Interesting, that you bring up this point because I have wanted to essay on it. I'm a bit out of the essaying mood for the moment... But I can give the short version. Basically, Setsuna, while saying otherwise, now realizes he can't change things for real. That, as Sara said, they have to go back. And once they do, things will happen as they will. It pisses him off and depresses the shit out of him, but he knows it's true. He says otherwise to people because he doesn't want them to think he's that upset about it; he doesn't want them to worry. Setsuna's friends are always trying to keep him from getting too bummed at things, so this one thing, he allows. He plays along. So yes, he knows Kira is going to die and that he can't stop that. And yes, it hurts. Whenever he has to face it head-on. Which is why he denies it so vehemently at those times. Also that Kira is Lucifer and kills Katou and almost gets Sara killed, which is much harder since he can't fully wrap his head around that without seeing it.
That said, he's happy to spend the chance he has enjoying Kira as he remembered him and temporarily forgetting the "truth". He's happy to have his crazy trio together again. So he can accept things and he can deal. He has what he wants for now.
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Interesting, that you bring up this point because I have wanted to essay on it. I'm a bit out of the essaying mood for the moment... But I can give the short version. Basically, Setsuna, while saying otherwise, now realizes he can't change things for real. That, as Sara said, they have to go back. And once they do, things will happen as they will. It pisses him off and depresses the shit out of him, but he knows it's true. He says otherwise to people because he doesn't want them to think he's that upset about it; he doesn't want them to worry. Setsuna's friends are always trying to keep him from getting too bummed at things, so this one thing, he allows. He plays along. So yes, he knows Kira is going to die and that he can't stop that. And yes, it hurts. Whenever he has to face it head-on. Which is why he denies it so vehemently at those times. Also that Kira is Lucifer and kills Katou and almost gets Sara killed, which is much harder since he can't fully wrap his head around that without seeing it.
That said, he's happy to spend the chance he has enjoying Kira as he remembered him and temporarily forgetting the "truth". He's happy to have his crazy trio together again. So he can accept things and he can deal. He has what he wants for now.
Ed and Winry being back in camp?