CAN YOU HEAR ME.txt

This page contains spoilers for the plot of Doki Doki Literature Club!.

CAN YOU HEAR ME.txt is a file that's written to the game directory after the first instance of the poem game in Act 2.

Full Text

"There's a little devil inside all of us."

Beneath their manufactured perception - their artificial reality - is a
writhing, twisted mess of dread. Loathing. Judgment. Elitism. Self-doubt.
All thrashing to escape the feeble hold of their host, seeping through every
little crevice they can find. Into their willpower, starving them of all
motivation and desire. Into their stomach, forcing them to drown their guilt in
comfort food. Or into a newly-opened gash in their skin, hidden only by the
sleeves of a cute new shirt.
Such a deplorable, tangled mass is already present in every single one of them.
That's why I choose not to blame myself for their actions.

All I did was untie the knot.

Analysis

The author of this text is likely Monika, who seems to absolve herself of guilt by reasoning that these problems existed in Sayori, Natsuki, and Yuri prior to her meddling and that she merely let those problems amplify themselves.