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0,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_00","Erichthonios seems eager to dispel Lahabrea's doubts."
1,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_01","Lahabrea is impressed with your victory over Hegemone, and gives you leave to proceed deeper into Pandæmonium. However, he insists that Erichthonios stay behind, fearing him to be a liability during such a dangerous endeavor. The warder lashes out at his father, but is abruptly overcome by dark forces and spirited away to depths unknown. Time will be of the essence in determining your next course of action."
2,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_02","With Erichthonios now at the mercy of Hephaistos's experiments, the only option is to press forward as quickly as possible to Tartaros, the deepest part of Pandæmonium. Agdistis, the final keyward, stands in your way, and although she is hidden away in the facility's liminal spaces, your aether allows you to be conveyed directly to her lair. Make ready to test your mettle against Pandæmonium's most gifted keyward.
0,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_00,Erichthonios seems eager to dispel Lahabrea's doubts.
1,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_01,"Lahabrea is impressed with your victory over Hegemone, and gives you leave to proceed deeper into Pandæmonium. However, he insists that Erichthonios stay behind, fearing him to be a liability during such a dangerous endeavor. The warder lashes out at his father, but is abruptly overcome by dark forces and spirited away to depths unknown. Time will be of the essence in determining your next course of action."
2,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_02,"With Erichthonios now at the mercy of Hephaistos's experiments, the only option is to press forward as quickly as possible to Tartaros, the deepest part of Pandæmonium. Agdistis, the final keyward, stands in your way, and although she is hidden away in the facility's liminal spaces, your aether allows you to be conveyed directly to her lair. Make ready to test your mettle against Pandæmonium's most gifted keyward.
※Abyssos: The Seventh Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder."
3,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_03","Hephaistos's attempts to create an immortal hemitheos have left little of Agdistis's once-brilliant mind behind, which is perhaps your saving grace in overcoming her primal fury. Having emerged victorious, you stand alone in the howling void."
4,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_04","Ere you can begin to panic about your means of return to the gates, Themis and Lahabrea appear, seemingly ushered to your location as if by an outside force. As you ponder this mystery, the essence of Agdistis materializes before you, and you recognize her voice as the one vaguely heard throughout your investigation. With the last of her waning strength, she reveals a truth that Lahabrea long concealed for his son's peace of mind─namely, that Athena intended to use Erichthonios as a test subject for her experiments. Pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place, with the promise of more to be found as you make ready to confront Hephaistos at last."
5,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_05","While Lahabrea grumbles about Agdistis's gall in putting his past on display, he also surmises that she was glad to face such a strong foe at the last─as close to an admission of sorrow as you are likely to hear from him. With the path into Tartaros clear, there is nowhere left to go but down..."
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24,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_00","Speak with Lahabrea."
25,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_01","Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle."
26,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_02","Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle."
27,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_03","Speak with Lahabrea."
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48,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_000","I could sense from here that Hegemone had been contained. The effect of Hephaistos's tinkering is even more dire than I had imagined..."
49,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_005","As is to be expected, Erichthonios appears quite pleased with our victory."
50,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100","...Our plan was a success, although I hardly need to tell you that. Hegemone has been sealed away, and now you have no choice but to admit the merit in our methods."
51,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_101","You have the right of it. I am not so petty as to deny the achievements of those I've squabbled with, no matter how strongly we disagree."
52,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_102","Moreover, this being─aether as thin as retreating mist, unable to wield creation magicks, yet powerful enough to subdue a hemitheos─has made this ordeal far more interesting."
53,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_103","Then we have leave to continue?"
54,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_104","As for that...there is one among you whose very presence puts the others at risk. 'Twould be best to proceed without him, for failure would have consequences that reach far beyond Pandæmonium."
55,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_105","...And of whom do you speak?"
56,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_106","A warder who cannot even conduct his duty without aid. In this place, hope alone is not enough to overcome what awaits you. A single misstep will send all to their doom."
57,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_107","So long as we each do our part and look to the allies by our side, even a neophyte can upraise his companions. That's something that <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> and Themis taught me."
58,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_108","While I do not wish to express any bias, I am inclined to agree. If my investigation has made anything clear, it is that we are together greater than the sum of our parts."
59,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_109","And hope has brought us this far! It drives us to seek the <Emphasis>right</Emphasis> path─and to act before that path lies closed to us."
60,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_110","Then tell me─what is it you hope for?"
61,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_111","To see Hephaistos in chains. That's the surest way to prevent further sacrifices."
62,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_112","I'm aware that destroying Pandæmonium would rid us of him, but the cost is far too great."
63,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_113","And I admit...I wish to know how he means to resurrect Athena."
64,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_114","...And there we have it."
65,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_115","You must leave this place at once. And do not think to set foot in Pandæmonium again."
66,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_116","You are capable, that much is plain. Yet Hephaistos cannot be suffered to live. And I shall not allow his talk of resurrection to poison mine or anyone else's mind."
67,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_117","Life flows in a cycle. This is known."
68,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_118","All souls return to the Underworld, and Athena's is no exception. She has likely found a new vessel─and a new journey to embark upon."
69,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_119","You cannot be ignorant to the folly of Hephaistos's words. Even were he to breathe life into a body, the soul contained within would not be your mother's."
70,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_120","What if our knowledge is imperfect? What if Hephaistos has discovered something that no one else has?"
71,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_121","He knows all that you do. Understands the bitter reality of the world. He wouldn't pursue the impossible!"
72,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_122","Think, Erichthonios. I have already explained that he is merely my twisted reflection. Is it worth bringing back your mother if it means others are used and discarded like tools?"
73,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_123","Is it worth it? To see her once more..."
74,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_124","<Emphasis>Now</Emphasis> you measure the worth of your colleagues' lives? What was that foolish braying about saving them? Merely a performance to hide your childish devotion to your mother?"
75,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_125","Please, such barbs will get us nowhere. We should first discuss─"
76,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_126","You would call <Emphasis>me</Emphasis> “fool”? You, who murdered your wife in service of your ambition!? “For the sake of the star,” no doubt..."
77,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_127","Ungh... I can hear it again. That voice...inside my head..."
78,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_128","I know who to follow... Hephaistos... Father!"
79,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_129","Mother... Oh, I love you so! And this voice...will guide me to you!"
80,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_130","(-Distant Voice-)No, listen not! Listen not, Erichthonios!"
81,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_131","Apologies. You taught me that a calm heart stays the course...but I could never even grasp the rudder."
82,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_150","This was Hephaistos's work, there can be no doubt. It seems he learned from his previous failure."
83,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_170","Hephaistos is cunning despite his warped mind. Whatever took hold of Erichthonios, it made short work of his reason."
84,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_171","From the moment he laid eyes upon me, I could sense his hatred and rage simmering below the surface. 'Twas but a matter of time until it spilled forth─and that was when he fell into the spell's embrace."
85,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_172","A magic woven with such skill that Erichthonios himself failed to notice until it was too late."
86,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_173","If this is the measure of Hephaistos's power, then the other keywards had little chance to resist it."
87,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_100_173","We saw his work during our encounter with Hesperos. Doubtless Hephaistos's magicks fed his admiration and envy until there was room for naught else in his heart."
88,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_174","And there was something else besides... Did you not feel the presence of another?"
89,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_175","As I thought. Someone was trying to warn Erichthonios, but whom? Could it have been one of the keywards?"
90,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_176","Alas, their warning arrived too late. I had already provoked Erichthonios past the point of no return."
91,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_177","I bear the burden for this failure. In my stubbornness I could but scorn the boy, and Hephaistos knew that."
92,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_178","And now I dread to think of the ordeal that awaits him due to my rashness..."
93,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_179","...There is time yet to save him. We can easily regain control of Abyssos, giving us a firm foothold from which to brave Pandæmonium's lowest level. The enemy is within reach."
94,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_180","Just as with Hesperos, Erichthonios is in danger of being consumed by Hephaistos's spell. However, I have faith that he will not easily lose sight of himself!"
95,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_181","The way forward is clear. Lahabrea, pray tell us all you know of what we shall find beyond Abyssos. I can only assume one more keyward lies in wait."
96,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_182","The deepest level of Pandæmonium is called Tartaros, and your passage shall be challenged not only by a keyward..."
97,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_183","Hephaistos has laid traps in every corner of its halls. You have no hope of surviving far past the threshold."
98,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_184","...That, I expect, is where <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> shall shine."
99,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_185","<If(PlayerParameter(4))>Her<Else/>His</If> dissolute aether shall allow <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> to slip through the traps unimpeded. We saw it when Hephaistos's had no effect, and doubtless even he has yet to devise a countermeasure."
100,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_186","Then time is of the essence. Hephaistos is already well aware that you can match a keyward in battle─he will not stand idle while you stroll past his other defenses at your leisure."
101,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_187","Agreed. However, clarity will be indispensable to our success, and I'm afraid I must insist upon it ere we depart."
102,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_188","We have yet to discern to what end Hephaistos would use Erichthonios. If you know, I would ask that you enlighten us."
103,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_189","And then there is the matter of Athena. Why do you so fiercely rebuke Erichthonios's feelings for his mother?"
104,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_190","While I understand the very thought of resurrecting the dead is anathema, you act as if grief over her passing should be equally so. How are we to grapple with what plagues our friend and drives our foe if you refuse to acknowledge it?"
105,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_191","I do acknowledge it. I wish only to spare those that feel it still greater pain."
106,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_Q1_000_100","What will you say?"
107,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A1_000_100","Did you mean to protect Erichthonios with your silence?"
108,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A2_000_100","So instead of being honest, you bicker like a child?"
109,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A3_000_100","And so you drove your own son over the edge."
110,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_195","How dare you..."
111,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_196","...No, no. You are right. The blame for Erichthonios's fate rests squarely on my shoulders."
112,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_197","Very well. I shall lay bare the truth, but only after the foe before us has been laid low."
113,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_198","The remaining keyward is Agdistis. She has served in Pandæmonium since its inception, and her affinity for magic is peerless even among the keywards."
114,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_199","Hephaistos knows that losing her would mean the end of his experiments. He has hidden her in a space unreachable by conventional means."
115,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_200","But your presence makes mockery of such barriers. The scarcity of your aether means it will be trivial to send you directly to Agdistis."
116,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_201","We shall approach as closely as caution will allow. We know where the battle will commence, so I do not anticipate difficulty in detecting your presence."
117,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_202","From afar, I shall do my best to provide you with ground on which to fight and phantom allies to aid you. As for the interment, I have yet to think of a foolproof method..."
118,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_203","Interment shall not be necessary."
119,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_204","From here I can sense Agdistis's essence...but it is scarcely recognizable. Hephaistos was more ambitious with her than he was with Hegemone. She has been transfigured such that barely a scantling of her self remains."
120,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_205","We can but take comfort in what a mercy the Underworld will be to her."
121,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_220","I shall establish control of Abyssos while keeping an eye on your battle. When the dust has settled, Hephaistos will have nowhere left to flee."
122,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_225","I sense that Hephaistos has come close to perfecting his image of a hemitheos. Which means his research is in its final stage..."
123,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_500","The moment Agdistis was slain, the flow of aether in Pandæmonium focused keenly on this location, creating a tunnel of sorts through which we could quickly convey ourselves. 'Twas almost as if we were ushered here..."
124,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_501","This space was created with care, and concealed with powerful wards. Only a keyward would have been able to detect it, and even then with great difficulty. Ergo..."
125,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_502","If only I could restore Tartaros to order...but I am afraid this is the most I can manage with such power as remains to me."
126,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_503","It has been too long, Master Lahabrea."
127,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_504","Likewise, Keyward Agdistis. I should not be surprised you were able to break free of Hephaistos's spells, even diminished as you were."
128,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_505","'Twas not an easy task, even with your aid. His curses dig into one's heart, creating a storm of emotions that is all too easy to become lost in. Only by chance did a fragment of my self remain, illuminating a path through the madness."
129,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_506","And thus am I able to appear before you now. Even while my body was powerless to resist Hephaistos's commands, some small part of my logical mind stood alone in defiance. It even managed to speak to the outside world."
130,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_507","...The report. That was you!"
131,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_508","Doubtless you recognize my voice from the many times I have called out to you. The hope that those pleas would not fall on deaf ears was all that kept me from succumbing to hopelessness."
132,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_509","But I have a greater purpose here than simply saying my farewells. There is something you must know, that the tragedies of the past do not repeat in the present."
133,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_510","Forgive me for what I am about to do, Master Lahabrea, but the story must be told. 'Tis the only way to understand Hephaistos's fixation on Erichthonios."
134,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_511","No longer can you hide your heart away..."
135,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_512","Hephaistos? No, the mask marks him as Lahabrea..."
136,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_513","Master Lahabrea had brought an end to Lady Athena's life, and sealed away a part of his memories and emotions within Hephaistos. These are my recollections of the moments following."
137,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_514","...And you truly have no intention of revealing the truth to Erichthonios?"
138,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_515","My lesser half is now buried where none can find it. We would be wise to do the same with our memory of this day."
139,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_516","Blood should not sway the spirit so, but Athena's teachings have warped the boy. I fear he would see our star burn to keep his mother safe."
140,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_517","Erichthonios believes that he feels love, but he is shackled by dependence. He could not bear the truth."
141,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_518","His dependence makes it all the more important to be open with him. He will seek answers about his mother's loss, which shall inevitably lead him to you. Are you willing to accept the blame for Athena's death? Are you willing to accept your son's hatred?"
142,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_519","If that is what comes to pass, then so be it. Better to be burdened with hatred than the knowledge that Athena thought his body and soul mere tools. To be used and discarded..."
143,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_520","Even were I to tell him what his mother plotted, he would ever seek reasons to believe that the true fault lies with me─or with him. Should he merely hate me, he will remain unfettered by doubt─free to serve the star far from his parents' shadow."
144,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_521","Erichthonios loved his mother more than life itself, and yet... What a dreadful truth you've borne all this time."
145,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_523","Such is Lahabrea's nature. Every action, every word a solution to life's great dilemmas─and none to spare for his own."
146,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_524","What I have revealed to you is but a small portion of a larger picture. I shall leave it to Lahabrea to paint the rest for you─and for Erichthonios, I hope."
147,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_525","Thank you, Agdistis."
148,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_526","I always admired you, you know. What choice did I have, when you sacrificed so much to guide our star to the heavens?"
149,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_527","Hephaistos has doubtless sensed that his final keyward has fallen. We should return to the surface before he moves to strike us here."
150,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_528","If we are to face him, we must be prepared to bring our full strength to bear."
151,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_540","It was Erichthonios's hatred of his father that caused him to fall victim to Hephaistos's magicks. Yet the roots of that hatred were born from a son's love..."
152,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_541","...A love nurtured not by a mother caring for her offspring, but by a researcher creating the ideal test subject. Pandæmonium abounds with demons indeed..."
153,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_550","Agdistis was ever a bold woman, even in her final moments. That she would unearth the secrets of my past for all to look upon..."
154,"TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_551","...Still, full glad am I that she faced you as her last opponent. I could think of none more worthy to send her soul off to the other side."
3,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_03,"Hephaistos's attempts to create an immortal hemitheos have left little of Agdistis's once-brilliant mind behind, which is perhaps your saving grace in overcoming her primal fury. Having emerged victorious, you stand alone in the howling void."
4,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_04,"Ere you can begin to panic about your means of return to the gates, Themis and Lahabrea appear, seemingly ushered to your location as if by an outside force. As you ponder this mystery, the essence of Agdistis materializes before you, and you recognize her voice as the one vaguely heard throughout your investigation. With the last of her waning strength, she reveals a truth that Lahabrea long concealed for his son's peace of mind─namely, that Athena intended to use Erichthonios as a test subject for her experiments. Pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place, with the promise of more to be found as you make ready to confront Hephaistos at last."
5,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_05,"While Lahabrea grumbles about Agdistis's gall in putting his past on display, he also surmises that she was glad to face such a strong foe at the last─as close to an admission of sorrow as you are likely to hear from him. With the path into Tartaros clear, there is nowhere left to go but down..."
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24,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_00,Speak with Lahabrea.
25,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_01,Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle.
26,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_02,Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle.
27,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_03,Speak with Lahabrea.
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48,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_000,I could sense from here that Hegemone had been contained. The effect of Hephaistos's tinkering is even more dire than I had imagined...
49,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_005,"As is to be expected, Erichthonios appears quite pleased with our victory."
50,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100,"...Our plan was a success, although I hardly need to tell you that. Hegemone has been sealed away, and now you have no choice but to admit the merit in our methods."
51,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_101,"You have the right of it. I am not so petty as to deny the achievements of those I've squabbled with, no matter how strongly we disagree."
52,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_102,"Moreover, this being─aether as thin as retreating mist, unable to wield creation magicks, yet powerful enough to subdue a hemitheos─has made this ordeal far more interesting."
53,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_103,Then we have leave to continue?
54,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_104,"As for that...there is one among you whose very presence puts the others at risk. 'Twould be best to proceed without him, for failure would have consequences that reach far beyond Pandæmonium."
55,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_105,...And of whom do you speak?
56,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_106,"A warder who cannot even conduct his duty without aid. In this place, hope alone is not enough to overcome what awaits you. A single misstep will send all to their doom."
57,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_107,"So long as we each do our part and look to the allies by our side, even a neophyte can upraise his companions. That's something that Player and Themis taught me."
58,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_108,"While I do not wish to express any bias, I am inclined to agree. If my investigation has made anything clear, it is that we are together greater than the sum of our parts."
59,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_109,And hope has brought us this far! It drives us to seek the *right* path─and to act before that path lies closed to us.
60,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_110,Then tell me─what is it you hope for?
61,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_111,To see Hephaistos in chains. That's the surest way to prevent further sacrifices.
62,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_112,"I'm aware that destroying Pandæmonium would rid us of him, but the cost is far too great."
63,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_113,And I admit...I wish to know how he means to resurrect Athena.
64,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_114,...And there we have it.
65,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_115,You must leave this place at once. And do not think to set foot in Pandæmonium again.
66,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_116,"You are capable, that much is plain. Yet Hephaistos cannot be suffered to live. And I shall not allow his talk of resurrection to poison mine or anyone else's mind."
67,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_117,Life flows in a cycle. This is known.
68,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_118,"All souls return to the Underworld, and Athena's is no exception. She has likely found a new vessel─and a new journey to embark upon."
69,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_119,"You cannot be ignorant to the folly of Hephaistos's words. Even were he to breathe life into a body, the soul contained within would not be your mother's."
70,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_120,What if our knowledge is imperfect? What if Hephaistos has discovered something that no one else has?
71,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_121,He knows all that you do. Understands the bitter reality of the world. He wouldn't pursue the impossible!
72,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_122,"Think, Erichthonios. I have already explained that he is merely my twisted reflection. Is it worth bringing back your mother if it means others are used and discarded like tools?"
73,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_123,Is it worth it? To see her once more...
74,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_124,*Now* you measure the worth of your colleagues' lives? What was that foolish braying about saving them? Merely a performance to hide your childish devotion to your mother?
75,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_125,"Please, such barbs will get us nowhere. We should first discuss─"
76,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_126,"You would call *me* “fool”? You, who murdered your wife in service of your ambition!? “For the sake of the star,” no doubt..."
77,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_127,Ungh... I can hear it again. That voice...inside my head...
78,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_128,I know who to follow... Hephaistos... Father!
79,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_129,"Mother... Oh, I love you so! And this voice...will guide me to you!"
80,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_130,"(-Distant Voice-)No, listen not! Listen not, Erichthonios!"
81,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_131,Apologies. You taught me that a calm heart stays the course...but I could never even grasp the rudder.
82,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_150,"This was Hephaistos's work, there can be no doubt. It seems he learned from his previous failure."
83,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_170,"Hephaistos is cunning despite his warped mind. Whatever took hold of Erichthonios, it made short work of his reason."
84,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_171,"From the moment he laid eyes upon me, I could sense his hatred and rage simmering below the surface. 'Twas but a matter of time until it spilled forth─and that was when he fell into the spell's embrace."
85,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_172,A magic woven with such skill that Erichthonios himself failed to notice until it was too late.
86,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_173,"If this is the measure of Hephaistos's power, then the other keywards had little chance to resist it."
87,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_100_173,We saw his work during our encounter with Hesperos. Doubtless Hephaistos's magicks fed his admiration and envy until there was room for naught else in his heart.
88,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_174,And there was something else besides... Did you not feel the presence of another?
89,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_175,"As I thought. Someone was trying to warn Erichthonios, but whom? Could it have been one of the keywards?"
90,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_176,"Alas, their warning arrived too late. I had already provoked Erichthonios past the point of no return."
91,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_177,"I bear the burden for this failure. In my stubbornness I could but scorn the boy, and Hephaistos knew that."
92,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_178,And now I dread to think of the ordeal that awaits him due to my rashness...
93,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_179,"...There is time yet to save him. We can easily regain control of Abyssos, giving us a firm foothold from which to brave Pandæmonium's lowest level. The enemy is within reach."
94,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_180,"Just as with Hesperos, Erichthonios is in danger of being consumed by Hephaistos's spell. However, I have faith that he will not easily lose sight of himself!"
95,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_181,"The way forward is clear. Lahabrea, pray tell us all you know of what we shall find beyond Abyssos. I can only assume one more keyward lies in wait."
96,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_182,"The deepest level of Pandæmonium is called Tartaros, and your passage shall be challenged not only by a keyward..."
97,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_183,Hephaistos has laid traps in every corner of its halls. You have no hope of surviving far past the threshold.
98,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_184,"...That, I expect, is where Player shall shine."
99,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_185,"Her dissolute aether shall allow her to slip through the traps unimpeded. We saw it when Hephaistos's had no effect, and doubtless even he has yet to devise a countermeasure."
100,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_186,Then time is of the essence. Hephaistos is already well aware that you can match a keyward in battle─he will not stand idle while you stroll past his other defenses at your leisure.
101,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_187,"Agreed. However, clarity will be indispensable to our success, and I'm afraid I must insist upon it ere we depart."
102,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_188,"We have yet to discern to what end Hephaistos would use Erichthonios. If you know, I would ask that you enlighten us."
103,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_189,And then there is the matter of Athena. Why do you so fiercely rebuke Erichthonios's feelings for his mother?
104,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_190,"While I understand the very thought of resurrecting the dead is anathema, you act as if grief over her passing should be equally so. How are we to grapple with what plagues our friend and drives our foe if you refuse to acknowledge it?"
105,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_191,I do acknowledge it. I wish only to spare those that feel it still greater pain.
106,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_Q1_000_100,What will you say?
107,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A1_000_100,Did you mean to protect Erichthonios with your silence?
108,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A2_000_100,"So instead of being honest, you bicker like a child?"
109,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A3_000_100,And so you drove your own son over the edge.
110,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_195,How dare you...
111,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_196,"...No, no. You are right. The blame for Erichthonios's fate rests squarely on my shoulders."
112,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_197,"Very well. I shall lay bare the truth, but only after the foe before us has been laid low."
113,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_198,"The remaining keyward is Agdistis. She has served in Pandæmonium since its inception, and her affinity for magic is peerless even among the keywards."
114,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_199,Hephaistos knows that losing her would mean the end of his experiments. He has hidden her in a space unreachable by conventional means.
115,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_200,But your presence makes mockery of such barriers. The scarcity of your aether means it will be trivial to send you directly to Agdistis.
116,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_201,"We shall approach as closely as caution will allow. We know where the battle will commence, so I do not anticipate difficulty in detecting your presence."
117,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_202,"From afar, I shall do my best to provide you with ground on which to fight and phantom allies to aid you. As for the interment, I have yet to think of a foolproof method..."
118,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_203,Interment shall not be necessary.
119,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_204,From here I can sense Agdistis's essence...but it is scarcely recognizable. Hephaistos was more ambitious with her than he was with Hegemone. She has been transfigured such that barely a scantling of her self remains.
120,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_205,We can but take comfort in what a mercy the Underworld will be to her.
121,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_220,"I shall establish control of Abyssos while keeping an eye on your battle. When the dust has settled, Hephaistos will have nowhere left to flee."
122,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_225,I sense that Hephaistos has come close to perfecting his image of a hemitheos. Which means his research is in its final stage...
123,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_500,"The moment Agdistis was slain, the flow of aether in Pandæmonium focused keenly on this location, creating a tunnel of sorts through which we could quickly convey ourselves. 'Twas almost as if we were ushered here..."
124,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_501,"This space was created with care, and concealed with powerful wards. Only a keyward would have been able to detect it, and even then with great difficulty. Ergo..."
125,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_502,If only I could restore Tartaros to order...but I am afraid this is the most I can manage with such power as remains to me.
126,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_503,"It has been too long, Master Lahabrea."
127,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_504,"Likewise, Keyward Agdistis. I should not be surprised you were able to break free of Hephaistos's spells, even diminished as you were."
128,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_505,"'Twas not an easy task, even with your aid. His curses dig into one's heart, creating a storm of emotions that is all too easy to become lost in. Only by chance did a fragment of my self remain, illuminating a path through the madness."
129,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_506,"And thus am I able to appear before you now. Even while my body was powerless to resist Hephaistos's commands, some small part of my logical mind stood alone in defiance. It even managed to speak to the outside world."
130,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_507,...The report. That was you!
131,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_508,Doubtless you recognize my voice from the many times I have called out to you. The hope that those pleas would not fall on deaf ears was all that kept me from succumbing to hopelessness.
132,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_509,"But I have a greater purpose here than simply saying my farewells. There is something you must know, that the tragedies of the past do not repeat in the present."
133,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_510,"Forgive me for what I am about to do, Master Lahabrea, but the story must be told. 'Tis the only way to understand Hephaistos's fixation on Erichthonios."
134,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_511,No longer can you hide your heart away...
135,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_512,"Hephaistos? No, the mask marks him as Lahabrea..."
136,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_513,"Master Lahabrea had brought an end to Lady Athena's life, and sealed away a part of his memories and emotions within Hephaistos. These are my recollections of the moments following."
137,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_514,...And you truly have no intention of revealing the truth to Erichthonios?
138,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_515,My lesser half is now buried where none can find it. We would be wise to do the same with our memory of this day.
139,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_516,"Blood should not sway the spirit so, but Athena's teachings have warped the boy. I fear he would see our star burn to keep his mother safe."
140,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_517,"Erichthonios believes that he feels love, but he is shackled by dependence. He could not bear the truth."
141,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_518,"His dependence makes it all the more important to be open with him. He will seek answers about his mother's loss, which shall inevitably lead him to you. Are you willing to accept the blame for Athena's death? Are you willing to accept your son's hatred?"
142,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_519,"If that is what comes to pass, then so be it. Better to be burdened with hatred than the knowledge that Athena thought his body and soul mere tools. To be used and discarded..."
143,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_520,"Even were I to tell him what his mother plotted, he would ever seek reasons to believe that the true fault lies with me─or with him. Should he merely hate me, he will remain unfettered by doubt─free to serve the star far from his parents' shadow."
144,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_521,"Erichthonios loved his mother more than life itself, and yet... What a dreadful truth you've borne all this time."
145,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_523,"Such is Lahabrea's nature. Every action, every word a solution to life's great dilemmas─and none to spare for his own."
146,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_524,"What I have revealed to you is but a small portion of a larger picture. I shall leave it to Lahabrea to paint the rest for you─and for Erichthonios, I hope."
147,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_525,"Thank you, Agdistis."
148,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_526,"I always admired you, you know. What choice did I have, when you sacrificed so much to guide our star to the heavens?"
149,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_527,Hephaistos has doubtless sensed that his final keyward has fallen. We should return to the surface before he moves to strike us here.
150,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_528,"If we are to face him, we must be prepared to bring our full strength to bear."
151,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_540,It was Erichthonios's hatred of his father that caused him to fall victim to Hephaistos's magicks. Yet the roots of that hatred were born from a son's love...
152,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_541,"...A love nurtured not by a mother caring for her offspring, but by a researcher creating the ideal test subject. Pandæmonium abounds with demons indeed..."
153,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_550,"Agdistis was ever a bold woman, even in her final moments. That she would unearth the secrets of my past for all to look upon..."
154,TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_551,"...Still, full glad am I that she faced you as her last opponent. I could think of none more worthy to send her soul off to the other side."
1 key 0 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_00 1 Erichthonios seems eager to dispel Lahabrea's doubts.
2 # 1 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_01 Lahabrea is impressed with your victory over Hegemone, and gives you leave to proceed deeper into Pandæmonium. However, he insists that Erichthonios stay behind, fearing him to be a liability during such a dangerous endeavor. The warder lashes out at his father, but is abruptly overcome by dark forces and spirited away to depths unknown. Time will be of the essence in determining your next course of action.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_02 str With Erichthonios now at the mercy of Hephaistos's experiments, the only option is to press forward as quickly as possible to Tartaros, the deepest part of Pandæmonium. Agdistis, the final keyward, stands in your way, and although she is hidden away in the facility's liminal spaces, your aether allows you to be conveyed directly to her lair. Make ready to test your mettle against Pandæmonium's most gifted keyward. ※Abyssos: The Seventh Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
0 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_00 Erichthonios seems eager to dispel Lahabrea's doubts.
1 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_01 Lahabrea is impressed with your victory over Hegemone, and gives you leave to proceed deeper into Pandæmonium. However, he insists that Erichthonios stay behind, fearing him to be a liability during such a dangerous endeavor. The warder lashes out at his father, but is abruptly overcome by dark forces and spirited away to depths unknown. Time will be of the essence in determining your next course of action.
2 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_02 With Erichthonios now at the mercy of Hephaistos's experiments, the only option is to press forward as quickly as possible to Tartaros, the deepest part of Pandæmonium. Agdistis, the final keyward, stands in your way, and although she is hidden away in the facility's liminal spaces, your aether allows you to be conveyed directly to her lair. Make ready to test your mettle against Pandæmonium's most gifted keyward. ※Abyssos: The Seventh Circle can be accessed via the Duty Finder.
4 3 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_03 3 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_03 Hephaistos's attempts to create an immortal hemitheos have left little of Agdistis's once-brilliant mind behind, which is perhaps your saving grace in overcoming her primal fury. Having emerged victorious, you stand alone in the howling void. Hephaistos's attempts to create an immortal hemitheos have left little of Agdistis's once-brilliant mind behind, which is perhaps your saving grace in overcoming her primal fury. Having emerged victorious, you stand alone in the howling void.
5 4 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_04 4 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_04 Ere you can begin to panic about your means of return to the gates, Themis and Lahabrea appear, seemingly ushered to your location as if by an outside force. As you ponder this mystery, the essence of Agdistis materializes before you, and you recognize her voice as the one vaguely heard throughout your investigation. With the last of her waning strength, she reveals a truth that Lahabrea long concealed for his son's peace of mind─namely, that Athena intended to use Erichthonios as a test subject for her experiments. Pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place, with the promise of more to be found as you make ready to confront Hephaistos at last. Ere you can begin to panic about your means of return to the gates, Themis and Lahabrea appear, seemingly ushered to your location as if by an outside force. As you ponder this mystery, the essence of Agdistis materializes before you, and you recognize her voice as the one vaguely heard throughout your investigation. With the last of her waning strength, she reveals a truth that Lahabrea long concealed for his son's peace of mind─namely, that Athena intended to use Erichthonios as a test subject for her experiments. Pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place, with the promise of more to be found as you make ready to confront Hephaistos at last.
6 5 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_05 5 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_SEQ_05 While Lahabrea grumbles about Agdistis's gall in putting his past on display, he also surmises that she was glad to face such a strong foe at the last─as close to an admission of sorrow as you are likely to hear from him. With the path into Tartaros clear, there is nowhere left to go but down... While Lahabrea grumbles about Agdistis's gall in putting his past on display, he also surmises that she was glad to face such a strong foe at the last─as close to an admission of sorrow as you are likely to hear from him. With the path into Tartaros clear, there is nowhere left to go but down...
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25 24 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_00 24 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_00 Speak with Lahabrea. Speak with Lahabrea.
26 25 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_01 25 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_01 Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle. Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle.
27 26 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_02 26 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_02 Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle. Enter Abyssos: The Seventh Circle.
28 27 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_03 27 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_TODO_03 Speak with Lahabrea. Speak with Lahabrea.
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49 48 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_000 48 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_000 I could sense from here that Hegemone had been contained. The effect of Hephaistos's tinkering is even more dire than I had imagined... I could sense from here that Hegemone had been contained. The effect of Hephaistos's tinkering is even more dire than I had imagined...
50 49 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_005 49 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_005 As is to be expected, Erichthonios appears quite pleased with our victory. As is to be expected, Erichthonios appears quite pleased with our victory.
51 50 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100 50 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100 ...Our plan was a success, although I hardly need to tell you that. Hegemone has been sealed away, and now you have no choice but to admit the merit in our methods. ...Our plan was a success, although I hardly need to tell you that. Hegemone has been sealed away, and now you have no choice but to admit the merit in our methods.
52 51 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_101 51 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_101 You have the right of it. I am not so petty as to deny the achievements of those I've squabbled with, no matter how strongly we disagree. You have the right of it. I am not so petty as to deny the achievements of those I've squabbled with, no matter how strongly we disagree.
53 52 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_102 52 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_102 Moreover, this being─aether as thin as retreating mist, unable to wield creation magicks, yet powerful enough to subdue a hemitheos─has made this ordeal far more interesting. Moreover, this being─aether as thin as retreating mist, unable to wield creation magicks, yet powerful enough to subdue a hemitheos─has made this ordeal far more interesting.
54 53 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_103 53 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_103 Then we have leave to continue? Then we have leave to continue?
55 54 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_104 54 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_104 As for that...there is one among you whose very presence puts the others at risk. 'Twould be best to proceed without him, for failure would have consequences that reach far beyond Pandæmonium. As for that...there is one among you whose very presence puts the others at risk. 'Twould be best to proceed without him, for failure would have consequences that reach far beyond Pandæmonium.
56 55 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_105 55 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_105 ...And of whom do you speak? ...And of whom do you speak?
57 56 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_106 56 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_106 A warder who cannot even conduct his duty without aid. In this place, hope alone is not enough to overcome what awaits you. A single misstep will send all to their doom. A warder who cannot even conduct his duty without aid. In this place, hope alone is not enough to overcome what awaits you. A single misstep will send all to their doom.
58 57 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_107 57 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_107 So long as we each do our part and look to the allies by our side, even a neophyte can upraise his companions. That's something that <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> and Themis taught me. So long as we each do our part and look to the allies by our side, even a neophyte can upraise his companions. That's something that Player and Themis taught me.
59 58 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_108 58 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_108 While I do not wish to express any bias, I am inclined to agree. If my investigation has made anything clear, it is that we are together greater than the sum of our parts. While I do not wish to express any bias, I am inclined to agree. If my investigation has made anything clear, it is that we are together greater than the sum of our parts.
60 59 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_109 59 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_109 And hope has brought us this far! It drives us to seek the <Emphasis>right</Emphasis> path─and to act before that path lies closed to us. And hope has brought us this far! It drives us to seek the *right* path─and to act before that path lies closed to us.
61 60 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_110 60 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_110 Then tell me─what is it you hope for? Then tell me─what is it you hope for?
62 61 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_111 61 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_111 To see Hephaistos in chains. That's the surest way to prevent further sacrifices. To see Hephaistos in chains. That's the surest way to prevent further sacrifices.
63 62 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_112 62 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_112 I'm aware that destroying Pandæmonium would rid us of him, but the cost is far too great. I'm aware that destroying Pandæmonium would rid us of him, but the cost is far too great.
64 63 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_113 63 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_113 And I admit...I wish to know how he means to resurrect Athena. And I admit...I wish to know how he means to resurrect Athena.
65 64 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_114 64 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_114 ...And there we have it. ...And there we have it.
66 65 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_115 65 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_115 You must leave this place at once. And do not think to set foot in Pandæmonium again. You must leave this place at once. And do not think to set foot in Pandæmonium again.
67 66 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_116 66 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_116 You are capable, that much is plain. Yet Hephaistos cannot be suffered to live. And I shall not allow his talk of resurrection to poison mine or anyone else's mind. You are capable, that much is plain. Yet Hephaistos cannot be suffered to live. And I shall not allow his talk of resurrection to poison mine or anyone else's mind.
68 67 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_117 67 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_117 Life flows in a cycle. This is known. Life flows in a cycle. This is known.
69 68 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_118 68 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_118 All souls return to the Underworld, and Athena's is no exception. She has likely found a new vessel─and a new journey to embark upon. All souls return to the Underworld, and Athena's is no exception. She has likely found a new vessel─and a new journey to embark upon.
70 69 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_119 69 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_119 You cannot be ignorant to the folly of Hephaistos's words. Even were he to breathe life into a body, the soul contained within would not be your mother's. You cannot be ignorant to the folly of Hephaistos's words. Even were he to breathe life into a body, the soul contained within would not be your mother's.
71 70 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_120 70 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_120 What if our knowledge is imperfect? What if Hephaistos has discovered something that no one else has? What if our knowledge is imperfect? What if Hephaistos has discovered something that no one else has?
72 71 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_121 71 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_121 He knows all that you do. Understands the bitter reality of the world. He wouldn't pursue the impossible! He knows all that you do. Understands the bitter reality of the world. He wouldn't pursue the impossible!
73 72 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_122 72 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_122 Think, Erichthonios. I have already explained that he is merely my twisted reflection. Is it worth bringing back your mother if it means others are used and discarded like tools? Think, Erichthonios. I have already explained that he is merely my twisted reflection. Is it worth bringing back your mother if it means others are used and discarded like tools?
74 73 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_123 73 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_123 Is it worth it? To see her once more... Is it worth it? To see her once more...
75 74 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_124 74 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_124 <Emphasis>Now</Emphasis> you measure the worth of your colleagues' lives? What was that foolish braying about saving them? Merely a performance to hide your childish devotion to your mother? *Now* you measure the worth of your colleagues' lives? What was that foolish braying about saving them? Merely a performance to hide your childish devotion to your mother?
76 75 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_125 75 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_125 Please, such barbs will get us nowhere. We should first discuss─ Please, such barbs will get us nowhere. We should first discuss─
77 76 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_126 76 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_126 You would call <Emphasis>me</Emphasis> “fool”? You, who murdered your wife in service of your ambition!? “For the sake of the star,” no doubt... You would call *me* “fool”? You, who murdered your wife in service of your ambition!? “For the sake of the star,” no doubt...
78 77 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_127 77 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_127 Ungh... I can hear it again. That voice...inside my head... Ungh... I can hear it again. That voice...inside my head...
79 78 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_128 78 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_128 I know who to follow... Hephaistos... Father! I know who to follow... Hephaistos... Father!
80 79 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_129 79 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_129 Mother... Oh, I love you so! And this voice...will guide me to you! Mother... Oh, I love you so! And this voice...will guide me to you!
81 80 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_130 80 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_130 (-Distant Voice-)No, listen not! Listen not, Erichthonios! (-Distant Voice-)No, listen not! Listen not, Erichthonios!
82 81 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_131 81 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_ERICHTHONIOS_000_131 Apologies. You taught me that a calm heart stays the course...but I could never even grasp the rudder. Apologies. You taught me that a calm heart stays the course...but I could never even grasp the rudder.
83 82 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_150 82 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_150 This was Hephaistos's work, there can be no doubt. It seems he learned from his previous failure. This was Hephaistos's work, there can be no doubt. It seems he learned from his previous failure.
84 83 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_170 83 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_170 Hephaistos is cunning despite his warped mind. Whatever took hold of Erichthonios, it made short work of his reason. Hephaistos is cunning despite his warped mind. Whatever took hold of Erichthonios, it made short work of his reason.
85 84 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_171 84 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_171 From the moment he laid eyes upon me, I could sense his hatred and rage simmering below the surface. 'Twas but a matter of time until it spilled forth─and that was when he fell into the spell's embrace. From the moment he laid eyes upon me, I could sense his hatred and rage simmering below the surface. 'Twas but a matter of time until it spilled forth─and that was when he fell into the spell's embrace.
86 85 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_172 85 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_172 A magic woven with such skill that Erichthonios himself failed to notice until it was too late. A magic woven with such skill that Erichthonios himself failed to notice until it was too late.
87 86 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_173 86 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_173 If this is the measure of Hephaistos's power, then the other keywards had little chance to resist it. If this is the measure of Hephaistos's power, then the other keywards had little chance to resist it.
88 87 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_100_173 87 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_100_173 We saw his work during our encounter with Hesperos. Doubtless Hephaistos's magicks fed his admiration and envy until there was room for naught else in his heart. We saw his work during our encounter with Hesperos. Doubtless Hephaistos's magicks fed his admiration and envy until there was room for naught else in his heart.
89 88 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_174 88 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_174 And there was something else besides... Did you not feel the presence of another? And there was something else besides... Did you not feel the presence of another?
90 89 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_175 89 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_175 As I thought. Someone was trying to warn Erichthonios, but whom? Could it have been one of the keywards? As I thought. Someone was trying to warn Erichthonios, but whom? Could it have been one of the keywards?
91 90 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_176 90 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_176 Alas, their warning arrived too late. I had already provoked Erichthonios past the point of no return. Alas, their warning arrived too late. I had already provoked Erichthonios past the point of no return.
92 91 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_177 91 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_177 I bear the burden for this failure. In my stubbornness I could but scorn the boy, and Hephaistos knew that. I bear the burden for this failure. In my stubbornness I could but scorn the boy, and Hephaistos knew that.
93 92 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_178 92 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_178 And now I dread to think of the ordeal that awaits him due to my rashness... And now I dread to think of the ordeal that awaits him due to my rashness...
94 93 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_179 93 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_179 ...There is time yet to save him. We can easily regain control of Abyssos, giving us a firm foothold from which to brave Pandæmonium's lowest level. The enemy is within reach. ...There is time yet to save him. We can easily regain control of Abyssos, giving us a firm foothold from which to brave Pandæmonium's lowest level. The enemy is within reach.
95 94 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_180 94 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_180 Just as with Hesperos, Erichthonios is in danger of being consumed by Hephaistos's spell. However, I have faith that he will not easily lose sight of himself! Just as with Hesperos, Erichthonios is in danger of being consumed by Hephaistos's spell. However, I have faith that he will not easily lose sight of himself!
96 95 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_181 95 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_181 The way forward is clear. Lahabrea, pray tell us all you know of what we shall find beyond Abyssos. I can only assume one more keyward lies in wait. The way forward is clear. Lahabrea, pray tell us all you know of what we shall find beyond Abyssos. I can only assume one more keyward lies in wait.
97 96 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_182 96 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_182 The deepest level of Pandæmonium is called Tartaros, and your passage shall be challenged not only by a keyward... The deepest level of Pandæmonium is called Tartaros, and your passage shall be challenged not only by a keyward...
98 97 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_183 97 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_183 Hephaistos has laid traps in every corner of its halls. You have no hope of surviving far past the threshold. Hephaistos has laid traps in every corner of its halls. You have no hope of surviving far past the threshold.
99 98 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_184 98 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_184 ...That, I expect, is where <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> shall shine. ...That, I expect, is where Player shall shine.
100 99 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_185 99 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_185 <If(PlayerParameter(4))>Her<Else/>His</If> dissolute aether shall allow <If(PlayerParameter(4))>her<Else/>him</If> to slip through the traps unimpeded. We saw it when Hephaistos's had no effect, and doubtless even he has yet to devise a countermeasure. Her dissolute aether shall allow her to slip through the traps unimpeded. We saw it when Hephaistos's had no effect, and doubtless even he has yet to devise a countermeasure.
101 100 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_186 100 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_186 Then time is of the essence. Hephaistos is already well aware that you can match a keyward in battle─he will not stand idle while you stroll past his other defenses at your leisure. Then time is of the essence. Hephaistos is already well aware that you can match a keyward in battle─he will not stand idle while you stroll past his other defenses at your leisure.
102 101 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_187 101 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_187 Agreed. However, clarity will be indispensable to our success, and I'm afraid I must insist upon it ere we depart. Agreed. However, clarity will be indispensable to our success, and I'm afraid I must insist upon it ere we depart.
103 102 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_188 102 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_188 We have yet to discern to what end Hephaistos would use Erichthonios. If you know, I would ask that you enlighten us. We have yet to discern to what end Hephaistos would use Erichthonios. If you know, I would ask that you enlighten us.
104 103 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_189 103 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_189 And then there is the matter of Athena. Why do you so fiercely rebuke Erichthonios's feelings for his mother? And then there is the matter of Athena. Why do you so fiercely rebuke Erichthonios's feelings for his mother?
105 104 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_190 104 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_190 While I understand the very thought of resurrecting the dead is anathema, you act as if grief over her passing should be equally so. How are we to grapple with what plagues our friend and drives our foe if you refuse to acknowledge it? While I understand the very thought of resurrecting the dead is anathema, you act as if grief over her passing should be equally so. How are we to grapple with what plagues our friend and drives our foe if you refuse to acknowledge it?
106 105 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_191 105 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_191 I do acknowledge it. I wish only to spare those that feel it still greater pain. I do acknowledge it. I wish only to spare those that feel it still greater pain.
107 106 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_Q1_000_100 106 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_Q1_000_100 What will you say? What will you say?
108 107 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A1_000_100 107 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A1_000_100 Did you mean to protect Erichthonios with your silence? Did you mean to protect Erichthonios with your silence?
109 108 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A2_000_100 108 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A2_000_100 So instead of being honest, you bicker like a child? So instead of being honest, you bicker like a child?
110 109 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A3_000_100 109 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_A3_000_100 And so you drove your own son over the edge. And so you drove your own son over the edge.
111 110 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_195 110 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_195 How dare you... How dare you...
112 111 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_196 111 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_196 ...No, no. You are right. The blame for Erichthonios's fate rests squarely on my shoulders. ...No, no. You are right. The blame for Erichthonios's fate rests squarely on my shoulders.
113 112 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_197 112 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_197 Very well. I shall lay bare the truth, but only after the foe before us has been laid low. Very well. I shall lay bare the truth, but only after the foe before us has been laid low.
114 113 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_198 113 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_198 The remaining keyward is Agdistis. She has served in Pandæmonium since its inception, and her affinity for magic is peerless even among the keywards. The remaining keyward is Agdistis. She has served in Pandæmonium since its inception, and her affinity for magic is peerless even among the keywards.
115 114 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_199 114 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_199 Hephaistos knows that losing her would mean the end of his experiments. He has hidden her in a space unreachable by conventional means. Hephaistos knows that losing her would mean the end of his experiments. He has hidden her in a space unreachable by conventional means.
116 115 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_200 115 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_200 But your presence makes mockery of such barriers. The scarcity of your aether means it will be trivial to send you directly to Agdistis. But your presence makes mockery of such barriers. The scarcity of your aether means it will be trivial to send you directly to Agdistis.
117 116 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_201 116 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_201 We shall approach as closely as caution will allow. We know where the battle will commence, so I do not anticipate difficulty in detecting your presence. We shall approach as closely as caution will allow. We know where the battle will commence, so I do not anticipate difficulty in detecting your presence.
118 117 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_202 117 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_202 From afar, I shall do my best to provide you with ground on which to fight and phantom allies to aid you. As for the interment, I have yet to think of a foolproof method... From afar, I shall do my best to provide you with ground on which to fight and phantom allies to aid you. As for the interment, I have yet to think of a foolproof method...
119 118 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_203 118 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_203 Interment shall not be necessary. Interment shall not be necessary.
120 119 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_204 119 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_204 From here I can sense Agdistis's essence...but it is scarcely recognizable. Hephaistos was more ambitious with her than he was with Hegemone. She has been transfigured such that barely a scantling of her self remains. From here I can sense Agdistis's essence...but it is scarcely recognizable. Hephaistos was more ambitious with her than he was with Hegemone. She has been transfigured such that barely a scantling of her self remains.
121 120 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_205 120 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_205 We can but take comfort in what a mercy the Underworld will be to her. We can but take comfort in what a mercy the Underworld will be to her.
122 121 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_220 121 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_220 I shall establish control of Abyssos while keeping an eye on your battle. When the dust has settled, Hephaistos will have nowhere left to flee. I shall establish control of Abyssos while keeping an eye on your battle. When the dust has settled, Hephaistos will have nowhere left to flee.
123 122 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_225 122 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_225 I sense that Hephaistos has come close to perfecting his image of a hemitheos. Which means his research is in its final stage... I sense that Hephaistos has come close to perfecting his image of a hemitheos. Which means his research is in its final stage...
124 123 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_500 123 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_500 The moment Agdistis was slain, the flow of aether in Pandæmonium focused keenly on this location, creating a tunnel of sorts through which we could quickly convey ourselves. 'Twas almost as if we were ushered here... The moment Agdistis was slain, the flow of aether in Pandæmonium focused keenly on this location, creating a tunnel of sorts through which we could quickly convey ourselves. 'Twas almost as if we were ushered here...
125 124 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_501 124 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_501 This space was created with care, and concealed with powerful wards. Only a keyward would have been able to detect it, and even then with great difficulty. Ergo... This space was created with care, and concealed with powerful wards. Only a keyward would have been able to detect it, and even then with great difficulty. Ergo...
126 125 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_502 125 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_502 If only I could restore Tartaros to order...but I am afraid this is the most I can manage with such power as remains to me. If only I could restore Tartaros to order...but I am afraid this is the most I can manage with such power as remains to me.
127 126 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_503 126 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_503 It has been too long, Master Lahabrea. It has been too long, Master Lahabrea.
128 127 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_504 127 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_504 Likewise, Keyward Agdistis. I should not be surprised you were able to break free of Hephaistos's spells, even diminished as you were. Likewise, Keyward Agdistis. I should not be surprised you were able to break free of Hephaistos's spells, even diminished as you were.
129 128 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_505 128 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_505 'Twas not an easy task, even with your aid. His curses dig into one's heart, creating a storm of emotions that is all too easy to become lost in. Only by chance did a fragment of my self remain, illuminating a path through the madness. 'Twas not an easy task, even with your aid. His curses dig into one's heart, creating a storm of emotions that is all too easy to become lost in. Only by chance did a fragment of my self remain, illuminating a path through the madness.
130 129 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_506 129 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_506 And thus am I able to appear before you now. Even while my body was powerless to resist Hephaistos's commands, some small part of my logical mind stood alone in defiance. It even managed to speak to the outside world. And thus am I able to appear before you now. Even while my body was powerless to resist Hephaistos's commands, some small part of my logical mind stood alone in defiance. It even managed to speak to the outside world.
131 130 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_507 130 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_507 ...The report. That was you! ...The report. That was you!
132 131 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_508 131 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_508 Doubtless you recognize my voice from the many times I have called out to you. The hope that those pleas would not fall on deaf ears was all that kept me from succumbing to hopelessness. Doubtless you recognize my voice from the many times I have called out to you. The hope that those pleas would not fall on deaf ears was all that kept me from succumbing to hopelessness.
133 132 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_509 132 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_509 But I have a greater purpose here than simply saying my farewells. There is something you must know, that the tragedies of the past do not repeat in the present. But I have a greater purpose here than simply saying my farewells. There is something you must know, that the tragedies of the past do not repeat in the present.
134 133 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_510 133 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_510 Forgive me for what I am about to do, Master Lahabrea, but the story must be told. 'Tis the only way to understand Hephaistos's fixation on Erichthonios. Forgive me for what I am about to do, Master Lahabrea, but the story must be told. 'Tis the only way to understand Hephaistos's fixation on Erichthonios.
135 134 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_511 134 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_511 No longer can you hide your heart away... No longer can you hide your heart away...
136 135 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_512 135 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_512 Hephaistos? No, the mask marks him as Lahabrea... Hephaistos? No, the mask marks him as Lahabrea...
137 136 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_513 136 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_513 Master Lahabrea had brought an end to Lady Athena's life, and sealed away a part of his memories and emotions within Hephaistos. These are my recollections of the moments following. Master Lahabrea had brought an end to Lady Athena's life, and sealed away a part of his memories and emotions within Hephaistos. These are my recollections of the moments following.
138 137 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_514 137 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_514 ...And you truly have no intention of revealing the truth to Erichthonios? ...And you truly have no intention of revealing the truth to Erichthonios?
139 138 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_515 138 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_515 My lesser half is now buried where none can find it. We would be wise to do the same with our memory of this day. My lesser half is now buried where none can find it. We would be wise to do the same with our memory of this day.
140 139 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_516 139 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_516 Blood should not sway the spirit so, but Athena's teachings have warped the boy. I fear he would see our star burn to keep his mother safe. Blood should not sway the spirit so, but Athena's teachings have warped the boy. I fear he would see our star burn to keep his mother safe.
141 140 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_517 140 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_517 Erichthonios believes that he feels love, but he is shackled by dependence. He could not bear the truth. Erichthonios believes that he feels love, but he is shackled by dependence. He could not bear the truth.
142 141 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_518 141 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_518 His dependence makes it all the more important to be open with him. He will seek answers about his mother's loss, which shall inevitably lead him to you. Are you willing to accept the blame for Athena's death? Are you willing to accept your son's hatred? His dependence makes it all the more important to be open with him. He will seek answers about his mother's loss, which shall inevitably lead him to you. Are you willing to accept the blame for Athena's death? Are you willing to accept your son's hatred?
143 142 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_519 142 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_519 If that is what comes to pass, then so be it. Better to be burdened with hatred than the knowledge that Athena thought his body and soul mere tools. To be used and discarded... If that is what comes to pass, then so be it. Better to be burdened with hatred than the knowledge that Athena thought his body and soul mere tools. To be used and discarded...
144 143 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_520 143 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_520 Even were I to tell him what his mother plotted, he would ever seek reasons to believe that the true fault lies with me─or with him. Should he merely hate me, he will remain unfettered by doubt─free to serve the star far from his parents' shadow. Even were I to tell him what his mother plotted, he would ever seek reasons to believe that the true fault lies with me─or with him. Should he merely hate me, he will remain unfettered by doubt─free to serve the star far from his parents' shadow.
145 144 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_521 144 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_521 Erichthonios loved his mother more than life itself, and yet... What a dreadful truth you've borne all this time. Erichthonios loved his mother more than life itself, and yet... What a dreadful truth you've borne all this time.
146 145 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_523 145 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_523 Such is Lahabrea's nature. Every action, every word a solution to life's great dilemmas─and none to spare for his own. Such is Lahabrea's nature. Every action, every word a solution to life's great dilemmas─and none to spare for his own.
147 146 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_524 146 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_524 What I have revealed to you is but a small portion of a larger picture. I shall leave it to Lahabrea to paint the rest for you─and for Erichthonios, I hope. What I have revealed to you is but a small portion of a larger picture. I shall leave it to Lahabrea to paint the rest for you─and for Erichthonios, I hope.
148 147 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_525 147 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_525 Thank you, Agdistis. Thank you, Agdistis.
149 148 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_526 148 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_DEIANEIRA_000_526 I always admired you, you know. What choice did I have, when you sacrificed so much to guide our star to the heavens? I always admired you, you know. What choice did I have, when you sacrificed so much to guide our star to the heavens?
150 149 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_527 149 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_527 Hephaistos has doubtless sensed that his final keyward has fallen. We should return to the surface before he moves to strike us here. Hephaistos has doubtless sensed that his final keyward has fallen. We should return to the surface before he moves to strike us here.
151 150 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_528 150 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_528 If we are to face him, we must be prepared to bring our full strength to bear. If we are to face him, we must be prepared to bring our full strength to bear.
152 151 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_540 151 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_540 It was Erichthonios's hatred of his father that caused him to fall victim to Hephaistos's magicks. Yet the roots of that hatred were born from a son's love... It was Erichthonios's hatred of his father that caused him to fall victim to Hephaistos's magicks. Yet the roots of that hatred were born from a son's love...
153 152 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_541 152 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_THEMIS_000_541 ...A love nurtured not by a mother caring for her offspring, but by a researcher creating the ideal test subject. Pandæmonium abounds with demons indeed... ...A love nurtured not by a mother caring for her offspring, but by a researcher creating the ideal test subject. Pandæmonium abounds with demons indeed...
154 153 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_550 153 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_550 Agdistis was ever a bold woman, even in her final moments. That she would unearth the secrets of my past for all to look upon... Agdistis was ever a bold woman, even in her final moments. That she would unearth the secrets of my past for all to look upon...
155 154 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_551 154 TEXT_AKTKRA204_04638_LAHABREA_000_551 ...Still, full glad am I that she faced you as her last opponent. I could think of none more worthy to send her soul off to the other side. ...Still, full glad am I that she faced you as her last opponent. I could think of none more worthy to send her soul off to the other side.
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