Touko-san, deja vu isn’t an illness, is it? |
No. |
You may also feel it’s the first time you’ve seen a scene which you’ve seen before. |
Both situations have nothing to do with a disease. |
Even normal people sometimes have an experience of deja vu. |
What a relief! I feel better now. |
Do you feel anything else when you experience deja vu? |
Time is strange for some reason. I can’t figure out if time is fast or slow. |
Do you feel it’s real or kind of ordinary? |
Well, it could be... or could not be... I don’t know... maybe not... |
Is it nebulous? Or you just can’t comprehend... |
I just feel something is different. |
Even though I recognize that I am playing in my house, I feel like it isn’t my house. |
And even though I don’t know where it is, when I play at a park that I’ve never seen, for me it seems like the place I usually go. |
Strange... Do you feel comfortable or uneasy when you are there? |
I don’t know, but Lain was laughing when it happened. |
Not yourself, but Lain? |
I can’t explain very well, but it was Lain. |
Where were you at that time? |
Let’s see... I don’t know, because I was just watching her... |
I mean, where from did you observe her? |
Like, were you standing on the ground, or you could you see her from the sky...? |
Well... I don’t know... It was like I saw myself on the TV... I guess... |
Lain, are you all right? You don’t have to bring it back by force. I’m sorry. |
I feel compelled to ask questions... Okay, that’s all for today! |
How do you express it in technical jargon? |
No, let’s stop for now. |
I really want to know about myself! |
Okay, so this is the last lesson. |
In technical jargon, we call it "alienation of perception." It means that you experience something as if somebody else experienced it. |
It’s an illness, isn’t it? |
There is one called "depersonalization" which is that you cannot feel yourself, but you couldn’t have it. |
So stop worrying about it. |
You can’t prove that I don’t. |
Yes, but it doesn’t worry you. So I can say that you’re not sick. |
Well, I shouldn’t have said that; it just makes you worried. |
I guess I made a mistake... |
No, you didn’t. |
You didn’t make any mistakes because I insisted that you should answer my question. |
Still, I want to study a lot in order to be like you, Touko-san. |
Lain... |