[ Sometimes your coping mechanism is violence. ]

... I'm not hiding from it. I plan on staying because I don't want to forget what this place has taken from us. [ Suddenly, there's indignation and determination as he embraces the reminders of death every day. It does die down. ] It just reminds me of when my sister was taken. Then I'd return to an empty home.

[ Actual truth, Nier can't handle loneliness. ]