7.45 follow-up (#99)

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* 7.45 follow-up
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1,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_01","Professor Erik is ill pleased to discover that you and Widargelt gave him aetheric readings from the same location in your last outing. However, he has decided that this one error should not prevent you both from continuing in your capacity as his assistants. Once again, take the aetherometer given to you and travel to Larkscall in the East Shroud to record more field data."
2,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_02","You have dispatched the aetherbound kerns summoned forth by the presence of the aetherometer and finished taking the desired readings. Retrieve the professor's device."
3,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_03","You have gathered up the aetherometer. Head back to the Goldsmiths' Guild to deliver the latest batch of data to Professor Erik."
4,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_04","The professor can scarcely contain himself at the prospect of analyzing the results you have returned to him. However, he still seems to be harboring concerns over Widargelt. Speak with him again to learn more."
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48,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_000","You two played me for a fool. The data the simpleton monk brought me was absolutely <Emphasis>astounding</Emphasis>. Groundbreaking. Revolutionary. Yet I remained objective in my analysis, as a scholar must."
49,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_001","Poring over the data, I finally arrived at a disheartening conclusion: the two of you took measurements of the same area! The values were near identical─equivalences mocking me as I struggled to reconcile them."
50,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_002","I could neither sleep nor eat lest I waste time not drawing nearer the truth. And for what? Tell me. What is it you two were doing in the field?"
51,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_003","Bah, not this bloody chakra nonsense again! How many times must I tell you? It is naught but imperceptible aether. Call it what it is!"
52,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_004","And to think I had a mind to put your names under mine when my hypothesis was published! "
53,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_005","This life force, this spiritual energy, this godsforsaken eternal soul essence─I care not what primitive nomenclature those backward monks wish to assign it. It is <Emphasis>aether</Emphasis>, plain and simple!"
54,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_006","They claim they are able to manipulate and amplify it through discipline and the opening of the so-called chakra. False! This is nothing more than the aetherial regulation of organisms─a basic and natural concept. In an attempt to explain that which science does not yet fully understand, the monks have erected an institution of control."
55,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_007","Their preachings are unassailable by design─for none can disprove the existence of the unknowable. They promise power in return for abjection and servitude. Control and power, indeed! Only that of man! It is the very essence of a religion, and should be treated with contempt, as all religion should."
56,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_008","Aether resides in all living things, as do natural mechanisms with the capacity to regulate it. This is simply life─not some mystical, supernatural endowment. "
57,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_009","I concede, of course, that the heightened mental faculties of man allow for the potential to gain conscious control over those mechanisms. Indeed, it would appear that you and the simpleton monk have already achieved that end."
58,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_010","<sigh> The indiscretion and impertinence of youth... I suppose it can be forgiven─<Emphasis>once</Emphasis>. In my own youth, I was not the model of perfection you see before you. I too have made what some might call mistakes. Not myself, but some."
59,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_012","In our talks together, the simpleton monk often spoke of the seventh chakra. Its awakening is thought to be the highest achievement among the monkhood. Aye, I make it a habit to know the tenets of my intellectual enemies."
60,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_013","It was the flow of the aether within the two of you which betrayed your falsehood. The <Emphasis>whispering of your chakra</Emphasis>, as I'm sure the monks would rush to call it."
61,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_014","But serendipity most often visits the industrious! Just so, it is precisely these aetherial <Emphasis>whispers</Emphasis> that proved to be most intriguing. The waves of these sounds resonated perfectly with the aether of the battleground!"
62,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_015","I can see by your vapid expression that you are missing my point. Allow me to spell it out─it follows that if one were to visit a battlefield with a certain aetherial wave amplitude and frequency, it would resonate with one's <Emphasis>own</Emphasis> aether!"
63,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_016","This is the phenomenon responsible for the initial <Emphasis>opening</Emphasis> of your own <Emphasis>chakra</Emphasis>. <sigh> I cannot believe I am being reduced to speaking in these terms."
64,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_017","It stands to reason that for any aetherial wave, there may be a location that will resonate with it. Think of the implications, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
65,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_018","If the seventh chakra the monks speak of truly exists, then so, too, must an ultimate battleground to bond with it. The concentration of aether in such a place would be unlike anything ever recorded!"
66,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_019","I forgive your past treachery, guide me as it did to this great discovery. That, and I need you to do more work for me. Here, take this new aetherometer."
67,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_020","Make for Larkscall in the East Shroud. My research indicates it is a very promising tract indeed."
68,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_021","Set up the aetherometer as you have others in the past, and then kill whatever you must to obtain a strong reading."
69,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_022","Slaying beasts there will release the aether of the land they are steeped in, and it may then resonate with your own. I suppose in the primitive terms of the monkhood, that would translate to the expansion of your chakra."
70,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_023","Oh, and you'll not be crossing paths with the simpleton monk this time. I will be sending him to take readings at East End. I've no intentions of allowing you two to conspire to impede my research again."
71,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_024","If you care to know more about the events that have transpired at Larkscall, I suggest you pay a visit to your local library. East End, on the other hand, is a fascinating subject of which I never tire speaking. Ask me about it any time if your curiosity ever gets the better of you."
72,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_030","I very much look forward to the readings of both your and Widargelt's aetherometers. What's this? You've already finished!? Then what are you standing there talking for? Come, come, give me the aetherometer!"
73,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_031","Amazing... Simply amazing! And your soul crystal... It's glowing more vibrantly than ever before, is it not?"
74,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_032","I will begin my analysis of the data with all haste! You've come to be quite the model pupil, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Would that I could say the same of the monk simpleton. <sigh>"
75,"TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_033","I can see the feeble gears turning in your mind. Come, there is no need to feel shame at your ignorance. If you wish to know what has transpired, you need only ask. I promise to use small words."
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2,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_02,You have dispatched the aetherbound kerns summoned forth by the presence of the aetherometer and finished taking the desired readings. Retrieve the professor's device.
3,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_03,You have gathered up the aetherometer. Head back to the Goldsmiths' Guild to deliver the latest batch of data to Professor Erik.
4,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_SEQ_04,"The professor can scarcely contain himself at the prospect of analyzing the results you have returned to him. However, he still seems to be harboring concerns over Widargelt. Speak with him again to learn more."
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49,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_001,"Poring over the data, I finally arrived at a disheartening conclusion: the two of you took measurements of the same area! The values were near identical─equivalences mocking me as I struggled to reconcile them."
50,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_002,I could neither sleep nor eat lest I waste time not drawing nearer the truth. And for what? Tell me. What is it you two were doing in the field?
51,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_003,"Bah, not this bloody chakra nonsense again! How many times must I tell you? It is naught but imperceptible aether. Call it what it is!"
52,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_004,And to think I had a mind to put your names under mine when my hypothesis was published!
53,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_005,"This life force, this spiritual energy, this godsforsaken eternal soul essence─I care not what primitive nomenclature those backward monks wish to assign it. It is *aether*, plain and simple!"
54,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_006,"They claim they are able to manipulate and amplify it through discipline and the opening of the so-called chakra. False! This is nothing more than the aetherial regulation of organisms─a basic and natural concept. In an attempt to explain that which science does not yet fully understand, the monks have erected an institution of control."
55,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_007,"Their preachings are unassailable by design─for none can disprove the existence of the unknowable. They promise power in return for abjection and servitude. Control and power, indeed! Only that of man! It is the very essence of a religion, and should be treated with contempt, as all religion should."
56,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_008,"Aether resides in all living things, as do natural mechanisms with the capacity to regulate it. This is simply life─not some mystical, supernatural endowment. "
57,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_009,"I concede, of course, that the heightened mental faculties of man allow for the potential to gain conscious control over those mechanisms. Indeed, it would appear that you and the simpleton monk have already achieved that end."
58,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_010,"<sigh> The indiscretion and impertinence of youth... I suppose it can be forgiven─*once*. In my own youth, I was not the model of perfection you see before you. I too have made what some might call mistakes. Not myself, but some."
59,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_012,"In our talks together, the simpleton monk often spoke of the seventh chakra. Its awakening is thought to be the highest achievement among the monkhood. Aye, I make it a habit to know the tenets of my intellectual enemies."
60,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_013,"It was the flow of the aether within the two of you which betrayed your falsehood. The *whispering of your chakra*, as I'm sure the monks would rush to call it."
61,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_014,"But serendipity most often visits the industrious! Just so, it is precisely these aetherial *whispers* that proved to be most intriguing. The waves of these sounds resonated perfectly with the aether of the battleground!"
62,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_015,"I can see by your vapid expression that you are missing my point. Allow me to spell it out─it follows that if one were to visit a battlefield with a certain aetherial wave amplitude and frequency, it would resonate with one's *own* aether!"
63,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_016,This is the phenomenon responsible for the initial *opening* of your own *chakra*. <sigh> I cannot believe I am being reduced to speaking in these terms.
64,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_017,"It stands to reason that for any aetherial wave, there may be a location that will resonate with it. Think of the implications, Player!"
65,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_018,"If the seventh chakra the monks speak of truly exists, then so, too, must an ultimate battleground to bond with it. The concentration of aether in such a place would be unlike anything ever recorded!"
66,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_019,"I forgive your past treachery, guide me as it did to this great discovery. That, and I need you to do more work for me. Here, take this new aetherometer."
67,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_020,Make for Larkscall in the East Shroud. My research indicates it is a very promising tract indeed.
68,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_021,"Set up the aetherometer as you have others in the past, and then kill whatever you must to obtain a strong reading."
69,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_022,"Slaying beasts there will release the aether of the land they are steeped in, and it may then resonate with your own. I suppose in the primitive terms of the monkhood, that would translate to the expansion of your chakra."
70,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_023,"Oh, and you'll not be crossing paths with the simpleton monk this time. I will be sending him to take readings at East End. I've no intentions of allowing you two to conspire to impede my research again."
71,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_024,"If you care to know more about the events that have transpired at Larkscall, I suggest you pay a visit to your local library. East End, on the other hand, is a fascinating subject of which I never tire speaking. Ask me about it any time if your curiosity ever gets the better of you."
72,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_030,"I very much look forward to the readings of both your and Widargelt's aetherometers. What's this? You've already finished!? Then what are you standing there talking for? Come, come, give me the aetherometer!"
73,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_031,"Amazing... Simply amazing! And your soul crystal... It's glowing more vibrantly than ever before, is it not?"
74,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_032,"I will begin my analysis of the data with all haste! You've come to be quite the model pupil, Player. Would that I could say the same of the monk simpleton. <sigh>"
75,TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_033,"I can see the feeble gears turning in your mind. Come, there is no need to feel shame at your ignorance. If you wish to know what has transpired, you need only ask. I promise to use small words."
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49 45 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_TODO_21 48 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_000 You two played me for a fool. The data the simpleton monk brought me was absolutely *astounding*. Groundbreaking. Revolutionary. Yet I remained objective in my analysis, as a scholar must.
50 46 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_TODO_22 49 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_001 Poring over the data, I finally arrived at a disheartening conclusion: the two of you took measurements of the same area! The values were near identical─equivalences mocking me as I struggled to reconcile them.
51 47 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_TODO_23 50 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_002 I could neither sleep nor eat lest I waste time not drawing nearer the truth. And for what? Tell me. What is it you two were doing in the field?
52 48 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_000 51 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_003 You two played me for a fool. The data the simpleton monk brought me was absolutely <Emphasis>astounding</Emphasis>. Groundbreaking. Revolutionary. Yet I remained objective in my analysis, as a scholar must. Bah, not this bloody chakra nonsense again! How many times must I tell you? It is naught but imperceptible aether. Call it what it is!
53 49 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_001 52 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_004 Poring over the data, I finally arrived at a disheartening conclusion: the two of you took measurements of the same area! The values were near identical─equivalences mocking me as I struggled to reconcile them. And to think I had a mind to put your names under mine when my hypothesis was published!
54 50 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_002 53 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_005 I could neither sleep nor eat lest I waste time not drawing nearer the truth. And for what? Tell me. What is it you two were doing in the field? This life force, this spiritual energy, this godsforsaken eternal soul essence─I care not what primitive nomenclature those backward monks wish to assign it. It is *aether*, plain and simple!
55 51 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_003 54 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_006 Bah, not this bloody chakra nonsense again! How many times must I tell you? It is naught but imperceptible aether. Call it what it is! They claim they are able to manipulate and amplify it through discipline and the opening of the so-called chakra. False! This is nothing more than the aetherial regulation of organisms─a basic and natural concept. In an attempt to explain that which science does not yet fully understand, the monks have erected an institution of control.
56 52 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_004 55 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_007 And to think I had a mind to put your names under mine when my hypothesis was published! Their preachings are unassailable by design─for none can disprove the existence of the unknowable. They promise power in return for abjection and servitude. Control and power, indeed! Only that of man! It is the very essence of a religion, and should be treated with contempt, as all religion should.
57 53 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_005 56 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_008 This life force, this spiritual energy, this godsforsaken eternal soul essence─I care not what primitive nomenclature those backward monks wish to assign it. It is <Emphasis>aether</Emphasis>, plain and simple! Aether resides in all living things, as do natural mechanisms with the capacity to regulate it. This is simply life─not some mystical, supernatural endowment.
58 54 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_006 57 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_009 They claim they are able to manipulate and amplify it through discipline and the opening of the so-called chakra. False! This is nothing more than the aetherial regulation of organisms─a basic and natural concept. In an attempt to explain that which science does not yet fully understand, the monks have erected an institution of control. I concede, of course, that the heightened mental faculties of man allow for the potential to gain conscious control over those mechanisms. Indeed, it would appear that you and the simpleton monk have already achieved that end.
59 55 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_007 58 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_010 Their preachings are unassailable by design─for none can disprove the existence of the unknowable. They promise power in return for abjection and servitude. Control and power, indeed! Only that of man! It is the very essence of a religion, and should be treated with contempt, as all religion should. <sigh> The indiscretion and impertinence of youth... I suppose it can be forgiven─*once*. In my own youth, I was not the model of perfection you see before you. I too have made what some might call mistakes. Not myself, but some.
60 56 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_008 59 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_012 Aether resides in all living things, as do natural mechanisms with the capacity to regulate it. This is simply life─not some mystical, supernatural endowment. In our talks together, the simpleton monk often spoke of the seventh chakra. Its awakening is thought to be the highest achievement among the monkhood. Aye, I make it a habit to know the tenets of my intellectual enemies.
61 57 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_009 60 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_013 I concede, of course, that the heightened mental faculties of man allow for the potential to gain conscious control over those mechanisms. Indeed, it would appear that you and the simpleton monk have already achieved that end. It was the flow of the aether within the two of you which betrayed your falsehood. The *whispering of your chakra*, as I'm sure the monks would rush to call it.
62 58 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_010 61 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_014 <sigh> The indiscretion and impertinence of youth... I suppose it can be forgiven─<Emphasis>once</Emphasis>. In my own youth, I was not the model of perfection you see before you. I too have made what some might call mistakes. Not myself, but some. But serendipity most often visits the industrious! Just so, it is precisely these aetherial *whispers* that proved to be most intriguing. The waves of these sounds resonated perfectly with the aether of the battleground!
63 59 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_012 62 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_015 In our talks together, the simpleton monk often spoke of the seventh chakra. Its awakening is thought to be the highest achievement among the monkhood. Aye, I make it a habit to know the tenets of my intellectual enemies. I can see by your vapid expression that you are missing my point. Allow me to spell it out─it follows that if one were to visit a battlefield with a certain aetherial wave amplitude and frequency, it would resonate with one's *own* aether!
64 60 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_013 63 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_016 It was the flow of the aether within the two of you which betrayed your falsehood. The <Emphasis>whispering of your chakra</Emphasis>, as I'm sure the monks would rush to call it. This is the phenomenon responsible for the initial *opening* of your own *chakra*. <sigh> I cannot believe I am being reduced to speaking in these terms.
65 61 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_014 64 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_017 But serendipity most often visits the industrious! Just so, it is precisely these aetherial <Emphasis>whispers</Emphasis> that proved to be most intriguing. The waves of these sounds resonated perfectly with the aether of the battleground! It stands to reason that for any aetherial wave, there may be a location that will resonate with it. Think of the implications, Player!
66 62 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_015 65 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_018 I can see by your vapid expression that you are missing my point. Allow me to spell it out─it follows that if one were to visit a battlefield with a certain aetherial wave amplitude and frequency, it would resonate with one's <Emphasis>own</Emphasis> aether! If the seventh chakra the monks speak of truly exists, then so, too, must an ultimate battleground to bond with it. The concentration of aether in such a place would be unlike anything ever recorded!
67 63 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_016 66 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_019 This is the phenomenon responsible for the initial <Emphasis>opening</Emphasis> of your own <Emphasis>chakra</Emphasis>. <sigh> I cannot believe I am being reduced to speaking in these terms. I forgive your past treachery, guide me as it did to this great discovery. That, and I need you to do more work for me. Here, take this new aetherometer.
68 64 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_017 67 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_020 It stands to reason that for any aetherial wave, there may be a location that will resonate with it. Think of the implications, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Make for Larkscall in the East Shroud. My research indicates it is a very promising tract indeed.
69 65 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_018 68 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_021 If the seventh chakra the monks speak of truly exists, then so, too, must an ultimate battleground to bond with it. The concentration of aether in such a place would be unlike anything ever recorded! Set up the aetherometer as you have others in the past, and then kill whatever you must to obtain a strong reading.
70 66 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_019 69 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_022 I forgive your past treachery, guide me as it did to this great discovery. That, and I need you to do more work for me. Here, take this new aetherometer. Slaying beasts there will release the aether of the land they are steeped in, and it may then resonate with your own. I suppose in the primitive terms of the monkhood, that would translate to the expansion of your chakra.
71 67 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_020 70 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_023 Make for Larkscall in the East Shroud. My research indicates it is a very promising tract indeed. Oh, and you'll not be crossing paths with the simpleton monk this time. I will be sending him to take readings at East End. I've no intentions of allowing you two to conspire to impede my research again.
72 68 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_021 71 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_024 Set up the aetherometer as you have others in the past, and then kill whatever you must to obtain a strong reading. If you care to know more about the events that have transpired at Larkscall, I suggest you pay a visit to your local library. East End, on the other hand, is a fascinating subject of which I never tire speaking. Ask me about it any time if your curiosity ever gets the better of you.
73 69 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_022 72 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_030 Slaying beasts there will release the aether of the land they are steeped in, and it may then resonate with your own. I suppose in the primitive terms of the monkhood, that would translate to the expansion of your chakra. I very much look forward to the readings of both your and Widargelt's aetherometers. What's this? You've already finished!? Then what are you standing there talking for? Come, come, give me the aetherometer!
74 70 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_023 73 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_031 Oh, and you'll not be crossing paths with the simpleton monk this time. I will be sending him to take readings at East End. I've no intentions of allowing you two to conspire to impede my research again. Amazing... Simply amazing! And your soul crystal... It's glowing more vibrantly than ever before, is it not?
75 71 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_024 74 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_032 If you care to know more about the events that have transpired at Larkscall, I suggest you pay a visit to your local library. East End, on the other hand, is a fascinating subject of which I never tire speaking. Ask me about it any time if your curiosity ever gets the better of you. I will begin my analysis of the data with all haste! You've come to be quite the model pupil, Player. Would that I could say the same of the monk simpleton. <sigh>
76 72 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_030 75 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_033 I very much look forward to the readings of both your and Widargelt's aetherometers. What's this? You've already finished!? Then what are you standing there talking for? Come, come, give me the aetherometer! I can see the feeble gears turning in your mind. Come, there is no need to feel shame at your ignorance. If you wish to know what has transpired, you need only ask. I promise to use small words.
77 73 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_031 76 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_POP_MESSAGE Amazing... Simply amazing! And your soul crystal... It's glowing more vibrantly than ever before, is it not? You sense a hostile presence!
74 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_032 I will begin my analysis of the data with all haste! You've come to be quite the model pupil, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. Would that I could say the same of the monk simpleton. <sigh>
75 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_ERIK_000_033 I can see the feeble gears turning in your mind. Come, there is no need to feel shame at your ignorance. If you wish to know what has transpired, you need only ask. I promise to use small words.
76 TEXT_JOBMNK450_01064_POP_MESSAGE You sense a hostile presence!