[This memory is covered here from 55:50 to 01:01:15, 01:48:10 to 01:49:01, and 01:52:30 to 02:04:30. It's from Crow's perspective so you won't see any of the cutaways to other people. This is also major spoilers for the finale of Trails of Cold Steel II.]
[This memory cuts in on what appears to be a dramatic climax. There's a red mecha screaming and letting off terrifying red light while the redheaded man from Crow's earlier memory laughs maniacally. He's yelling about it being the "demon with a thousand weapons" and the "absolute ruler" from 250 years ago and it's a very supervillain moment.
The hot witch lady Crow runs around with and one of his and Phoenix's classmates are protecting the whole class group with a magical forcefield, but it's about to collapse. Crow suggests the witch lady ("Vita") use an enhancement technique on him to create an opening for Phoenix and the rest of the class to get through and fight until Crow & Phoenix's mechas have recovered their mana. The goal seems to be less "defeat evil" and more "rescue the crown prince from inside the evil". With the help of a magical bird and cat, Vita lets Crow unleash a powered-up attack that stuns the red mech long enough for everyone else to run in and fight it.
The memory skips the fight itself, but it seems the heroes have done a good job, and Crow & Phoenix's mechs have arrived. They jump in and go to have a rad two-on-one mech battle. The actual combat is cut again, until you see Crow & Phoenix having won victory and exposed the core. Crow says he'll "clear a path" for Phoenix and charges forward to do just that.
But as he's doing so, the red mech stabs its tails into the ground, which comes up in front of Crow's -- and stabs right through it. As the hole is ripped through the azure knight, the same one is ripped through Crow. But he responds to Phoenix with a lie:
"I'm fine! It barely scratched me. You keep going! You're the only one who can save him now, so don't you dare look back!"
Phoenix goes and uses his special final attack on the red mech and rips the core out of it, which causes it to dissipate. From within the azure, as Crow's bleeding out, he watches his friends successfully save the prince and call it "mission complete".
It's only when they stop and remember he's not talking and notice the state of his mecha that he leaves it and lets them see the extent of the damage. Held in Phoenix's arms, as he coughs up blood and the witches try and fail to heal his fatal wound, Crow ruffles Phoenix's hair and, still smiling, tells everyone how much they mean to him. In the end he gives a last bit of advice:
"You're all going to be in for some... tough times ahead. I can't go any farther now... but you can... so keep going forward... Relentlessly, without looking back... Heheh... As long as you do... I'm sure..."
He doesn't get to finish it. The world fades out of his vision, and the memory ends.]
MEMORY 11
[This memory cuts in on what appears to be a dramatic climax. There's a red mecha screaming and letting off terrifying red light while the redheaded man from Crow's earlier memory laughs maniacally. He's yelling about it being the "demon with a thousand weapons" and the "absolute ruler" from 250 years ago and it's a very supervillain moment.
The hot witch lady Crow runs around with and one of his and Phoenix's classmates are protecting the whole class group with a magical forcefield, but it's about to collapse. Crow suggests the witch lady ("Vita") use an enhancement technique on him to create an opening for Phoenix and the rest of the class to get through and fight until Crow & Phoenix's mechas have recovered their mana. The goal seems to be less "defeat evil" and more "rescue the crown prince from inside the evil". With the help of a magical bird and cat, Vita lets Crow unleash a powered-up attack that stuns the red mech long enough for everyone else to run in and fight it.
The memory skips the fight itself, but it seems the heroes have done a good job, and Crow & Phoenix's mechs have arrived. They jump in and go to have a rad two-on-one mech battle. The actual combat is cut again, until you see Crow & Phoenix having won victory and exposed the core. Crow says he'll "clear a path" for Phoenix and charges forward to do just that.
But as he's doing so, the red mech stabs its tails into the ground, which comes up in front of Crow's -- and stabs right through it. As the hole is ripped through the azure knight, the same one is ripped through Crow. But he responds to Phoenix with a lie:
"I'm fine! It barely scratched me. You keep going! You're the only one who can save him now, so don't you dare look back!"
Phoenix goes and uses his special final attack on the red mech and rips the core out of it, which causes it to dissipate. From within the azure, as Crow's bleeding out, he watches his friends successfully save the prince and call it "mission complete".
It's only when they stop and remember he's not talking and notice the state of his mecha that he leaves it and lets them see the extent of the damage. Held in Phoenix's arms, as he coughs up blood and the witches try and fail to heal his fatal wound, Crow ruffles Phoenix's hair and, still smiling, tells everyone how much they mean to him. In the end he gives a last bit of advice:
"You're all going to be in for some... tough times ahead. I can't go any farther now... but you can... so keep going forward... Relentlessly, without looking back... Heheh... As long as you do... I'm sure..."
He doesn't get to finish it. The world fades out of his vision, and the memory ends.]