in her hands.
踊りましょう夜明けまで 疲れ果てて眠るまで
I shall dance until the day breaks, until I fall asleep with exhaustion
Yuu and Yuki finally make it onto the stage. They bow before doing anything, confusing the audience. Then they light a match and throw it to the ground, quickly setting the whole theatre aflame. Gathering everybody else, Yuu and Yuki make their escape with the rest of the cast while Mononeko is too busy trying to control the fires. When everybody is outside, they see the tree. Hanane is there, and, using the same trick as Yuu and Yuki, sets the whole thing ablaze. The cast then go off into the sunrise not realizing one thing. One of them is not there.
どうせこの心は君には 何一つ届かない
Because my heart won't ever reach yours, in any case.
They all get done in by sleeping gas. When they wake up, they realize they are set in a circle on a field of wisteria. In the middle of them is the same blue-haired girl who reveals herself to truly be the Master. All at once, they all get the urge to bow down in front of her, causing her to go into a fit of laughter. And then, just like that, all of them die again, with their hearts giving out all at the same time. The Master grins, and then proceeds to waltz with every single one of their dead bodies.
愛が欲しくて愛想笑い 夢が見たくて不眠症
Desperate for love, I force a smile. I wish to dream, but insomnia is my sole companion.
Things reset once again. With the whole cast playing in the field as young children surrounding the Master. They slowly get older and stop playing. When they reach their canon age, they left the field. There is only one person who stays, even after Shiro tries to get her to go with him. That person is Mei Yamazaki who tries to reach for the Master. Instead of that, however, Mei gets stabbed in the heart, falling once again onto the ground.
別に何も悲しくはないよ
I'm not exactly sad about anything, though.
The Master goes up to Mei's body and starts stabbing it more. Though no blood comes out, with Mei being nothing but an empty vessel. Thinking about Mei's smile when they were younger, the Master stabs her more, trying to give her the sweet promises of despair. But nothing happens, with Mei being nothing more than a corpse now slowly rotting.
なのに何故か涙が出るよ
And yet, for some reason, my tears still fall.
With this, the Master lets go of the weapon and begins to cry. The white-haired woman appears, trying to give some comfort to the Master. But, after the Master not responding to anything, the white-haired woman leaves with no clear emotions on her face. Mei now appears to be completely rotted, with the ground claiming her as one of its own as flowers begin to find their home in her wounds and openings.
ねぇ 教えて
Please, please tell me why.
Looking over this scene, with the camera facing his back, is Himura. The camera follows him when Himura reaches his hand to her and the Master takes it. With a soft smile from the two of them, they begin to waltz.
Music Solo
With the two of them being truly alone, Himura and the Master waltz when the screen continues to show horrifying images from the lost paradise and the backstories from the main cast. But they do not stop, not even when the field they are dancing in begins to wilt.
The last image is of five children in a cell, three girls and two boys. They are all holding hands and smiling even with all of their horrible injuries. Because they have a promise that, no matter what, the five of them will remain friends.
With the eternal despair awaiting us in the endless stars, we all seek a lost paradise filled with milk and honey.
I have no idea what I'm doing. Have fun making theories.
Reviews will be replied to in the next official chapter. This is just the opening.
This is not beta read so there's probably like a billion mistakes. NO BETA FOR OPENINGS WE DIE LIKE MEN.
If you are curious, the song is in fact called Waltz of Anomalies. Its a Vocaloid song made by the producer Hoehoe-P. Yes, I'll eventually make all the openings and endings for Forest of Despair when I'm not lazy and post them in the extras. Plus, the polls will be closed soon so hurry there if you want more time with your waifu or husbando before they go insane, get tortured, and then horribly die. Because, trust me, these deaths are going to be horrible and I'm not sorry whatsoever. If I say I'm sorry, I'm lying.