"Hello Echo, how do you feel?" Rebecca asked Rose calmly after I had to endure her pain, her memory being erased.

"Did I fall asleep?" she asked.

"For a little while."

"Shall I go now." She asked, not really a question.

"If you'd like." Rebecca answered softly.

She nudged me to begin my lines.

I had found that everything was scripted. But only when they first wake up. This had to happen every time.

Which means I would have to watch every time.

"Hello, Echo." I said, wincing at her fake name.

"Hello." She smiled back like a three year old.

I held her hand.

"Everything will be alright." I said softly.

"Now that you're here."

"Do you trust me?" I asked.

"With my life."

I remembered when Mr. Langthford had done this to her, and the resentment I felt towards him for being the only person in the world that she truly trusted, and now that I was that person, it still didn't satisfy me.

I wanted Rose back, not just her body.

Rose stood up slowly, turned, and walked out the door.

After about ten seconds, I followed her, and she was already walking down the stairs.

Rebecca came up behind me.

"There is something I worry about." She stated.

"You'll get over it." I mumbled.

"Yeah, I will. But, she might not. And neither will you."

I wasn't thinking until now. She was talking about Rose.

I flung around to face her.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked.

She laughed. "Oh, now you care. Relax, she's not in any physical danger. It's just something I came across."

"What?"

"You know how I erase the memories and store them?"

I nodded.

"Well, I can see everything that has happened. Everything she felt. Everything. The thing that worries me is that the academy has lied to us."

My eyes widened. I didn't really worry about that, I was just impatient. What about Rose?

"You see, they promised us someone who had no strong connections with anyone. You know, love. We don't really erase the memories, we just cover them, and it seems one of them have broken out of her cover. And you seem to be the topic of choice."

"That would explain the screaming at me." I mumbled. Trying to understand.

"Yes. And now, there is the choice of three options. Since you are her handler, you make the decision for what's best for her."

I nodded.

"One, we release the cover only on her love life. She wouldn't remember any memories, but, by choice, she would still love you again." She added. "Not that anyone else knows.

"Two, we erase it all together, destroying it so it will never come back.

"Or three. Break the contract and bring her back all of her memories and let her continue with her guardian training.

"Either way, unless you choose the second option, she will love you again. It's your choice, so choose."

I thought about it for a minute.

I didn't want it to be destroyed, but I had to choose what was best for her, not me.

I knew all along that she shouldn't love me. We knew it was wrong and forbidden, but we couldn't help it.

But was it best for her? For her not to remember?

I didn't think so, and I wasn't even thinking of me.

"Three." Was all I said, and Rebecca nodded.

"I agree." She said, surprisingly. "Go down and talk to her. Be soft and gentle with your words, I will set up the machine."

"Thank you."

I walked down the stairs towards Rose.

"Hello, R-Echo." I said when I got to the table she was sitting at.

"Hello." She said to me softly, smiling.

"May I sit down?"

"Of course." She said and offered me a seat next to her.

She ate and I watched. She had a very healthy meal, lettuce and tomato, and I had never seen her eat it raw before.

"I did thirty laps of the pool today." She said, still smiling.

"Good job." I smiled back.

"We have to be our best. Eat healthy, exercise, and all that stuff. It's fun."

I nodded.

I caught the eye of Rebecca and she signaled me.

"Echo, would you like a treatment?" I asked.

"Yes. That would be good."

She was placed in the chair.