7.45 follow-up (#99)

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* 7.45 follow-up
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0,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_001","Find another table. This one is taken."
1,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_005","Tread softly, friend. The Temple Knights are always watching."
2,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_010","If you've questions to ask, then by all means."
3,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q1_000_050","What will you ask?"
4,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_051","Tell me about yourself."
5,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_052","What is a dark knight?"
6,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_053","Nothing."
7,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_060","...There is rather little to tell."
8,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_061","My master was an accomplished dark knight who saved countless lives─including mine own."
9,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_062","I owed him my life, and so I pledged it to his cause. I begged him to teach me the dark arts, and he agreed, making me his first pupil. Fray would become the second shortly thereafter."
10,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_063","Heh, how different we were. I recall our master once likened me to a smoldering campfire and Fray to a frozen lake."
11,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_064","...We knew the risks. We swore that we would have no regrets. And I...I have none."
12,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_065","All that remains is to finish what we started."
13,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_070","Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace."
14,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_071","This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes."
15,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_072","To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again."
16,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_073","The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds."
17,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_074","But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title."
18,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_075","He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all."
19,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_076","A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price."
20,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_100","You look to be in good health, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Something we can do for you?"
21,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_101","Oh, don't you worry about me. I'll be right as rain soon enough. Ugh...
0,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_001,Find another table. This one is taken.
1,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_005,"Tread softly, friend. The Temple Knights are always watching."
2,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_010,"If you've questions to ask, then by all means."
3,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q1_000_050,What will you ask?
4,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_051,Tell me about yourself.
5,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_052,What is a dark knight?
6,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_053,Nothing.
7,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_060,...There is rather little to tell.
8,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_061,My master was an accomplished dark knight who saved countless lives─including mine own.
9,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_062,"I owed him my life, and so I pledged it to his cause. I begged him to teach me the dark arts, and he agreed, making me his first pupil. Fray would become the second shortly thereafter."
10,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_063,"Heh, how different we were. I recall our master once likened me to a smoldering campfire and Fray to a frozen lake."
11,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_064,...We knew the risks. We swore that we would have no regrets. And I...I have none.
12,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_065,All that remains is to finish what we started.
13,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_070,"Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace."
14,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_071,This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes.
15,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_072,"To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again."
16,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_073,"The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds."
17,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_074,"But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title."
18,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_075,"He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all."
19,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_076,A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price.
20,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_100,"You look to be in good health, Player. Something we can do for you?"
21,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_101,"Oh, don't you worry about me. I'll be right as rain soon enough. Ugh...
Was there something you wanted to discuss?"
22,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_102","Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, doesn't it? And when it doesn't, you can't help but conjure it up... Anyway, how goes it?"
23,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_103","Saved any more parallel worlds lately? I jest, I jest. Still, you can't blame a man for viewing such incredible claims with a measure of skepticism, can you?"
24,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_104","Well, aren't we a creature of habit. Not much reason to call on us these days, yet here you are, curious to see how we're getting on."
25,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150","What will you ask?"
26,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151","How fare you and Rielle?"
27,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152","What is a dark knight?"
28,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153","Nothing."
29,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154","How fare you and Rielle?"
30,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155","Have you any thoughts on Myste?"
31,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156","Tell me again about Fray."
32,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_157","Any thoughts on the Final Days?"
33,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160","It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day."
34,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161","Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we."
35,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162","But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come..."
36,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163","<Emphasis>Her</Emphasis>, walk the path!? I... But she's just a..."
37,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164","...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it."
38,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170","I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige."
39,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171","Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace."
40,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172","This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes."
41,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173","To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again."
42,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174","The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds."
43,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175","But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price."
44,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176","I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm <Emphasis>conflicted</Emphasis>. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think."
45,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180","I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh?"
46,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181","Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living."
47,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182","A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth."
48,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183","Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts..."
49,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184","...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win."
50,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185","The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self."
51,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186","At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep."
52,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190","Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist..."
53,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191","Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake."
54,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192","He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer."
55,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193","""Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that..."
56,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194","Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?”"
57,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195","That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me."
58,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_200","Ah, that black business. I've heard the same as everyone else, which is to say not much. You and yours have been involved, I trust?"
59,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_201","To the edge of the great expanse and beyond... I won't pretend to understand how any of that was even possible, but I've no doubt it played out exactly as you said."
60,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_202","And so, having saved life as we know it from oblivion, you return to your dark knight stamping grounds to see if there are any less-cosmic villains in need of a firm rebuke? "
61,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_203","No rest for the righteous indeed... You'll be disappointed to hear that things are fine for the most part. Likely due to you going about playing hero."
62,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_204","Aye, not much has changed, to the frustration of many it seems. Like Rielle and her height. I swear, every day she's trying some new trick she learned about from a friend's sister's cousin."
63,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_205","Children are always so eager to grow up. I was too, I suppose. Like everyone else once was."
64,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_206","...Listen, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I don't know if you came back hoping I had some final pearls of wisdom to share─something to put it all in perspective─but if you did, you were wrong. You know everything you need to know already."
65,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_207","You bear the sword and the promise. Memories and dreams of your own and of others. You stand for those who have no one else. That's all there is to it."
66,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_208","There's no path to walk or guide to follow. What strength and meaning you derive from the struggle is yours alone to find. No one else was ever the writer─it's always been your story. So go and live it."
22,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_102,"Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, doesn't it? And when it doesn't, you can't help but conjure it up... Anyway, how goes it?"
23,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_103,"Saved any more parallel worlds lately? I jest, I jest. Still, you can't blame a man for viewing such incredible claims with a measure of skepticism, can you?"
24,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_104,"Well, aren't we a creature of habit. Not much reason to call on us these days, yet here you are, curious to see how we're getting on."
25,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150,What will you ask?
26,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151,How fare you and Rielle?
27,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152,What is a dark knight?
28,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153,Nothing.
29,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154,How fare you and Rielle?
30,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155,Have you any thoughts on Myste?
31,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156,Tell me again about Fray.
32,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_157,Any thoughts on the Final Days?
33,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160,It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day.
34,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161,"Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we."
35,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162,"But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come..."
36,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163,"*Her*, walk the path!? I... But she's just a..."
37,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164,"...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it."
38,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170,"I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige."
39,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171,"Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace."
40,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172,This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes.
41,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173,"To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again."
42,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174,"The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds."
43,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175,"But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price."
44,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176,"I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm *conflicted*. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think."
45,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180,"I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh?"
46,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181,"Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living."
47,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182,"A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth."
48,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183,"Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts..."
49,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184,"...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win."
50,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185,"The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self."
51,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186,"At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep."
52,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190,"Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist..."
53,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191,"Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake."
54,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192,"He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer."
55,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193,"""Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that..."
56,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194,"Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?”"
57,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195,"That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me."
58,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_200,"Ah, that black business. I've heard the same as everyone else, which is to say not much. You and yours have been involved, I trust?"
59,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_201,"To the edge of the great expanse and beyond... I won't pretend to understand how any of that was even possible, but I've no doubt it played out exactly as you said."
60,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_202,"And so, having saved life as we know it from oblivion, you return to your dark knight stamping grounds to see if there are any less-cosmic villains in need of a firm rebuke? "
61,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_203,No rest for the righteous indeed... You'll be disappointed to hear that things are fine for the most part. Likely due to you going about playing hero.
62,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_204,"Aye, not much has changed, to the frustration of many it seems. Like Rielle and her height. I swear, every day she's trying some new trick she learned about from a friend's sister's cousin."
63,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_205,"Children are always so eager to grow up. I was too, I suppose. Like everyone else once was."
64,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_206,"...Listen, Player. I don't know if you came back hoping I had some final pearls of wisdom to share─something to put it all in perspective─but if you did, you were wrong. You know everything you need to know already."
65,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_207,You bear the sword and the promise. Memories and dreams of your own and of others. You stand for those who have no one else. That's all there is to it.
66,TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_208,There's no path to walk or guide to follow. What strength and meaning you derive from the struggle is yours alone to find. No one else was ever the writer─it's always been your story. So go and live it.
1 key 0 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_001 1 Find another table. This one is taken.
2 # 1 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_005 Tread softly, friend. The Temple Knights are always watching.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_010 str If you've questions to ask, then by all means.
4 0 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_001 3 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q1_000_050 Find another table. This one is taken. What will you ask?
5 1 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_005 4 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_051 Tread softly, friend. The Temple Knights are always watching. Tell me about yourself.
6 2 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_010 5 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_052 If you've questions to ask, then by all means. What is a dark knight?
7 3 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q1_000_050 6 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_053 What will you ask? Nothing.
8 4 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_051 7 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_060 Tell me about yourself. ...There is rather little to tell.
9 5 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_052 8 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_061 What is a dark knight? My master was an accomplished dark knight who saved countless lives─including mine own.
10 6 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A1_000_053 9 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_062 Nothing. I owed him my life, and so I pledged it to his cause. I begged him to teach me the dark arts, and he agreed, making me his first pupil. Fray would become the second shortly thereafter.
11 7 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_060 10 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_063 ...There is rather little to tell. Heh, how different we were. I recall our master once likened me to a smoldering campfire and Fray to a frozen lake.
12 8 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_061 11 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_064 My master was an accomplished dark knight who saved countless lives─including mine own. ...We knew the risks. We swore that we would have no regrets. And I...I have none.
13 9 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_062 12 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_065 I owed him my life, and so I pledged it to his cause. I begged him to teach me the dark arts, and he agreed, making me his first pupil. Fray would become the second shortly thereafter. All that remains is to finish what we started.
14 10 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_063 13 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_070 Heh, how different we were. I recall our master once likened me to a smoldering campfire and Fray to a frozen lake. Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace.
15 11 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_064 14 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_071 ...We knew the risks. We swore that we would have no regrets. And I...I have none. This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes.
16 12 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_065 15 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_072 All that remains is to finish what we started. To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again.
17 13 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_070 16 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_073 Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace. The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds.
18 14 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_071 17 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_074 This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes. But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title.
19 15 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_072 18 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_075 To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all.
20 16 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_073 19 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_076 The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price.
21 17 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_074 20 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_100 But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. You look to be in good health, Player. Something we can do for you?
22 18 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_075 21 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_101 He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. Oh, don't you worry about me. I'll be right as rain soon enough. Ugh... Was there something you wanted to discuss?
19 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_076 A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price.
20 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_100 You look to be in good health, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Something we can do for you?
21 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_101 Oh, don't you worry about me. I'll be right as rain soon enough. Ugh... Was there something you wanted to discuss?
23 22 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_102 22 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_102 Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, doesn't it? And when it doesn't, you can't help but conjure it up... Anyway, how goes it? Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, doesn't it? And when it doesn't, you can't help but conjure it up... Anyway, how goes it?
24 23 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_103 23 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_103 Saved any more parallel worlds lately? I jest, I jest. Still, you can't blame a man for viewing such incredible claims with a measure of skepticism, can you? Saved any more parallel worlds lately? I jest, I jest. Still, you can't blame a man for viewing such incredible claims with a measure of skepticism, can you?
25 24 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_104 24 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_104 Well, aren't we a creature of habit. Not much reason to call on us these days, yet here you are, curious to see how we're getting on. Well, aren't we a creature of habit. Not much reason to call on us these days, yet here you are, curious to see how we're getting on.
26 25 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150 25 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150 What will you ask? What will you ask?
27 26 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151 26 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151 How fare you and Rielle? How fare you and Rielle?
28 27 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152 27 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152 What is a dark knight? What is a dark knight?
29 28 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153 28 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153 Nothing. Nothing.
30 29 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154 29 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154 How fare you and Rielle? How fare you and Rielle?
31 30 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155 30 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155 Have you any thoughts on Myste? Have you any thoughts on Myste?
32 31 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156 31 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156 Tell me again about Fray. Tell me again about Fray.
33 32 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_157 32 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_157 Any thoughts on the Final Days? Any thoughts on the Final Days?
34 33 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160 33 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160 It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day. It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day.
35 34 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161 34 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161 Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we. Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we.
36 35 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162 35 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162 But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come... But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come...
37 36 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163 36 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163 <Emphasis>Her</Emphasis>, walk the path!? I... But she's just a... *Her*, walk the path!? I... But she's just a...
38 37 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164 37 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164 ...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it. ...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it.
39 38 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170 38 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170 I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige. I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige.
40 39 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171 39 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171 Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace. Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace.
41 40 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172 40 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172 This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes. This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes.
42 41 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173 41 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173 To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again. To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again.
43 42 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174 42 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174 The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds. The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds.
44 43 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175 43 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175 But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price. But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price.
45 44 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176 44 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176 I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm <Emphasis>conflicted</Emphasis>. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think. I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm *conflicted*. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think.
46 45 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180 45 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180 I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh? I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh?
47 46 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181 46 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181 Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living. Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living.
48 47 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182 47 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182 A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth. A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth.
49 48 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183 48 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183 Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts... Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts...
50 49 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184 49 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184 ...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win. ...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win.
51 50 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185 50 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185 The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self. The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self.
52 51 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186 51 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186 At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep. At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep.
53 52 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190 52 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190 Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist... Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist...
54 53 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191 53 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191 Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake. Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake.
55 54 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192 54 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192 He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer. He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer.
56 55 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193 55 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193 "Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that... "Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that...
57 56 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194 56 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194 Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?” Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?”
58 57 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195 57 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195 That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me. That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me.
59 58 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_200 58 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_200 Ah, that black business. I've heard the same as everyone else, which is to say not much. You and yours have been involved, I trust? Ah, that black business. I've heard the same as everyone else, which is to say not much. You and yours have been involved, I trust?
60 59 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_201 59 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_201 To the edge of the great expanse and beyond... I won't pretend to understand how any of that was even possible, but I've no doubt it played out exactly as you said. To the edge of the great expanse and beyond... I won't pretend to understand how any of that was even possible, but I've no doubt it played out exactly as you said.
61 60 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_202 60 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_202 And so, having saved life as we know it from oblivion, you return to your dark knight stamping grounds to see if there are any less-cosmic villains in need of a firm rebuke? And so, having saved life as we know it from oblivion, you return to your dark knight stamping grounds to see if there are any less-cosmic villains in need of a firm rebuke?
62 61 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_203 61 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_203 No rest for the righteous indeed... You'll be disappointed to hear that things are fine for the most part. Likely due to you going about playing hero. No rest for the righteous indeed... You'll be disappointed to hear that things are fine for the most part. Likely due to you going about playing hero.
63 62 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_204 62 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_204 Aye, not much has changed, to the frustration of many it seems. Like Rielle and her height. I swear, every day she's trying some new trick she learned about from a friend's sister's cousin. Aye, not much has changed, to the frustration of many it seems. Like Rielle and her height. I swear, every day she's trying some new trick she learned about from a friend's sister's cousin.
64 63 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_205 63 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_205 Children are always so eager to grow up. I was too, I suppose. Like everyone else once was. Children are always so eager to grow up. I was too, I suppose. Like everyone else once was.
65 64 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_206 64 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_206 ...Listen, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I don't know if you came back hoping I had some final pearls of wisdom to share─something to put it all in perspective─but if you did, you were wrong. You know everything you need to know already. ...Listen, Player. I don't know if you came back hoping I had some final pearls of wisdom to share─something to put it all in perspective─but if you did, you were wrong. You know everything you need to know already.
66 65 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_207 65 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_207 You bear the sword and the promise. Memories and dreams of your own and of others. You stand for those who have no one else. That's all there is to it. You bear the sword and the promise. Memories and dreams of your own and of others. You stand for those who have no one else. That's all there is to it.
67 66 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_208 66 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_208 There's no path to walk or guide to follow. What strength and meaning you derive from the struggle is yours alone to find. No one else was ever the writer─it's always been your story. So go and live it. There's no path to walk or guide to follow. What strength and meaning you derive from the struggle is yours alone to find. No one else was ever the writer─it's always been your story. So go and live it.
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