「 Your will, trickster, is your own. Now that you have been informed of the risks, you'll find that you can separate from each other -- however, spend too long away and you'll understand the detrimental effects. That, too, is your choice. We offer you merely a second chance, as your first life within the game was unjustly set against you from the time that you were first chosen. 」

[ Akira wonders, idly, how much of this Yaldabaoth simply didn't understand by virtue of drastically underestimating how stubborn a bunch of hormonal teenagers could be. Like, Akira understands his whole plan, sees how he thought pitting Akechi and Akira against each other was a good idea, and...

Yeah, it was pretty stupid, actually. Some god. ]

In other words, "sorry the fake Igor set you both up for failure"?

[ Lavenza frowns. It is not a pout, and she resents anyone who says otherwise. ] 「 I... suppose that is a way of explaining it, however simplified. 」