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0,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_00","Urianger would speak with you regarding your mission to prevent Bahamut's return."
1,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_01","You have scarcely exchanged two sentences with Urianger when Alisaie appears seeking the Archon's counsel on how to gain entry to the remaining internment hulks. Urianger suggests that she return to the connecting fragments of Dalamud in your company, in hopes that your presence will set events in motion, as it has so often in the past. In the meantime, the Archon promises to seek answers of his own. Make your way to the fragment situated at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and speak with Alisaie's assistant who has been reconnoitering the site."
2,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_02","To your disappointment, Alisaie's assistant reports that he has been unable to identify a viable path to the fragment's exterior, let alone a means to access its interior. Just as you are about to leave for Mor Dhona, where the next fragment lies, he adds that he has lost contact with his brother there. Make haste to the Singing Shards, and ensure that the man does not come to harm."
3,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_03","You arrive at the Singing Shards just in time to prevent Alisaie's second assistant from coming to a sticky end. Unfortunately, the news he has for you is not good. If the fellow is to be believed, there will be no entering the fragment of Dalamud in Mor Dhona. Moments later, however, Urianger contacts you via linkpearl to notify you that he may have found a way to breach the remaining fragments. Make haste to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan, where the Archon will furnish you with the details."
4,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_04","Urianger explains to you the method which he and certain other nameless individuals have conceived to reach the remaining internment hulks. Requiring that the laws of aetherial travel be bent to breaking point, the process entails considerable danger, but Alisaie is willing to take the risk. Meet her at the crystal formation known as Dalamud's Talons situated to the north of the plant."
5,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_05","Alphinaud arrives at Dalamud's Talons shortly after you do, revealing himself to be Urianger's mysterious collaborator. Having questioned his twin on the origin of her resolve, he declares that he will be joining your party on this descent into the Binding Coil. Speak with Erkenrad at the Ceruleum Processing Plant when you are ready to embark upon your mission."
6,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_06","Erkenrad acknowledges your readiness. At your word, you and your comrades will be transported directly inside the first of the two remaining internment hulks. Upon arrival, you must make your way to the main bridge and disable the coil responsible for Bahamut's regeneration. Spare no preparation and expect fierce resistance.
0,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_00,Urianger would speak with you regarding your mission to prevent Bahamut's return.
1,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_01,"You have scarcely exchanged two sentences with Urianger when Alisaie appears seeking the Archon's counsel on how to gain entry to the remaining internment hulks. Urianger suggests that she return to the connecting fragments of Dalamud in your company, in hopes that your presence will set events in motion, as it has so often in the past. In the meantime, the Archon promises to seek answers of his own. Make your way to the fragment situated at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and speak with Alisaie's assistant who has been reconnoitering the site."
2,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_02,"To your disappointment, Alisaie's assistant reports that he has been unable to identify a viable path to the fragment's exterior, let alone a means to access its interior. Just as you are about to leave for Mor Dhona, where the next fragment lies, he adds that he has lost contact with his brother there. Make haste to the Singing Shards, and ensure that the man does not come to harm."
3,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_03,"You arrive at the Singing Shards just in time to prevent Alisaie's second assistant from coming to a sticky end. Unfortunately, the news he has for you is not good. If the fellow is to be believed, there will be no entering the fragment of Dalamud in Mor Dhona. Moments later, however, Urianger contacts you via linkpearl to notify you that he may have found a way to breach the remaining fragments. Make haste to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan, where the Archon will furnish you with the details."
4,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_04,"Urianger explains to you the method which he and certain other nameless individuals have conceived to reach the remaining internment hulks. Requiring that the laws of aetherial travel be bent to breaking point, the process entails considerable danger, but Alisaie is willing to take the risk. Meet her at the crystal formation known as Dalamud's Talons situated to the north of the plant."
5,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_05,"Alphinaud arrives at Dalamud's Talons shortly after you do, revealing himself to be Urianger's mysterious collaborator. Having questioned his twin on the origin of her resolve, he declares that he will be joining your party on this descent into the Binding Coil. Speak with Erkenrad at the Ceruleum Processing Plant when you are ready to embark upon your mission."
6,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_06,"Erkenrad acknowledges your readiness. At your word, you and your comrades will be transported directly inside the first of the two remaining internment hulks. Upon arrival, you must make your way to the main bridge and disable the coil responsible for Bahamut's regeneration. Spare no preparation and expect fierce resistance.
※The Final Coil of Bahamut can be accessed via the Duty Finder."
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24,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_00","Speak with Alisaie's assistant at the Burning Wall."
25,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_01","Rescue Alisaie's assistant at the Singing Shards."
26,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_02","Speak with Urianger at the Ceruleum Processing Plant."
27,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_03","Speak with Alisaie."
28,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_04","Speak with Erkenrad."
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48,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_000","Man is wont to cast light wheresoever secrets lie hid in darkness─though that which he illuminateth seldom bringeth him joy. So it is with such unhappy truths as Bahamut's immense shadow doth conceal."
49,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_001","Yet ever onward forgeth Mistress Alisaie, undeterred by the burden of knowledge that weigheth heavy on her heart. 'Tis a perilous path she hath chosen, and a painful one. I prithee, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, remain by her side as her valiant blade, that she might see her quest to its conclusion."
50,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_002","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─it is well that you are here."
51,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_003","My lady. How might I serve you this day?"
52,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_004","I have met with some difficulty in my mission, Urianger, and I should be grateful for your counsel."
53,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_005","As you know, Bahamut's physical form is regenerating beneath the Carteneau Flats even as we speak."
54,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_006","If we are to prevent his return, we must needs disable the two remaining internment hulks that sustain him."
55,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_007","Every moment our mission is delayed, the realm is pushed closer to the brink of destruction."
56,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_008","Alas, though I have determined the locations of the fragments of Dalamud leading to the hulks, I have been unable to find a way to enter them."
57,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_009","...And gaining admittance is but the first step in your perilous undertaking."
58,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_010","When last thou descended into Bahamut's subterranean fastness, thou didst discover, didst thou not, that the dread primal had bound the shade of Nael van Darnus unto his will."
59,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_011","And though thou didst consign the fallen legatus to blessed oblivion, thou mayest recall that the piteous wretch was <Emphasis>not alone</Emphasis>. Doubt not but that Bahamut's <Emphasis>other</Emphasis> thralls shall seek to hinder thy passage."
60,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_012","...You <Emphasis>can</Emphasis> say his name, Urianger. I have not forgotten that my grandfather is waiting for us."
61,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_013","My lady. I would remind you, as I must oft remind myself, that the man whom we both loved and revered is no more. What remaineth is but a shade which defileth his memory."
62,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_014","The vile verbiage that spilleth from his lips must not be heeded, for it cometh not from your grandsire, but from Bahamut himself."
63,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_015","You need not worry, Urianger. Come what may, I will not stray from the course."
64,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_016","I will not let Grandfather's sacrifice be in vain!"
65,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_017","<sigh> But mere words will not take us whither we must go. As I said, I have been unable to find a way to enter the fragments of Dalamud..."
66,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_018","My lady, might I suggest that you visit the fragments again in <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s company? Full oft hath the Warrior of Light set events in motion by virtue of <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> presence alone. 'Tis possible that <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> may do so again."
67,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_019","I, the while, shall search for answers of mine own. By our efforts combined, full sure am I that the path shall be revealed to us ere long."
68,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_020","...Were it anyone else, I should question the wisdom of such advice. Yet I cannot deny that what you say about <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> is true... Very well, I shall do as you suggest."
69,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_021","...Assuming you have no objections, of course? Good. Now, we seek entry to two fragments of Dalamud. One lies at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and the other at the Singing Shards in Mor Dhona."
70,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_022","I left an assistant at each location with instructions to continue searching for a means of ingress. It is not impossible that they could since have found something useful to us. Let us begin by visiting my man at the Burning Wall. Deks, I think it was."
71,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_030","I say, are you not <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Mistress<Else/>Master</If> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,2)/>, my lady's most faithful companion? Sinis, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>madam<Else/>sir</If>, at your service! And may I say what an honor it is to meet you!"
72,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_031","How goes the survey, Deks?"
73,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_032","Ahem. My lady! It shames me to say that I have found no viable path to the fragment."
74,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_033","Though it stands there, before our very eyes, the way thither has thus far proven impassable."
75,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_034","When the fragment fell and pierced the land, it caused a prodigious amount of aether to spew forth."
76,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_035","'Twas this that gave rise to the land's twisted lay, which seems destined to thwart our efforts."
77,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_036","Even were an opening to exist, I fear that we would struggle to reach it."
78,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_037","We cannot give up. Keep trying."
79,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_038","So near and yet so far... Well, it avails us naught to stand here and stare at the thing. Let us away to Mor Dhona, and try the other fragment. Perhaps Sinis has fared better."
80,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_039","Ah! U-Upon that note, my lady, there is something I must tell you. I am sorry to report that I lost contact with my brother just over a bell ago..."
81,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_040","A-As you know, the Singing Shards are home to many fell creatures, ogres among them... While I do not wish to cause you undue alarm, I fear something unspeakable may have happened to Deks."
82,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_041","What!? Why didn't you─!? Give me strength!"
83,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_042","We must hurry to my assistant's aid, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>."
84,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_050","The Singing Shards are home to a host of fell creatures, ogres among them... If it would not be too much trouble, I should be most grateful if you would find my brother and keep my lady safe."
85,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_060","Thank you, adventurer! For a moment there, I feared that my bones were to be ground up and used to bake bread!"
86,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_061","I am relieved to see that you are unharmed. It was wrong of me to press such a dangerous task upon you."
87,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_062","M-M-My lady! Your worries are wasted on me! 'Twas nothing at all, I assure you!"
88,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_063","Ahem! If it please you, I shall report on my findings."
89,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_064","As you can see, though the tip of the fragment is exposed, the rest is encased in rock and crystal, rendering it impossible to enter the structure."
90,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_065","We might try excavating the area around the fragment, but that is like to take time─and there really is no telling how deep we may need to dig before we find a suitable point of ingress."
91,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_066","As such, I am forced to conclude that gaining entry to this fragment is unrealistic. Forgive me, my lady."
92,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_067","Confound it... We are losing precious time. What are we to do now?"
93,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_068","'Tis I, Urianger. Glad tidings have I for thee and my lady."
94,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_069","For a blessing, a way hath been found by which thou mayest enter the remaining fragments of Dalamud."
95,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_070","Pray escort Mistress Alisaie to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan. There, all shall be made clear."
96,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_071","Urianger has found a way!?"
97,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_072","Then we must go to him at once!"
98,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_080","You needn't linger on my account. Should Master Urianger's method prove viable, rest assured I shall put many malms between myself and this place."
99,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_090","Mine apologies for summoning you thus from afar, my lady, but 'tis here that your journey may finally begin."
100,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_091","I did wonder. To my knowledge, there are no fragments in northern Thanalan."
101,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_092","Nor are you mistaken, my lady. Yet a pathway doth exist─one which you yourself have made use of in the past."
102,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_093","At the conclusion of your several forays into the Binding Coil, 'twas at the crystal formation which lieth to the north of this place that you did emerge, was it not?"
103,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_094","Yes. An aetherial stream bore us back to the surface─that much I had surmised. Are you suggesting that we can use it to return underground?"
104,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_095","And even if that were possible, would it not simply bear us back to those places which we have already explored?"
105,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_096","It need not, my lady. Pray allow me to explain. Upon the evidence of your experience, it seemeth plain that two internment hulks may share the selfsame aetherial egress. From this, we did infer that others may be connected in like wise. Thus did we labor long to verify the existence of further tributaries to the selfsame stream─in which task we were at length successful. 'Twas then but a matter of arriving at a solution to the problem of traveling to an unattuned destination..."
106,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_097","That one might reach what we may call the headwater, we propose to employ a modified aetheryte which serveth to amplify such ripples as do originate from said source. By focusing one's essence upon these ripples, it should be possible to make the journey. Yet be fairly warned, my lady: as with all untried modes of aetherial travel, this method entaileth considerable danger. Merely to attempt the voyage could cost you your life."
107,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_098","That is a risk I am willing to take! You are brilliant, Urianger!"
108,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_099","But I am curious... Did you have assistance in forming this plan? I could not help noticing your repeated use of the word “we”─unless you have taken to using the majestic plural in our absence?"
109,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_100","...Ah. Ahem. Nay, my lady. As you have correctly surmised...I was not alone in this endeavor."
110,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_101","...Meaning there are others who are aware of our mission."
111,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_102","Well, it cannot be helped now. Preventing Bahamut's return is what matters. If some secrecy must be sacrificed to achieve our goal, then so be it."
112,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_110","Verily, 'twas not my wish to withhold knowledge of the aid I received... I pray that Mistress Alisaie will forgive me when she learneth of its source..."
113,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_120","So that must be the modified aetheryte. But what are the Immortal Flames doing here...?"
114,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_121","(-???-)Those men may be sworn Flames of Ul'dah, but they are first and foremost faithful retainers of House Leveilleur."
115,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_122","Alphinaud!? So it was <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> who was helping Urianger!"
116,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_123","Who else could it have been, dear sister?"
117,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_124","Lest you worry, I have no intention of making the details of your venture public. Like you, I would prefer to avoid causing a panic."
118,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_125","But given that which is at stake─namely, the survival of the realm─one must be willing to accept help when it is offered. Would you not agree?"
119,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_126","At the very least, do not be cross with Urianger─'twas at my behest that he kept silent."
120,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_127","Hmph! We will speak later!"
121,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_128","Pray forgive me, my lady, but knowing full well your intent, I judged it meet that Master Alphinaud be informed."
122,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_129","Though your grandsire hath become Bahamut's thrall, his noble blood courseth yet through both your veins, and if he must needs be struck down─"
123,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_130","Do you hear that, Alphinaud? I mean to <Emphasis>strike down Grandfather</Emphasis>! And when I have done so, I shall banish Bahamut to the aether!"
124,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_131","Nothing you say will sway me from my course! I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> protect Eorzea, and I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> uphold Grandfather's legacy!"
125,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_132","Grandfather's legacy...? So you still do not know what you yourself desire. Your actions are still driven by borrowed resolve."
126,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_133","Borrowed resolve!? What does that have to do with anything!?"
127,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_134","Protecting Eorzea was Grandfather's goal, and we made it ours─both of us! That is why we came here, unless you have forgotten!"
128,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_135","Gods forbid I should ever forget, Alisaie. But you misunderstand. I do not question your resolve, only whence it came. If it were your own, you would be able to tell me precisely <Emphasis>why</Emphasis> you desire so fervently to protect Eorzea."
129,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_136","Yet you cannot, for it is not <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> resolve, but Grandfather's. You may struggle to see the difference, but borrowed resolve shall never be as strong as that which springs from within."
130,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_137","...But let us speak of this another time. For now, preventing Bahamut's return is all that matters."
131,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_138","To be plain, I have no objection to striking down whatever is left of Grandfather. Know, however, that I will be accompanying you this time. As a son of House Leveilleur, I would be present for his final moments."
132,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_139","...Very well. You may join us...on one condition: <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> make the decisions."
133,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_140","If it please milady, the name's Erkenrad. Our preparations are just about complete."
134,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_141","When you're ready to embark on your mission, just give me the word. I'll be waiting for you at the Ceruleum Processing Plant."
135,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_142","Pay no heed to my brother. You can rely on me. We have come far together, you and I, and together we shall see our journey to its end."
136,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_150","I've been waiting for you, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Mistress<Else/>Master</If> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,2)/>. I'm pleased to say that the aetheryte's primed and ready."
137,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_151","As you know, the remaining internment hulks are connected to the fragments in eastern Thanalan and Mor Dhona. It's to the former that we'll be sending you first."
138,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_152","Now, you'll be starting <Emphasis>inside</Emphasis> the hulk, meaning you won't have to cover so much ground─the drawback being that you'll be fighting for your life from the moment you get there. Best be prepared for anything, for milady's sake if not your own."
139,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_153","And that's about all I can tell you. When your preparations are in order, just give me the word, and I'll send you on your way. I may even throw in a prayer for your speedy return just to be on the safe side."
140,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_154","You now have access to the Final Coil of Bahamut. The subterranean labyrinth can be accessed by speaking with Erkenrad."
141,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_155","For details such as the conditions of entry, speak with the flame sergeant."
142,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_501","So this is how it looks on the inside..."
143,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_502","This internment hulk still functions..."
144,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_503","The teleportation was a success─we are come to the right place."
145,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_504","There is no telling how much further Bahamut has regenerated since we last beheld him."
146,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_505","Let us make haste to the main bridge and deactivate the coil."
147,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_506","There were receptacles similar to these in the previous hulk."
148,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_507","Those held chimerical beasts, but only the Allagans know what other abominations may be sleeping within."
149,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_508","They may well be part of Dalamud's internal defenses. We must stay on our guard at all times."
150,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_601","By the Twelve... Dragons...and so many..."
151,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_602","We were aware that the Allagans possessed the means to control the creatures, but to imprison them thus is...barbaric. I would not wish such a fate upon my worst enemy."
152,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_603","'Tis plain that no love was lost between the Allagans and the dragons, but was it truly necessary to keep so great a number here?"
153,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_604","Dalamud did not want for defenses, this we have experienced firsthand. Such guardians as the Allagans created─both living and unliving─were surely no less capable of repelling intruders than these poor creatures..."
154,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_605","Tell me something, Alisaie."
155,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_606","Have you not managed to determine by whose will Bahamut exists?"
156,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_607","No, I have not. At first, I assumed that Bahamut had no people of his own─that the Allagans had perhaps discovered a way to simulate prayer itself."
157,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_608","However, Nael's words gave me cause to reconsider─specifically, the shade's mention of Bahamut's “beloved children.”"
158,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_609","From that, I inferred that the primal is given form by the will of worshipers whom we have yet to─"
159,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_610","Oh."
160,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_611","Gods strike me down for a blind fool!"
161,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_612","Bahamut's beloved children, right there before my very eyes... How could I be so stupid?"
162,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_613","Who else but the dragons of eld would summon Bahamut? Who else but they could sustain him? And to think I wondered why the Allagans kept them imprisoned here!"
163,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_614","Even should the flame of Bahamut's life go out, his faithful children would summon him back."
164,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_615","For this reason, the Allagan Empire kept an army of dragons here in a perpetual state of duress, that they might sustain the primal's existence."
165,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_616","Truly, the Allagans' ingenuity knew no bounds...and neither did their cruelty."
166,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_617","Small wonder that Bahamut was so enraged! Let no one deny that it was man who sowed the seeds of the Calamity!"
167,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_618","Will you now turn your hatred towards our own kind, dear sister?"
168,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_619","Do not patronize me, Alphinaud. I merely acknowledge our guilt."
169,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_620","Lest you be in any doubt, I have no intention of allowing Bahamut to lay the world to waste, regardless of the atrocities the Allagans committed against his kind. We have no choice but to eliminate all who worship him, be they his children or his thralls."
170,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_621","It seems reasonable to assume that the system responsible for the primal's regeneration is also responsible for sustaining the captive dragons. If we disable it, all should perish. Let us press on."
171,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_701","Why, this looks like..."
172,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_702","A model of Dalamud, yes."
173,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_703","For millennia, Bahamut must have gazed at this unchanging view."
174,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_704","Trapped inside a prison that was scarcely large enough to contain him, unable to move, denied the release of death... How his hatred for man must have burned."
175,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_705","And that hatred found an ideal vessel in Nael van Darnus."
176,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_706","In many ways, Bahamut is to be pitied, not loathed. But knowing the true extent of his fury, I am more convinced than ever of the necessity of our endeavor."
177,"TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_707","Besides...his is not the only soul that cries out for vengeance!"
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24,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_00,Speak with Alisaie's assistant at the Burning Wall.
25,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_01,Rescue Alisaie's assistant at the Singing Shards.
26,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_02,Speak with Urianger at the Ceruleum Processing Plant.
27,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_03,Speak with Alisaie.
28,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_TODO_04,Speak with Erkenrad.
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48,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_000,Man is wont to cast light wheresoever secrets lie hid in darkness─though that which he illuminateth seldom bringeth him joy. So it is with such unhappy truths as Bahamut's immense shadow doth conceal.
49,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_001,"Yet ever onward forgeth Mistress Alisaie, undeterred by the burden of knowledge that weigheth heavy on her heart. 'Tis a perilous path she hath chosen, and a painful one. I prithee, Player, remain by her side as her valiant blade, that she might see her quest to its conclusion."
50,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_002,Player─it is well that you are here.
51,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_003,My lady. How might I serve you this day?
52,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_004,"I have met with some difficulty in my mission, Urianger, and I should be grateful for your counsel."
53,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_005,"As you know, Bahamut's physical form is regenerating beneath the Carteneau Flats even as we speak."
54,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_006,"If we are to prevent his return, we must needs disable the two remaining internment hulks that sustain him."
55,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_007,"Every moment our mission is delayed, the realm is pushed closer to the brink of destruction."
56,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_008,"Alas, though I have determined the locations of the fragments of Dalamud leading to the hulks, I have been unable to find a way to enter them."
57,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_009,...And gaining admittance is but the first step in your perilous undertaking.
58,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_010,"When last thou descended into Bahamut's subterranean fastness, thou didst discover, didst thou not, that the dread primal had bound the shade of Nael van Darnus unto his will."
59,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_011,"And though thou didst consign the fallen legatus to blessed oblivion, thou mayest recall that the piteous wretch was *not alone*. Doubt not but that Bahamut's *other* thralls shall seek to hinder thy passage."
60,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_012,"...You *can* say his name, Urianger. I have not forgotten that my grandfather is waiting for us."
61,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_013,"My lady. I would remind you, as I must oft remind myself, that the man whom we both loved and revered is no more. What remaineth is but a shade which defileth his memory."
62,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_014,"The vile verbiage that spilleth from his lips must not be heeded, for it cometh not from your grandsire, but from Bahamut himself."
63,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_015,"You need not worry, Urianger. Come what may, I will not stray from the course."
64,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_016,I will not let Grandfather's sacrifice be in vain!
65,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_017,"<sigh> But mere words will not take us whither we must go. As I said, I have been unable to find a way to enter the fragments of Dalamud..."
66,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_018,"My lady, might I suggest that you visit the fragments again in Player's company? Full oft hath the Warrior of Light set events in motion by virtue of her presence alone. 'Tis possible that she may do so again."
67,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_019,"I, the while, shall search for answers of mine own. By our efforts combined, full sure am I that the path shall be revealed to us ere long."
68,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_020,"...Were it anyone else, I should question the wisdom of such advice. Yet I cannot deny that what you say about Player is true... Very well, I shall do as you suggest."
69,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_021,"...Assuming you have no objections, of course? Good. Now, we seek entry to two fragments of Dalamud. One lies at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and the other at the Singing Shards in Mor Dhona."
70,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_022,"I left an assistant at each location with instructions to continue searching for a means of ingress. It is not impossible that they could since have found something useful to us. Let us begin by visiting my man at the Burning Wall. Deks, I think it was."
71,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_030,"I say, are you not Mistress , my lady's most faithful companion? Sinis, madam, at your service! And may I say what an honor it is to meet you!"
72,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_031,"How goes the survey, Deks?"
73,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_032,Ahem. My lady! It shames me to say that I have found no viable path to the fragment.
74,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_033,"Though it stands there, before our very eyes, the way thither has thus far proven impassable."
75,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_034,"When the fragment fell and pierced the land, it caused a prodigious amount of aether to spew forth."
76,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_035,"'Twas this that gave rise to the land's twisted lay, which seems destined to thwart our efforts."
77,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_036,"Even were an opening to exist, I fear that we would struggle to reach it."
78,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_037,We cannot give up. Keep trying.
79,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_038,"So near and yet so far... Well, it avails us naught to stand here and stare at the thing. Let us away to Mor Dhona, and try the other fragment. Perhaps Sinis has fared better."
80,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_039,"Ah! U-Upon that note, my lady, there is something I must tell you. I am sorry to report that I lost contact with my brother just over a bell ago..."
81,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_040,"A-As you know, the Singing Shards are home to many fell creatures, ogres among them... While I do not wish to cause you undue alarm, I fear something unspeakable may have happened to Deks."
82,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_041,What!? Why didn't you─!? Give me strength!
83,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_042,"We must hurry to my assistant's aid, Player."
84,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_050,"The Singing Shards are home to a host of fell creatures, ogres among them... If it would not be too much trouble, I should be most grateful if you would find my brother and keep my lady safe."
85,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_060,"Thank you, adventurer! For a moment there, I feared that my bones were to be ground up and used to bake bread!"
86,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_061,I am relieved to see that you are unharmed. It was wrong of me to press such a dangerous task upon you.
87,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_062,"M-M-My lady! Your worries are wasted on me! 'Twas nothing at all, I assure you!"
88,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_063,"Ahem! If it please you, I shall report on my findings."
89,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_064,"As you can see, though the tip of the fragment is exposed, the rest is encased in rock and crystal, rendering it impossible to enter the structure."
90,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_065,"We might try excavating the area around the fragment, but that is like to take time─and there really is no telling how deep we may need to dig before we find a suitable point of ingress."
91,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_066,"As such, I am forced to conclude that gaining entry to this fragment is unrealistic. Forgive me, my lady."
92,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_067,Confound it... We are losing precious time. What are we to do now?
93,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_068,"'Tis I, Urianger. Glad tidings have I for thee and my lady."
94,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_069,"For a blessing, a way hath been found by which thou mayest enter the remaining fragments of Dalamud."
95,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_070,"Pray escort Mistress Alisaie to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan. There, all shall be made clear."
96,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_071,Urianger has found a way!?
97,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_072,Then we must go to him at once!
98,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_080,"You needn't linger on my account. Should Master Urianger's method prove viable, rest assured I shall put many malms between myself and this place."
99,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_090,"Mine apologies for summoning you thus from afar, my lady, but 'tis here that your journey may finally begin."
100,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_091,"I did wonder. To my knowledge, there are no fragments in northern Thanalan."
101,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_092,"Nor are you mistaken, my lady. Yet a pathway doth exist─one which you yourself have made use of in the past."
102,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_093,"At the conclusion of your several forays into the Binding Coil, 'twas at the crystal formation which lieth to the north of this place that you did emerge, was it not?"
103,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_094,Yes. An aetherial stream bore us back to the surface─that much I had surmised. Are you suggesting that we can use it to return underground?
104,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_095,"And even if that were possible, would it not simply bear us back to those places which we have already explored?"
105,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_096,"It need not, my lady. Pray allow me to explain. Upon the evidence of your experience, it seemeth plain that two internment hulks may share the selfsame aetherial egress. From this, we did infer that others may be connected in like wise. Thus did we labor long to verify the existence of further tributaries to the selfsame stream─in which task we were at length successful. 'Twas then but a matter of arriving at a solution to the problem of traveling to an unattuned destination..."
106,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_097,"That one might reach what we may call the headwater, we propose to employ a modified aetheryte which serveth to amplify such ripples as do originate from said source. By focusing one's essence upon these ripples, it should be possible to make the journey. Yet be fairly warned, my lady: as with all untried modes of aetherial travel, this method entaileth considerable danger. Merely to attempt the voyage could cost you your life."
107,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_098,"That is a risk I am willing to take! You are brilliant, Urianger!"
108,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_099,But I am curious... Did you have assistance in forming this plan? I could not help noticing your repeated use of the word “we”─unless you have taken to using the majestic plural in our absence?
109,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_100,"...Ah. Ahem. Nay, my lady. As you have correctly surmised...I was not alone in this endeavor."
110,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_101,...Meaning there are others who are aware of our mission.
111,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_102,"Well, it cannot be helped now. Preventing Bahamut's return is what matters. If some secrecy must be sacrificed to achieve our goal, then so be it."
112,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_110,"Verily, 'twas not my wish to withhold knowledge of the aid I received... I pray that Mistress Alisaie will forgive me when she learneth of its source..."
113,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_120,So that must be the modified aetheryte. But what are the Immortal Flames doing here...?
114,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_121,"(-???-)Those men may be sworn Flames of Ul'dah, but they are first and foremost faithful retainers of House Leveilleur."
115,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_122,Alphinaud!? So it was *you* who was helping Urianger!
116,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_123,"Who else could it have been, dear sister?"
117,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_124,"Lest you worry, I have no intention of making the details of your venture public. Like you, I would prefer to avoid causing a panic."
118,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_125,"But given that which is at stake─namely, the survival of the realm─one must be willing to accept help when it is offered. Would you not agree?"
119,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_126,"At the very least, do not be cross with Urianger─'twas at my behest that he kept silent."
120,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_127,Hmph! We will speak later!
121,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_128,"Pray forgive me, my lady, but knowing full well your intent, I judged it meet that Master Alphinaud be informed."
122,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_129,"Though your grandsire hath become Bahamut's thrall, his noble blood courseth yet through both your veins, and if he must needs be struck down─"
123,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_130,"Do you hear that, Alphinaud? I mean to *strike down Grandfather*! And when I have done so, I shall banish Bahamut to the aether!"
124,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_131,"Nothing you say will sway me from my course! I *will* protect Eorzea, and I *will* uphold Grandfather's legacy!"
125,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_132,Grandfather's legacy...? So you still do not know what you yourself desire. Your actions are still driven by borrowed resolve.
126,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_133,Borrowed resolve!? What does that have to do with anything!?
127,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_134,"Protecting Eorzea was Grandfather's goal, and we made it ours─both of us! That is why we came here, unless you have forgotten!"
128,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_135,"Gods forbid I should ever forget, Alisaie. But you misunderstand. I do not question your resolve, only whence it came. If it were your own, you would be able to tell me precisely *why* you desire so fervently to protect Eorzea."
129,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_136,"Yet you cannot, for it is not *your* resolve, but Grandfather's. You may struggle to see the difference, but borrowed resolve shall never be as strong as that which springs from within."
130,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_137,"...But let us speak of this another time. For now, preventing Bahamut's return is all that matters."
131,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_138,"To be plain, I have no objection to striking down whatever is left of Grandfather. Know, however, that I will be accompanying you this time. As a son of House Leveilleur, I would be present for his final moments."
132,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_139,...Very well. You may join us...on one condition: *I* make the decisions.
133,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_140,"If it please milady, the name's Erkenrad. Our preparations are just about complete."
134,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_141,"When you're ready to embark on your mission, just give me the word. I'll be waiting for you at the Ceruleum Processing Plant."
135,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_142,"Pay no heed to my brother. You can rely on me. We have come far together, you and I, and together we shall see our journey to its end."
136,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_150,"I've been waiting for you, Mistress . I'm pleased to say that the aetheryte's primed and ready."
137,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_151,"As you know, the remaining internment hulks are connected to the fragments in eastern Thanalan and Mor Dhona. It's to the former that we'll be sending you first."
138,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_152,"Now, you'll be starting *inside* the hulk, meaning you won't have to cover so much ground─the drawback being that you'll be fighting for your life from the moment you get there. Best be prepared for anything, for milady's sake if not your own."
139,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_153,"And that's about all I can tell you. When your preparations are in order, just give me the word, and I'll send you on your way. I may even throw in a prayer for your speedy return just to be on the safe side."
140,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_154,You now have access to the Final Coil of Bahamut. The subterranean labyrinth can be accessed by speaking with Erkenrad.
141,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_155,"For details such as the conditions of entry, speak with the flame sergeant."
142,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_501,So this is how it looks on the inside...
143,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_502,This internment hulk still functions...
144,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_503,The teleportation was a success─we are come to the right place.
145,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_504,There is no telling how much further Bahamut has regenerated since we last beheld him.
146,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_505,Let us make haste to the main bridge and deactivate the coil.
147,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_506,There were receptacles similar to these in the previous hulk.
148,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_507,"Those held chimerical beasts, but only the Allagans know what other abominations may be sleeping within."
149,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_508,They may well be part of Dalamud's internal defenses. We must stay on our guard at all times.
150,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_601,By the Twelve... Dragons...and so many...
151,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_602,"We were aware that the Allagans possessed the means to control the creatures, but to imprison them thus is...barbaric. I would not wish such a fate upon my worst enemy."
152,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_603,"'Tis plain that no love was lost between the Allagans and the dragons, but was it truly necessary to keep so great a number here?"
153,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_604,"Dalamud did not want for defenses, this we have experienced firsthand. Such guardians as the Allagans created─both living and unliving─were surely no less capable of repelling intruders than these poor creatures..."
154,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_605,"Tell me something, Alisaie."
155,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_606,Have you not managed to determine by whose will Bahamut exists?
156,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_607,"No, I have not. At first, I assumed that Bahamut had no people of his own─that the Allagans had perhaps discovered a way to simulate prayer itself."
157,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_608,"However, Nael's words gave me cause to reconsider─specifically, the shade's mention of Bahamut's “beloved children.”"
158,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_609,"From that, I inferred that the primal is given form by the will of worshipers whom we have yet to─"
159,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_610,Oh.
160,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_611,Gods strike me down for a blind fool!
161,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_612,"Bahamut's beloved children, right there before my very eyes... How could I be so stupid?"
162,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_613,Who else but the dragons of eld would summon Bahamut? Who else but they could sustain him? And to think I wondered why the Allagans kept them imprisoned here!
163,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_614,"Even should the flame of Bahamut's life go out, his faithful children would summon him back."
164,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_615,"For this reason, the Allagan Empire kept an army of dragons here in a perpetual state of duress, that they might sustain the primal's existence."
165,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_616,"Truly, the Allagans' ingenuity knew no bounds...and neither did their cruelty."
166,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_617,Small wonder that Bahamut was so enraged! Let no one deny that it was man who sowed the seeds of the Calamity!
167,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_618,"Will you now turn your hatred towards our own kind, dear sister?"
168,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_619,"Do not patronize me, Alphinaud. I merely acknowledge our guilt."
169,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_620,"Lest you be in any doubt, I have no intention of allowing Bahamut to lay the world to waste, regardless of the atrocities the Allagans committed against his kind. We have no choice but to eliminate all who worship him, be they his children or his thralls."
170,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_621,"It seems reasonable to assume that the system responsible for the primal's regeneration is also responsible for sustaining the captive dragons. If we disable it, all should perish. Let us press on."
171,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_701,"Why, this looks like..."
172,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_702,"A model of Dalamud, yes."
173,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_703,"For millennia, Bahamut must have gazed at this unchanging view."
174,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_704,"Trapped inside a prison that was scarcely large enough to contain him, unable to move, denied the release of death... How his hatred for man must have burned."
175,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_705,And that hatred found an ideal vessel in Nael van Darnus.
176,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_706,"In many ways, Bahamut is to be pitied, not loathed. But knowing the true extent of his fury, I am more convinced than ever of the necessity of our endeavor."
177,TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_707,Besides...his is not the only soul that cries out for vengeance!
1 key 0 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_00 1 Urianger would speak with you regarding your mission to prevent Bahamut's return.
2 # 1 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_01 You have scarcely exchanged two sentences with Urianger when Alisaie appears seeking the Archon's counsel on how to gain entry to the remaining internment hulks. Urianger suggests that she return to the connecting fragments of Dalamud in your company, in hopes that your presence will set events in motion, as it has so often in the past. In the meantime, the Archon promises to seek answers of his own. Make your way to the fragment situated at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and speak with Alisaie's assistant who has been reconnoitering the site.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_02 str To your disappointment, Alisaie's assistant reports that he has been unable to identify a viable path to the fragment's exterior, let alone a means to access its interior. Just as you are about to leave for Mor Dhona, where the next fragment lies, he adds that he has lost contact with his brother there. Make haste to the Singing Shards, and ensure that the man does not come to harm.
4 0 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_03 Urianger would speak with you regarding your mission to prevent Bahamut's return. You arrive at the Singing Shards just in time to prevent Alisaie's second assistant from coming to a sticky end. Unfortunately, the news he has for you is not good. If the fellow is to be believed, there will be no entering the fragment of Dalamud in Mor Dhona. Moments later, however, Urianger contacts you via linkpearl to notify you that he may have found a way to breach the remaining fragments. Make haste to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan, where the Archon will furnish you with the details.
5 1 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_04 You have scarcely exchanged two sentences with Urianger when Alisaie appears seeking the Archon's counsel on how to gain entry to the remaining internment hulks. Urianger suggests that she return to the connecting fragments of Dalamud in your company, in hopes that your presence will set events in motion, as it has so often in the past. In the meantime, the Archon promises to seek answers of his own. Make your way to the fragment situated at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and speak with Alisaie's assistant who has been reconnoitering the site. Urianger explains to you the method which he and certain other nameless individuals have conceived to reach the remaining internment hulks. Requiring that the laws of aetherial travel be bent to breaking point, the process entails considerable danger, but Alisaie is willing to take the risk. Meet her at the crystal formation known as Dalamud's Talons situated to the north of the plant.
6 2 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_05 To your disappointment, Alisaie's assistant reports that he has been unable to identify a viable path to the fragment's exterior, let alone a means to access its interior. Just as you are about to leave for Mor Dhona, where the next fragment lies, he adds that he has lost contact with his brother there. Make haste to the Singing Shards, and ensure that the man does not come to harm. Alphinaud arrives at Dalamud's Talons shortly after you do, revealing himself to be Urianger's mysterious collaborator. Having questioned his twin on the origin of her resolve, he declares that he will be joining your party on this descent into the Binding Coil. Speak with Erkenrad at the Ceruleum Processing Plant when you are ready to embark upon your mission.
7 3 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_06 You arrive at the Singing Shards just in time to prevent Alisaie's second assistant from coming to a sticky end. Unfortunately, the news he has for you is not good. If the fellow is to be believed, there will be no entering the fragment of Dalamud in Mor Dhona. Moments later, however, Urianger contacts you via linkpearl to notify you that he may have found a way to breach the remaining fragments. Make haste to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan, where the Archon will furnish you with the details. Erkenrad acknowledges your readiness. At your word, you and your comrades will be transported directly inside the first of the two remaining internment hulks. Upon arrival, you must make your way to the main bridge and disable the coil responsible for Bahamut's regeneration. Spare no preparation and expect fierce resistance. ※The Final Coil of Bahamut can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
4 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_04 Urianger explains to you the method which he and certain other nameless individuals have conceived to reach the remaining internment hulks. Requiring that the laws of aetherial travel be bent to breaking point, the process entails considerable danger, but Alisaie is willing to take the risk. Meet her at the crystal formation known as Dalamud's Talons situated to the north of the plant.
5 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_05 Alphinaud arrives at Dalamud's Talons shortly after you do, revealing himself to be Urianger's mysterious collaborator. Having questioned his twin on the origin of her resolve, he declares that he will be joining your party on this descent into the Binding Coil. Speak with Erkenrad at the Ceruleum Processing Plant when you are ready to embark upon your mission.
6 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SEQ_06 Erkenrad acknowledges your readiness. At your word, you and your comrades will be transported directly inside the first of the two remaining internment hulks. Upon arrival, you must make your way to the main bridge and disable the coil responsible for Bahamut's regeneration. Spare no preparation and expect fierce resistance. ※The Final Coil of Bahamut can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
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49 48 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_000 48 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_000 Man is wont to cast light wheresoever secrets lie hid in darkness─though that which he illuminateth seldom bringeth him joy. So it is with such unhappy truths as Bahamut's immense shadow doth conceal. Man is wont to cast light wheresoever secrets lie hid in darkness─though that which he illuminateth seldom bringeth him joy. So it is with such unhappy truths as Bahamut's immense shadow doth conceal.
50 49 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_001 49 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_001 Yet ever onward forgeth Mistress Alisaie, undeterred by the burden of knowledge that weigheth heavy on her heart. 'Tis a perilous path she hath chosen, and a painful one. I prithee, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, remain by her side as her valiant blade, that she might see her quest to its conclusion. Yet ever onward forgeth Mistress Alisaie, undeterred by the burden of knowledge that weigheth heavy on her heart. 'Tis a perilous path she hath chosen, and a painful one. I prithee, Player, remain by her side as her valiant blade, that she might see her quest to its conclusion.
51 50 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_002 50 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_002 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─it is well that you are here. Player─it is well that you are here.
52 51 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_003 51 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_003 My lady. How might I serve you this day? My lady. How might I serve you this day?
53 52 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_004 52 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_004 I have met with some difficulty in my mission, Urianger, and I should be grateful for your counsel. I have met with some difficulty in my mission, Urianger, and I should be grateful for your counsel.
54 53 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_005 53 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_005 As you know, Bahamut's physical form is regenerating beneath the Carteneau Flats even as we speak. As you know, Bahamut's physical form is regenerating beneath the Carteneau Flats even as we speak.
55 54 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_006 54 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_006 If we are to prevent his return, we must needs disable the two remaining internment hulks that sustain him. If we are to prevent his return, we must needs disable the two remaining internment hulks that sustain him.
56 55 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_007 55 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_007 Every moment our mission is delayed, the realm is pushed closer to the brink of destruction. Every moment our mission is delayed, the realm is pushed closer to the brink of destruction.
57 56 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_008 56 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_008 Alas, though I have determined the locations of the fragments of Dalamud leading to the hulks, I have been unable to find a way to enter them. Alas, though I have determined the locations of the fragments of Dalamud leading to the hulks, I have been unable to find a way to enter them.
58 57 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_009 57 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_009 ...And gaining admittance is but the first step in your perilous undertaking. ...And gaining admittance is but the first step in your perilous undertaking.
59 58 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_010 58 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_010 When last thou descended into Bahamut's subterranean fastness, thou didst discover, didst thou not, that the dread primal had bound the shade of Nael van Darnus unto his will. When last thou descended into Bahamut's subterranean fastness, thou didst discover, didst thou not, that the dread primal had bound the shade of Nael van Darnus unto his will.
60 59 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_011 59 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_011 And though thou didst consign the fallen legatus to blessed oblivion, thou mayest recall that the piteous wretch was <Emphasis>not alone</Emphasis>. Doubt not but that Bahamut's <Emphasis>other</Emphasis> thralls shall seek to hinder thy passage. And though thou didst consign the fallen legatus to blessed oblivion, thou mayest recall that the piteous wretch was *not alone*. Doubt not but that Bahamut's *other* thralls shall seek to hinder thy passage.
61 60 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_012 60 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_012 ...You <Emphasis>can</Emphasis> say his name, Urianger. I have not forgotten that my grandfather is waiting for us. ...You *can* say his name, Urianger. I have not forgotten that my grandfather is waiting for us.
62 61 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_013 61 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_013 My lady. I would remind you, as I must oft remind myself, that the man whom we both loved and revered is no more. What remaineth is but a shade which defileth his memory. My lady. I would remind you, as I must oft remind myself, that the man whom we both loved and revered is no more. What remaineth is but a shade which defileth his memory.
63 62 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_014 62 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_014 The vile verbiage that spilleth from his lips must not be heeded, for it cometh not from your grandsire, but from Bahamut himself. The vile verbiage that spilleth from his lips must not be heeded, for it cometh not from your grandsire, but from Bahamut himself.
64 63 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_015 63 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_015 You need not worry, Urianger. Come what may, I will not stray from the course. You need not worry, Urianger. Come what may, I will not stray from the course.
65 64 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_016 64 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_016 I will not let Grandfather's sacrifice be in vain! I will not let Grandfather's sacrifice be in vain!
66 65 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_017 65 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_017 <sigh> But mere words will not take us whither we must go. As I said, I have been unable to find a way to enter the fragments of Dalamud... <sigh> But mere words will not take us whither we must go. As I said, I have been unable to find a way to enter the fragments of Dalamud...
67 66 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_018 66 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_018 My lady, might I suggest that you visit the fragments again in <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>'s company? Full oft hath the Warrior of Light set events in motion by virtue of <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>his</If> presence alone. 'Tis possible that <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> may do so again. My lady, might I suggest that you visit the fragments again in Player's company? Full oft hath the Warrior of Light set events in motion by virtue of her presence alone. 'Tis possible that she may do so again.
68 67 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_019 67 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_019 I, the while, shall search for answers of mine own. By our efforts combined, full sure am I that the path shall be revealed to us ere long. I, the while, shall search for answers of mine own. By our efforts combined, full sure am I that the path shall be revealed to us ere long.
69 68 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_020 68 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_020 ...Were it anyone else, I should question the wisdom of such advice. Yet I cannot deny that what you say about <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> is true... Very well, I shall do as you suggest. ...Were it anyone else, I should question the wisdom of such advice. Yet I cannot deny that what you say about Player is true... Very well, I shall do as you suggest.
70 69 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_021 69 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_021 ...Assuming you have no objections, of course? Good. Now, we seek entry to two fragments of Dalamud. One lies at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and the other at the Singing Shards in Mor Dhona. ...Assuming you have no objections, of course? Good. Now, we seek entry to two fragments of Dalamud. One lies at the Burning Wall in eastern Thanalan, and the other at the Singing Shards in Mor Dhona.
71 70 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_022 70 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_022 I left an assistant at each location with instructions to continue searching for a means of ingress. It is not impossible that they could since have found something useful to us. Let us begin by visiting my man at the Burning Wall. Deks, I think it was. I left an assistant at each location with instructions to continue searching for a means of ingress. It is not impossible that they could since have found something useful to us. Let us begin by visiting my man at the Burning Wall. Deks, I think it was.
72 71 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_030 71 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_030 I say, are you not <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Mistress<Else/>Master</If> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,2)/>, my lady's most faithful companion? Sinis, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>madam<Else/>sir</If>, at your service! And may I say what an honor it is to meet you! I say, are you not Mistress , my lady's most faithful companion? Sinis, madam, at your service! And may I say what an honor it is to meet you!
73 72 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_031 72 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_031 How goes the survey, Deks? How goes the survey, Deks?
74 73 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_032 73 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_032 Ahem. My lady! It shames me to say that I have found no viable path to the fragment. Ahem. My lady! It shames me to say that I have found no viable path to the fragment.
75 74 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_033 74 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_033 Though it stands there, before our very eyes, the way thither has thus far proven impassable. Though it stands there, before our very eyes, the way thither has thus far proven impassable.
76 75 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_034 75 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_034 When the fragment fell and pierced the land, it caused a prodigious amount of aether to spew forth. When the fragment fell and pierced the land, it caused a prodigious amount of aether to spew forth.
77 76 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_035 76 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_035 'Twas this that gave rise to the land's twisted lay, which seems destined to thwart our efforts. 'Twas this that gave rise to the land's twisted lay, which seems destined to thwart our efforts.
78 77 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_036 77 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_036 Even were an opening to exist, I fear that we would struggle to reach it. Even were an opening to exist, I fear that we would struggle to reach it.
79 78 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_037 78 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_037 We cannot give up. Keep trying. We cannot give up. Keep trying.
80 79 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_038 79 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_038 So near and yet so far... Well, it avails us naught to stand here and stare at the thing. Let us away to Mor Dhona, and try the other fragment. Perhaps Sinis has fared better. So near and yet so far... Well, it avails us naught to stand here and stare at the thing. Let us away to Mor Dhona, and try the other fragment. Perhaps Sinis has fared better.
81 80 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_039 80 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_039 Ah! U-Upon that note, my lady, there is something I must tell you. I am sorry to report that I lost contact with my brother just over a bell ago... Ah! U-Upon that note, my lady, there is something I must tell you. I am sorry to report that I lost contact with my brother just over a bell ago...
82 81 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_040 81 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_040 A-As you know, the Singing Shards are home to many fell creatures, ogres among them... While I do not wish to cause you undue alarm, I fear something unspeakable may have happened to Deks. A-As you know, the Singing Shards are home to many fell creatures, ogres among them... While I do not wish to cause you undue alarm, I fear something unspeakable may have happened to Deks.
83 82 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_041 82 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_041 What!? Why didn't you─!? Give me strength! What!? Why didn't you─!? Give me strength!
84 83 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_042 83 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_042 We must hurry to my assistant's aid, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. We must hurry to my assistant's aid, Player.
85 84 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_050 84 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORA00043_000_050 The Singing Shards are home to a host of fell creatures, ogres among them... If it would not be too much trouble, I should be most grateful if you would find my brother and keep my lady safe. The Singing Shards are home to a host of fell creatures, ogres among them... If it would not be too much trouble, I should be most grateful if you would find my brother and keep my lady safe.
86 85 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_060 85 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_060 Thank you, adventurer! For a moment there, I feared that my bones were to be ground up and used to bake bread! Thank you, adventurer! For a moment there, I feared that my bones were to be ground up and used to bake bread!
87 86 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_061 86 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_061 I am relieved to see that you are unharmed. It was wrong of me to press such a dangerous task upon you. I am relieved to see that you are unharmed. It was wrong of me to press such a dangerous task upon you.
88 87 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_062 87 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_062 M-M-My lady! Your worries are wasted on me! 'Twas nothing at all, I assure you! M-M-My lady! Your worries are wasted on me! 'Twas nothing at all, I assure you!
89 88 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_063 88 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_063 Ahem! If it please you, I shall report on my findings. Ahem! If it please you, I shall report on my findings.
90 89 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_064 89 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_064 As you can see, though the tip of the fragment is exposed, the rest is encased in rock and crystal, rendering it impossible to enter the structure. As you can see, though the tip of the fragment is exposed, the rest is encased in rock and crystal, rendering it impossible to enter the structure.
91 90 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_065 90 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_065 We might try excavating the area around the fragment, but that is like to take time─and there really is no telling how deep we may need to dig before we find a suitable point of ingress. We might try excavating the area around the fragment, but that is like to take time─and there really is no telling how deep we may need to dig before we find a suitable point of ingress.
92 91 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_066 91 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_066 As such, I am forced to conclude that gaining entry to this fragment is unrealistic. Forgive me, my lady. As such, I am forced to conclude that gaining entry to this fragment is unrealistic. Forgive me, my lady.
93 92 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_067 92 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_067 Confound it... We are losing precious time. What are we to do now? Confound it... We are losing precious time. What are we to do now?
94 93 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_068 93 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_068 'Tis I, Urianger. Glad tidings have I for thee and my lady. 'Tis I, Urianger. Glad tidings have I for thee and my lady.
95 94 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_069 94 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_069 For a blessing, a way hath been found by which thou mayest enter the remaining fragments of Dalamud. For a blessing, a way hath been found by which thou mayest enter the remaining fragments of Dalamud.
96 95 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_070 95 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_070 Pray escort Mistress Alisaie to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan. There, all shall be made clear. Pray escort Mistress Alisaie to the Ceruleum Processing Plant in northern Thanalan. There, all shall be made clear.
97 96 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_071 96 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_071 Urianger has found a way!? Urianger has found a way!?
98 97 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_072 97 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_072 Then we must go to him at once! Then we must go to him at once!
99 98 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_080 98 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_INVESTIGATORB00043_000_080 You needn't linger on my account. Should Master Urianger's method prove viable, rest assured I shall put many malms between myself and this place. You needn't linger on my account. Should Master Urianger's method prove viable, rest assured I shall put many malms between myself and this place.
100 99 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_090 99 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_090 Mine apologies for summoning you thus from afar, my lady, but 'tis here that your journey may finally begin. Mine apologies for summoning you thus from afar, my lady, but 'tis here that your journey may finally begin.
101 100 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_091 100 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_091 I did wonder. To my knowledge, there are no fragments in northern Thanalan. I did wonder. To my knowledge, there are no fragments in northern Thanalan.
102 101 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_092 101 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_092 Nor are you mistaken, my lady. Yet a pathway doth exist─one which you yourself have made use of in the past. Nor are you mistaken, my lady. Yet a pathway doth exist─one which you yourself have made use of in the past.
103 102 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_093 102 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_093 At the conclusion of your several forays into the Binding Coil, 'twas at the crystal formation which lieth to the north of this place that you did emerge, was it not? At the conclusion of your several forays into the Binding Coil, 'twas at the crystal formation which lieth to the north of this place that you did emerge, was it not?
104 103 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_094 103 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_094 Yes. An aetherial stream bore us back to the surface─that much I had surmised. Are you suggesting that we can use it to return underground? Yes. An aetherial stream bore us back to the surface─that much I had surmised. Are you suggesting that we can use it to return underground?
105 104 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_095 104 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_095 And even if that were possible, would it not simply bear us back to those places which we have already explored? And even if that were possible, would it not simply bear us back to those places which we have already explored?
106 105 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_096 105 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_096 It need not, my lady. Pray allow me to explain. Upon the evidence of your experience, it seemeth plain that two internment hulks may share the selfsame aetherial egress. From this, we did infer that others may be connected in like wise. Thus did we labor long to verify the existence of further tributaries to the selfsame stream─in which task we were at length successful. 'Twas then but a matter of arriving at a solution to the problem of traveling to an unattuned destination... It need not, my lady. Pray allow me to explain. Upon the evidence of your experience, it seemeth plain that two internment hulks may share the selfsame aetherial egress. From this, we did infer that others may be connected in like wise. Thus did we labor long to verify the existence of further tributaries to the selfsame stream─in which task we were at length successful. 'Twas then but a matter of arriving at a solution to the problem of traveling to an unattuned destination...
107 106 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_097 106 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_097 That one might reach what we may call the headwater, we propose to employ a modified aetheryte which serveth to amplify such ripples as do originate from said source. By focusing one's essence upon these ripples, it should be possible to make the journey. Yet be fairly warned, my lady: as with all untried modes of aetherial travel, this method entaileth considerable danger. Merely to attempt the voyage could cost you your life. That one might reach what we may call the headwater, we propose to employ a modified aetheryte which serveth to amplify such ripples as do originate from said source. By focusing one's essence upon these ripples, it should be possible to make the journey. Yet be fairly warned, my lady: as with all untried modes of aetherial travel, this method entaileth considerable danger. Merely to attempt the voyage could cost you your life.
108 107 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_098 107 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_098 That is a risk I am willing to take! You are brilliant, Urianger! That is a risk I am willing to take! You are brilliant, Urianger!
109 108 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_099 108 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_099 But I am curious... Did you have assistance in forming this plan? I could not help noticing your repeated use of the word “we”─unless you have taken to using the majestic plural in our absence? But I am curious... Did you have assistance in forming this plan? I could not help noticing your repeated use of the word “we”─unless you have taken to using the majestic plural in our absence?
110 109 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_100 109 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_100 ...Ah. Ahem. Nay, my lady. As you have correctly surmised...I was not alone in this endeavor. ...Ah. Ahem. Nay, my lady. As you have correctly surmised...I was not alone in this endeavor.
111 110 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_101 110 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_101 ...Meaning there are others who are aware of our mission. ...Meaning there are others who are aware of our mission.
112 111 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_102 111 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_102 Well, it cannot be helped now. Preventing Bahamut's return is what matters. If some secrecy must be sacrificed to achieve our goal, then so be it. Well, it cannot be helped now. Preventing Bahamut's return is what matters. If some secrecy must be sacrificed to achieve our goal, then so be it.
113 112 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_110 112 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_110 Verily, 'twas not my wish to withhold knowledge of the aid I received... I pray that Mistress Alisaie will forgive me when she learneth of its source... Verily, 'twas not my wish to withhold knowledge of the aid I received... I pray that Mistress Alisaie will forgive me when she learneth of its source...
114 113 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_120 113 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_120 So that must be the modified aetheryte. But what are the Immortal Flames doing here...? So that must be the modified aetheryte. But what are the Immortal Flames doing here...?
115 114 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_121 114 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_121 (-???-)Those men may be sworn Flames of Ul'dah, but they are first and foremost faithful retainers of House Leveilleur. (-???-)Those men may be sworn Flames of Ul'dah, but they are first and foremost faithful retainers of House Leveilleur.
116 115 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_122 115 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_122 Alphinaud!? So it was <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> who was helping Urianger! Alphinaud!? So it was *you* who was helping Urianger!
117 116 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_123 116 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_123 Who else could it have been, dear sister? Who else could it have been, dear sister?
118 117 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_124 117 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_124 Lest you worry, I have no intention of making the details of your venture public. Like you, I would prefer to avoid causing a panic. Lest you worry, I have no intention of making the details of your venture public. Like you, I would prefer to avoid causing a panic.
119 118 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_125 118 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_125 But given that which is at stake─namely, the survival of the realm─one must be willing to accept help when it is offered. Would you not agree? But given that which is at stake─namely, the survival of the realm─one must be willing to accept help when it is offered. Would you not agree?
120 119 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_126 119 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_126 At the very least, do not be cross with Urianger─'twas at my behest that he kept silent. At the very least, do not be cross with Urianger─'twas at my behest that he kept silent.
121 120 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_127 120 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_127 Hmph! We will speak later! Hmph! We will speak later!
122 121 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_128 121 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_128 Pray forgive me, my lady, but knowing full well your intent, I judged it meet that Master Alphinaud be informed. Pray forgive me, my lady, but knowing full well your intent, I judged it meet that Master Alphinaud be informed.
123 122 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_129 122 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_URIANGER_000_129 Though your grandsire hath become Bahamut's thrall, his noble blood courseth yet through both your veins, and if he must needs be struck down─ Though your grandsire hath become Bahamut's thrall, his noble blood courseth yet through both your veins, and if he must needs be struck down─
124 123 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_130 123 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_130 Do you hear that, Alphinaud? I mean to <Emphasis>strike down Grandfather</Emphasis>! And when I have done so, I shall banish Bahamut to the aether! Do you hear that, Alphinaud? I mean to *strike down Grandfather*! And when I have done so, I shall banish Bahamut to the aether!
125 124 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_131 124 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_131 Nothing you say will sway me from my course! I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> protect Eorzea, and I <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> uphold Grandfather's legacy! Nothing you say will sway me from my course! I *will* protect Eorzea, and I *will* uphold Grandfather's legacy!
126 125 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_132 125 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_132 Grandfather's legacy...? So you still do not know what you yourself desire. Your actions are still driven by borrowed resolve. Grandfather's legacy...? So you still do not know what you yourself desire. Your actions are still driven by borrowed resolve.
127 126 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_133 126 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_133 Borrowed resolve!? What does that have to do with anything!? Borrowed resolve!? What does that have to do with anything!?
128 127 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_134 127 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_134 Protecting Eorzea was Grandfather's goal, and we made it ours─both of us! That is why we came here, unless you have forgotten! Protecting Eorzea was Grandfather's goal, and we made it ours─both of us! That is why we came here, unless you have forgotten!
129 128 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_135 128 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_135 Gods forbid I should ever forget, Alisaie. But you misunderstand. I do not question your resolve, only whence it came. If it were your own, you would be able to tell me precisely <Emphasis>why</Emphasis> you desire so fervently to protect Eorzea. Gods forbid I should ever forget, Alisaie. But you misunderstand. I do not question your resolve, only whence it came. If it were your own, you would be able to tell me precisely *why* you desire so fervently to protect Eorzea.
130 129 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_136 129 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_136 Yet you cannot, for it is not <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> resolve, but Grandfather's. You may struggle to see the difference, but borrowed resolve shall never be as strong as that which springs from within. Yet you cannot, for it is not *your* resolve, but Grandfather's. You may struggle to see the difference, but borrowed resolve shall never be as strong as that which springs from within.
131 130 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_137 130 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_137 ...But let us speak of this another time. For now, preventing Bahamut's return is all that matters. ...But let us speak of this another time. For now, preventing Bahamut's return is all that matters.
132 131 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_138 131 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_138 To be plain, I have no objection to striking down whatever is left of Grandfather. Know, however, that I will be accompanying you this time. As a son of House Leveilleur, I would be present for his final moments. To be plain, I have no objection to striking down whatever is left of Grandfather. Know, however, that I will be accompanying you this time. As a son of House Leveilleur, I would be present for his final moments.
133 132 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_139 132 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_139 ...Very well. You may join us...on one condition: <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> make the decisions. ...Very well. You may join us...on one condition: *I* make the decisions.
134 133 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_140 133 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_140 If it please milady, the name's Erkenrad. Our preparations are just about complete. If it please milady, the name's Erkenrad. Our preparations are just about complete.
135 134 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_141 134 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_141 When you're ready to embark on your mission, just give me the word. I'll be waiting for you at the Ceruleum Processing Plant. When you're ready to embark on your mission, just give me the word. I'll be waiting for you at the Ceruleum Processing Plant.
136 135 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_142 135 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_142 Pay no heed to my brother. You can rely on me. We have come far together, you and I, and together we shall see our journey to its end. Pay no heed to my brother. You can rely on me. We have come far together, you and I, and together we shall see our journey to its end.
137 136 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_150 136 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_150 I've been waiting for you, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Mistress<Else/>Master</If> <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,2)/>. I'm pleased to say that the aetheryte's primed and ready. I've been waiting for you, Mistress . I'm pleased to say that the aetheryte's primed and ready.
138 137 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_151 137 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_151 As you know, the remaining internment hulks are connected to the fragments in eastern Thanalan and Mor Dhona. It's to the former that we'll be sending you first. As you know, the remaining internment hulks are connected to the fragments in eastern Thanalan and Mor Dhona. It's to the former that we'll be sending you first.
139 138 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_152 138 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_152 Now, you'll be starting <Emphasis>inside</Emphasis> the hulk, meaning you won't have to cover so much ground─the drawback being that you'll be fighting for your life from the moment you get there. Best be prepared for anything, for milady's sake if not your own. Now, you'll be starting *inside* the hulk, meaning you won't have to cover so much ground─the drawback being that you'll be fighting for your life from the moment you get there. Best be prepared for anything, for milady's sake if not your own.
140 139 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_153 139 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ERKENRAD_000_153 And that's about all I can tell you. When your preparations are in order, just give me the word, and I'll send you on your way. I may even throw in a prayer for your speedy return just to be on the safe side. And that's about all I can tell you. When your preparations are in order, just give me the word, and I'll send you on your way. I may even throw in a prayer for your speedy return just to be on the safe side.
141 140 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_154 140 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_154 You now have access to the Final Coil of Bahamut. The subterranean labyrinth can be accessed by speaking with Erkenrad. You now have access to the Final Coil of Bahamut. The subterranean labyrinth can be accessed by speaking with Erkenrad.
142 141 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_155 141 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_SYSTEM_000_155 For details such as the conditions of entry, speak with the flame sergeant. For details such as the conditions of entry, speak with the flame sergeant.
143 142 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_501 142 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_501 So this is how it looks on the inside... So this is how it looks on the inside...
144 143 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_502 143 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_502 This internment hulk still functions... This internment hulk still functions...
145 144 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_503 144 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_503 The teleportation was a success─we are come to the right place. The teleportation was a success─we are come to the right place.
146 145 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_504 145 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_504 There is no telling how much further Bahamut has regenerated since we last beheld him. There is no telling how much further Bahamut has regenerated since we last beheld him.
147 146 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_505 146 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_505 Let us make haste to the main bridge and deactivate the coil. Let us make haste to the main bridge and deactivate the coil.
148 147 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_506 147 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_506 There were receptacles similar to these in the previous hulk. There were receptacles similar to these in the previous hulk.
149 148 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_507 148 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_507 Those held chimerical beasts, but only the Allagans know what other abominations may be sleeping within. Those held chimerical beasts, but only the Allagans know what other abominations may be sleeping within.
150 149 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_508 149 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_508 They may well be part of Dalamud's internal defenses. We must stay on our guard at all times. They may well be part of Dalamud's internal defenses. We must stay on our guard at all times.
151 150 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_601 150 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_601 By the Twelve... Dragons...and so many... By the Twelve... Dragons...and so many...
152 151 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_602 151 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_602 We were aware that the Allagans possessed the means to control the creatures, but to imprison them thus is...barbaric. I would not wish such a fate upon my worst enemy. We were aware that the Allagans possessed the means to control the creatures, but to imprison them thus is...barbaric. I would not wish such a fate upon my worst enemy.
153 152 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_603 152 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_603 'Tis plain that no love was lost between the Allagans and the dragons, but was it truly necessary to keep so great a number here? 'Tis plain that no love was lost between the Allagans and the dragons, but was it truly necessary to keep so great a number here?
154 153 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_604 153 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_604 Dalamud did not want for defenses, this we have experienced firsthand. Such guardians as the Allagans created─both living and unliving─were surely no less capable of repelling intruders than these poor creatures... Dalamud did not want for defenses, this we have experienced firsthand. Such guardians as the Allagans created─both living and unliving─were surely no less capable of repelling intruders than these poor creatures...
155 154 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_605 154 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_605 Tell me something, Alisaie. Tell me something, Alisaie.
156 155 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_606 155 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_606 Have you not managed to determine by whose will Bahamut exists? Have you not managed to determine by whose will Bahamut exists?
157 156 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_607 156 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_607 No, I have not. At first, I assumed that Bahamut had no people of his own─that the Allagans had perhaps discovered a way to simulate prayer itself. No, I have not. At first, I assumed that Bahamut had no people of his own─that the Allagans had perhaps discovered a way to simulate prayer itself.
158 157 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_608 157 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_608 However, Nael's words gave me cause to reconsider─specifically, the shade's mention of Bahamut's “beloved children.” However, Nael's words gave me cause to reconsider─specifically, the shade's mention of Bahamut's “beloved children.”
159 158 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_609 158 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_609 From that, I inferred that the primal is given form by the will of worshipers whom we have yet to─ From that, I inferred that the primal is given form by the will of worshipers whom we have yet to─
160 159 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_610 159 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_610 Oh. Oh.
161 160 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_611 160 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_611 Gods strike me down for a blind fool! Gods strike me down for a blind fool!
162 161 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_612 161 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_612 Bahamut's beloved children, right there before my very eyes... How could I be so stupid? Bahamut's beloved children, right there before my very eyes... How could I be so stupid?
163 162 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_613 162 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_613 Who else but the dragons of eld would summon Bahamut? Who else but they could sustain him? And to think I wondered why the Allagans kept them imprisoned here! Who else but the dragons of eld would summon Bahamut? Who else but they could sustain him? And to think I wondered why the Allagans kept them imprisoned here!
164 163 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_614 163 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_614 Even should the flame of Bahamut's life go out, his faithful children would summon him back. Even should the flame of Bahamut's life go out, his faithful children would summon him back.
165 164 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_615 164 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_615 For this reason, the Allagan Empire kept an army of dragons here in a perpetual state of duress, that they might sustain the primal's existence. For this reason, the Allagan Empire kept an army of dragons here in a perpetual state of duress, that they might sustain the primal's existence.
166 165 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_616 165 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_616 Truly, the Allagans' ingenuity knew no bounds...and neither did their cruelty. Truly, the Allagans' ingenuity knew no bounds...and neither did their cruelty.
167 166 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_617 166 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_617 Small wonder that Bahamut was so enraged! Let no one deny that it was man who sowed the seeds of the Calamity! Small wonder that Bahamut was so enraged! Let no one deny that it was man who sowed the seeds of the Calamity!
168 167 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_618 167 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_618 Will you now turn your hatred towards our own kind, dear sister? Will you now turn your hatred towards our own kind, dear sister?
169 168 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_619 168 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_619 Do not patronize me, Alphinaud. I merely acknowledge our guilt. Do not patronize me, Alphinaud. I merely acknowledge our guilt.
170 169 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_620 169 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_620 Lest you be in any doubt, I have no intention of allowing Bahamut to lay the world to waste, regardless of the atrocities the Allagans committed against his kind. We have no choice but to eliminate all who worship him, be they his children or his thralls. Lest you be in any doubt, I have no intention of allowing Bahamut to lay the world to waste, regardless of the atrocities the Allagans committed against his kind. We have no choice but to eliminate all who worship him, be they his children or his thralls.
171 170 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_621 170 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_621 It seems reasonable to assume that the system responsible for the primal's regeneration is also responsible for sustaining the captive dragons. If we disable it, all should perish. Let us press on. It seems reasonable to assume that the system responsible for the primal's regeneration is also responsible for sustaining the captive dragons. If we disable it, all should perish. Let us press on.
172 171 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_701 171 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALPHINAUD_000_701 Why, this looks like... Why, this looks like...
173 172 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_702 172 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_702 A model of Dalamud, yes. A model of Dalamud, yes.
174 173 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_703 173 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_703 For millennia, Bahamut must have gazed at this unchanging view. For millennia, Bahamut must have gazed at this unchanging view.
175 174 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_704 174 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_704 Trapped inside a prison that was scarcely large enough to contain him, unable to move, denied the release of death... How his hatred for man must have burned. Trapped inside a prison that was scarcely large enough to contain him, unable to move, denied the release of death... How his hatred for man must have burned.
176 175 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_705 175 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_705 And that hatred found an ideal vessel in Nael van Darnus. And that hatred found an ideal vessel in Nael van Darnus.
177 176 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_706 176 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_706 In many ways, Bahamut is to be pitied, not loathed. But knowing the true extent of his fury, I am more convinced than ever of the necessity of our endeavor. In many ways, Bahamut is to be pitied, not loathed. But knowing the true extent of his fury, I am more convinced than ever of the necessity of our endeavor.
178 177 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_707 177 TEXT_GAIUSD501_00043_ALISAIE_000_707 Besides...his is not the only soul that cries out for vengeance! Besides...his is not the only soul that cries out for vengeance!
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