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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Going by the original I would say it's more like:

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-Izumo & Co. have been watching it in the last 16 years, which either fits the "approx 10 years" or, well, time distortion or something like that.
-Alisia's appearance hasn't changed since she left Amata 10 ys ago, she still looks like the girl she was in the movie (the Japanese text says nothing about Amata's memories, though obviously Amata hasn't seen her since then). There's nothing new about this, either - we've already seen her in stasis looking just like she did in the movie.

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On a second look, you're right about the second bit. I had interpolated the meaning to be referencing his memories where she's not changed because his picture does show her in a different light from how we see her on Altair and how we see her in his one memory of her departure. I had been hunting for a good meaning, and probably ended up over analyzing.

As for the years, 16 is too strange a number that matches with Amata's age -> Izumo's going to Altair sometime in the past after seeing the movie.

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Er, someone should check that,

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because that wouldn't make sense. In the movie Alisia played Sylphie. Sylphie never left, the entire point is that she's there holding that feather saying she'll wait for Apollon. That's how the movie ends (from what we've seen). It would be pretty weird if there was a scene like that in the movie...

Wouldn't be the first time my memory failed, but I seem to recall the imagery repeating.