As I said before, I feel the victory lines for Viola v ZWEI and Raph v Viola are meant to provide possible incites in the timeline and way events are portrayed.
It is pretty clear that Raph v Viola is Viola without her memory and Raphael unaware she is Amy (unless through her cryptic end quote she regained her memory but rejects Raphael. How tragic). The fight definitely reflects that ignorance between them and how Amy has changed so much over the 17 year gap that Raphael cannot recognize her.
That causes another problem. Viola's bio is so cryptic that even her age is impossible to understand. "24 tri-color stars" is something vague enough that my search results produce nothing and that I cannot find an astronomical timeline or definition for such a term. My assumption is tri-color stars has to do with time and can be converted in some format to actual time (giving us a more accurate amount of years she has been alive).
But then ZWEI v Viola shows, as I stated, an obvious tear between the characters. Viola is hurt but Amy is callous, it is like split between who she is. ZWEI shows reluctance but determination. It should be noted, the implication is ZWEI begins the fight as she says, "Do we have to fight?" This implies ZWEI is the subject who is performing the action (to fight; fight) by her question refering to him and collectively associating her as taking part in the action (ex: we fight against each other, not we fight so-and-so).
Furthermore, ZWEI responds "Yeah," pause. Hesitation, a sign of reluctance. However, the response is an affirmative and is not a negative. Therefore, he accepts and then instigates the action by saying, "I guess we do." He is the one who creates the ultimatum, the all-or-nothing. The battle proceeds. Then there are several interesting lines to note.
One is the fact many of ZWEI and Viola's lines (to my knowledge) don't change. Obviously many such as grunts or signature lines do not change for characters but often times you see many lines change for related characters who have a specific attitude toward them (especially during a CE, BE, taunt, grab).However, Viola acts like Amy being cold, direct, and callous toward her opponent and ZWEI is actively hostile and is focused on defeating him (no "Why?" or "How could you!" when grabbed or using their CE at any point to my knowledge; it would be interesting if someone would provide lines for me to study).
Another is the fact that Viola has the line "Curiosity killed the cat" a line that not only implies ZWEI got too nosy (or close) to Viola and her life and/or identity (especially if you happen to overhear her by accident when she regains her memory and speaks aloud about who she is frantically) but also indicates that Viola had a secret of some sort or something to hide.
Finally, we have ZWEI's defeated line, "You're better than this." He implies faith, hope, remorse. He believes Viola is not just a malfested? Does he believe Amy is more then a heartless murderer? Does he think her allegiances are misplaced and should not be opposed to his loyalties (are we now implying Raphael may just win over Amy after all?)?
These lines definitely expand and leave implications for speculation that can tell us a lot about what we could possibly expect in future installments or expansions in the series. In all honesty, SC would make a decent anime if it got a good animation studio and good writers. This is the type of stuff that could be both deep and actiony (since video game and anime tropes tend to mingle and intertwine in depth and structure).
My opinion is therefore deeply rooted that Viola regains her memory, reluctantly must battle ZWEI, and is disheartened but determined to head to daddy (que the Twilight/pedophile fan-fictions). I also conclude that ZWEI learns about Viola's past/current state (as a malfested), is either ordered to or feels morally obligated to kill/capture her, and is as hurt by this as she is but is willing to cast aside his emotions to do what he has to do (in his mind).
My two cents.
--Forgon
