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0,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_00","Lahabrea is looking at Erichthonios with concern."
1,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_01","As Erichthonios regains his senses, Lahabrea finally shares the story of he and Athena. Conjuring phantom visions, he tells of his discovery of her experiments and journey into Pandæmonium to stop them. It is a story of betrayal and forlorn love, which resulted in Lahabrea and Athena bonding souls, and the former becoming corrupted by the latter's unquenchable thirst for knowledge. To save himself, Lahabrea was forced to cut away a part of his soul and seal it within a crystal. Yet even this was a part of Athena's scheme, as the crystal was used to imbue a vessel with life, creating Hephaistos."
2,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_02","With the truth of the matter laid bare at last, all that remains is to return to the surface. While there is yet more Erichthonios would say on the revelations which just transpired, he bids the group return to Pandæmonium's entrance, where the scars of the past do not linger."
3,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_03","Erichthonios thanks you and Themis for your efforts in aiding Pandæmonium─and in helping him understand his father. While questions remain as to the details of Hephaistos's experiments and Erichthonios's role in them, Lahabrea assures you that they are better left unanswered. When the topic of conversation turns to crystals, Themis remarks that the aether contained in the crystal you first showed him bore no resemblance to Hephaistos's, and wonders who might have sent it─a mystery of great interest to all present. As the others await such time as you are able to return with the crystal, they will set free the other warders, and inquire if any among them sent its message floating upon the aetherial sea."
4,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_04","You return to Claudien's laboratory to find a flustered Ruissenaud, who informs you that Claudien has gone missing and an unusual confluence of energy has been detected in the aetherial sea. Together you rush to the Aitiascope and are met with the sight of Pandæmonium floating in the once-empty void. Moments after, Fourchenault Leveilleur arrives as well, evidently drawn by the marked fluctuation in energy. Upon hearing your story, he deftly maps out a tentative course of action. Ishgard will be asked to aid in a search for Claudien, and the brightest minds in aetherial research will be gathered to keep track of changes in the aetherial sea. For the time being, he asks you to stand by to assist them when the next step is decided. He departs to make his own report to the Forum, leaving you and Ruissenaud behind to process what just occurred."
5,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_05","Before turning his wandering attention to his own report, Ruissenaud surmises that the hand behind Professor Claudien's disappearance may also have summoned Pandæmonium to the present. Like your allies in an age long past, he asks that you rest─warning that whatever may come, it is bound to demand your full strength."
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24,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_00","Speak with Erichthonios."
25,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_01","Speak with Erichthonios at the Gates of Pandæmonium."
26,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_02","Speak with Ruissenaud at Aporia."
27,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_03","Speak with Ruissenaud."
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48,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_000","Where...are we?"
49,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_002","What is this? The barriers around Pandæmonium are no longer under assault."
50,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_010","I feel no trace of Hephaistos's poison in your mind, and for a blessing, it appears your body is none the worse for wear."
51,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_011","I made my way here as soon as I could. I no longer sense Hephaistos, and the force assailing Pandæmonium's barriers has ceased. Are we rid of him for good and all?"
52,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_012","...I see. Despite his muddled senses, Erichthonios felt that to seal Hephaistos away was the proper course."
53,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_013","It wasn't so noble as that. I only knew something had to be done, so I acted."
54,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_100_013","Lahabrea...was that how you dealt with Hephaistos in the past?"
55,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_014","Indeed. He was naught but the parts of my memory and soul that I had cut away─a mass of aether without a material vessel. Storing his essence within a crystal was the most logical choice."
56,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_015","...On that matter, I believe the time has come for you to share the rest of your tale. Of Hephaistos's creation and Athena's end."
57,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_016","I heard your words, but only vaguely, as if from under the surface of a deep pool. My mother wished...to use me?"
58,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_017","I would hear the whole truth. I want to know what happened here, and what drove Athena to act as she did. I'm ready."
59,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_018","Athena's brilliance outshone us all─even the other members of the Words of Lahabrea were as children in comparison. So dedicated to research was she that it was not unheard of for her to forget meals or even sleep."
60,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_019","Her mind was ever grasping for knowledge, and it was in this endless search that she became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of life."
61,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_020","You see, while we can conceive life in various forms, the means of creating a <Emphasis>soul</Emphasis> are beyond our ken. Similarly, though we can enhance and alter our physical vessels, we have ever been bound to them. Athena's purpose was to shatter these limitations."
62,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_021","Such limitations as we were not meant to surpass. She sought to enter the realm of the gods."
63,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_022","Scarce few have the ability to comprehend what such a task entails, let alone the courage to attempt it."
64,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_023","For most, the thought would be an idle fancy, considered once and then discarded. Not so for Athena..."
65,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_024","As leader of the Words of Lahabrea, I spoke with her often about transcending our being. From an academic perspective, the challenge has plagued countless researchers through the ages."
66,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_025","It was during these musings that I began to formulate a theory─a means by which a person could meld with a creation. The weaknesses of one would be mitigated by the strengths of the other, and the result could be something greater than we have ever imagined."
67,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_026","Although it was but a theory, Athena insisted I develop it further, curious about every detail along the way. Our conversations became more frequent, and our platonic relationship grew into something much more..."
68,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_027","I take it I was born not soon after..."
69,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_028","Just so. I believed she bore true affection for me, and was blind to her hidden intentions. When Pandæmonium was built and she requested to lead the researchers, I saw no reason to deny her."
70,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_029","Even setting aside our relationship, her accomplishments as a scholar made her the obvious choice. However, in giving her Pandæmonium, I also gave her free rein to conduct whatsoever experiments she could devise."
71,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_030","And when you found out what she was doing...you killed her."
72,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_031","I made haste to Pandæmonium the moment I learned of these hidden chambers. I left Agdistis to keep watch from Tartaros's vestibule as I ventured deeper, knowing not what would await me."
73,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_032","...As for what occurred next, 'tis best to see with your own eyes."
74,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_050","Is that...me?"
75,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_051","You are well aware that out of respect for our neighbors in Elpis, the researchers of Pandæmonium are not to be masked."
76,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_052","Yet you stand before me with your face covered. What petty defiance is this?"
77,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_053","What indeed? So quick you are to rebuke me, though you yourself have not set foot in these halls since their inception."
78,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_054","You must have known you could not conceal this from myself and Agdistis forever...as well you know that I cannot allow it to continue."
79,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_055","I shall say this but once: release Erichthonios. Else I shall have no choice but to strike you down."
80,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_056","I would meet my end at the hands of none other. However, ere my time is come, I will have you know the why of it."
81,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_057","...Then you will not desist."
82,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_058","Once you understand what has driven me this far, you shall see that stopping was never an option."
83,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_059","The feelings of one weigh little against the needs of the entire star."
84,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_060","Of course, of that I am well aware. But you did not deign to descend from your lofty heights simply to lecture me as you would a child."
85,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_061","You have an interest in my motivations. What possessed Athena, peerless researcher and mother to the son of the great Lahabrea, to embark upon the path to her downfall?"
86,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_062","History will demand an answer, but it is you who deserves one. Give me your hand, Lahabrea, and we shall know one another more deeply than ever before."
87,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_063","Impossible... You bonded your souls?"
88,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_064","Aye. That the boundaries between us would cease to be... She offered me everything, to be understood."
89,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_065","I found myself unable to refuse. At that moment, my mind was a storm of questions, yet one roared the loudest..."
90,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_066","Did Athena ever truly love me?"
91,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_067","I am become thee, memory and mind..."
92,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_068","...And I, thee."
93,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_069","(-Athena's Voice-)...Can you feel it?"
94,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_100_069","(-Athena's Voice-)My heart... All that I am."
95,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_070","Yes. As if it were my own..."
96,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_071","A fathomless desire to dissect the mysteries of life... To transcend our mortal flesh, and bleed into a higher plane of existence!"
97,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_072","An unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Not a single thought spared for another...for the star!"
98,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_073","How disappointing..."
99,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_074","Yet what is known cannot be unknown. You have beheld my life's work."
100,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_075","Try as you might to excise the memory, the seed of desire remains. And when it takes root, you too shall be consumed by the selfsame fervor."
101,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_076","I will dig it out! I will dispense with the corruption in my soul ere your rotten insight spreads."
102,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_077","'Twas my weakness that let this wickedness fester─but never again. Today I cast aside fickle emotion, and abide in duty alone."
103,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_078","Today I renounce all that I was, and live only as Lahabrea!"
104,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_079","Thus did I forsake the part of myself that had been polluted by Athena, sealing it within a crystal."
105,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_080","Never did I think I would one day face those memories made flesh."
106,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_081","Forgive my bluntness, but your actions bordered on insanity. To go to such lengths to escape your memories... You nearly rewrote your very existence."
107,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_082","Rest assured, the change did not go unnoticed by our colleagues in the Convocation. Igeyorhm and Emet–Selch, in particular, made plain the suspicions they harbored."
108,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_083","As well they should have... That you escaped with your life was nothing short of a miracle."
109,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_084","...Why didn't you destroy the crystal then and there? Did you think to one day make use of the knowledge it contained?"
110,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_085","I will not deny such considerations played into my decision, but my main motivation was fear. I had never attempted such a feat before."
111,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_086","The crystal was my sole recourse should something go awry with the remainder of my soul. In hindsight, to cling to it was a mistake born of doubt..."
112,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_087","Athena must have anticipated that I would resort to such measures, and prepared a vessel beforehand that would accept the dregs of my soul."
113,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_088","Hephaistos doubtless believed he was performing his duty as a husband and father should. Yet in truth, he was but a puppet being pulled to and fro by Athena's desires."
114,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_089","His goal was not to raise himself high... He thought only of seeing his dear Athena live again, that she might finish what she began."
115,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_090","Yet for all of that, he and I were alike. We yet shared a fatal flaw, you see─our need for control blinded us to other perspectives."
116,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_091","While I was in thrall to Hephaistos, you called out to me. What say you now? Does Lahabrea speak true?"
117,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_Q1_000_100","What will you say?"
118,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A1_000_100","He did promise."
119,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A2_000_100","Yes, and now it's your turn to do the same."
120,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A3_000_100","What does your heart tell you?"
121,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_095","...I just want to know one thing. Did you truly believe that hiding the truth was best for <Emphasis>me</Emphasis>? Even knowing how I felt about my mother?"
122,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_096","The Lahabrea I know had a “fatal flaw,” after all. I'm still not convinced."
123,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_097","I have said all that I can say. Now it is for you to choose to believe me...or not."
124,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_098","The Lahabrea I know holds duty above all else. I would sooner prostrate myself before an erupting volcano than place my fickle emotions in his path."
125,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_099","When you return to the surface, you'll doubtless don that mask once more. So before we climb out of this forsaken pit, I suppose I should say..."
126,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100","Thank you, Hephaistos."
127,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_110","I have said all that needs to be said. From this moment forward, I pledge that my heart shall not lead me astray."
128,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_115","Hephaistos was far more than an imitation of Lahabrea. He was quite literally a part of him..."
129,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_116","But Lahabrea, to me, is a man who thinks of naught but his duty. By casting aside the burden that Hephaistos represented, he shall become ever more “himself,” in a way."
130,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_130","I've heard enough. There is more I would yet discuss, but we should first return to Pandæmonium's gates. I'll gather my thoughts on the way."
131,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_140","Athena viewed Erichthonios as the ideal test subject. Hephaistos's research must have been very nearly complete, to seek him out like he did..."
132,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_141",""
133,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_145","We have regained complete control of the facility, but it shall take some time yet until things are in working order again."
134,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_150","I owe you an apology, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. It was due to my own inexperience that Hephaistos was so easily able to take hold of my mind."
135,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_151","I also owe you thanks. If you and Themis hadn't chosen to brave the chaos occurring in Pandæmonium, then I would have never known Lahabrea's story. My father's story."
136,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_152","'Twas a tale I too was fascinated to hear. I very much look forward to speaking with Azem upon my return─I cannot help but wonder how much of this <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> foresaw."
137,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_153","...I am afraid I cannot allow that, Elidibus. So long as you retain control of Pandæmonium, there is work to be done."
138,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_154","But of course. I shall first free the remaining warders and restore this place to its former glory."
139,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_155","Using the facilities in Tartaros, we should be able to reverse the changes made to their bodies and minds. I shall stay behind to oversee the process."
140,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_156","That is well, but I must yet learn why <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> was considered the key to Hephaistos's experiments, and how he intended to revive Athena."
141,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_157","Such questions are best left unanswered. In fact, I forbid the pursuit of that knowledge─the boundary between man and creation shall never again be crossed."
142,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_100_157","And I intend to destroy the crystal containing Hephaistos's essence, that this mistake never again repeats."
143,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_158","I see no reason to gainsay your judgment."
144,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_159","There is yet the matter of <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> crystal, however. Truth be told, I had not considered its origin until I saw the one containing Hephaistos's aether. I was struck by how wholly different they were."
145,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_160","...There is another?"
146,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_161","While imbuing a crystal with memories is a simple process, storing a message─a warning, even─would be something altogether more complex."
147,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_162","This also means that someone besides the present company─and Azem─was aware of the plot unfolding within Pandæmonium."
148,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_163","Then why would they not make themselves known, even now? No threats remain..."
149,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_164","Perhaps it was one of the other warders. We shall question them after they are freed."
150,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165","That task may take some time─a resource I'd rather not steal more of from you. Return at your leisure, and we will share our results then. You've done more than enough for the time being."
151,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_166","I am of the same mind. Leave the loose ends to us, and continue upon your journey. Or if you are so inclined, take a much-needed repose."
152,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_167","...This talk of journeys smacks of Azem."
153,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_168","As well it should. <If(PlayerParameter(4))>She<Else/>He</If> has pledged to keep moving until <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> has seen every corner of the world."
154,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_169","If you do find yourself with a spare moment, you might bring that crystal of yours to Lahabrea─he may be able to offer further insight. Until then, my friend."
155,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_180","As you may have noticed during our battle, Lahabrea's mask crowns me when I've transformed."
156,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_181","It is said that we manifest in a way that reflects our innermost selves. I had thought that mask a symbol of the chains that bound my heart, but recent events have caused me to reconsider that assumption..."
157,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_185","I look forward to your returning with the crystal... But worry not, I shall try my level best to stave off loneliness while you are gone."
158,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_190","The crystal that hangs from Erichthonios's waist was a gift from me, made in the hopes that it would spark growth in his aptitude for magic. 'Tis plain he no longer requires it, but I see no reason he cannot wear it for a while longer."
159,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_200","Why, if it isn't <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Excuse me if I'm not my usual chipper self, but we have not been without our difficulties in your absence..."
160,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_201","You see, communication with the airship Professor Claudien commissioned for his search was lost some time ago, and now we have quite lost track of where he might be!"
161,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_202","And to make matters worse, Nemjiji has just sent word of an unusually large amount of energy coming from somewhere within the aetherial sea. I was just on my way to the Aitiascope, in fact─please, you must come with me!"
162,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_700","What... What is that? Is it real!?"
163,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_701","(-???-)Why is it that whenever danger visits the world, you are never far behind?"
164,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_702","And you two... Professor Claudien's assistants, I take it?"
165,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_703","As you arrived before me, I take it you are involved in this. I would thank you to furnish me with an explanation."
166,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_720","While the research summary you submitted to the Forum gave us no cause for concern, these details are...alarming."
167,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_NEMJIJI_000_721","The professor's last message indicated he was on his way to Azys Lla, but we know not whether he ever reached his destination."
168,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_722","A rash endeavor, even for Claudien─but he has ever allowed the thrill of discovery to cloud his better judgment. We have no recourse but to entreat Ishgard's aid in searching for him."
169,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_723","As for that unsightly fortress which materialized in the aetherial sea─Pandæmonium, was it?─it cannot be left alone."
170,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_724","For the time being, information regarding this matter must be strictly controlled so as to minimize panic. We will gather those with knowledge of the aetherial sea, and continue monitoring it for further irregularities."
171,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_725","You two, submit a <Emphasis>detailed</Emphasis> report to the Forum at once."
172,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_726","At present, we have far more questions than answers. Nevertheless, I would ask for your assistance at such a time that our investigation has concluded."
173,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_727","Very good. Now if you will excuse me, I must apprise the Forum of what has occurred here."
174,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_760","Just when we need him the most, Professor Claudien remains unaccounted for."
175,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_100_760","He even brought the crystal with him. We are left with scarce few straws to grasp at..."
176,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_761","While I am but a lowly assistant, even I can see that our two current problems are likely related. The same party or phenomenon may be responsible for both."
177,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_762","Conversely, I see now that my unexperienced imagination failed to do Pandæmonium's pitiless spires justice. I can only wonder─if the facility itself traversed the ages, did the creations within do the same? What of the keywards?"
178,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_763","...But answers to these questions shall come in time, I am sure. For now, I must do as Master Fourchenault asked and write that report!"
179,"TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_764","As for you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, pray get what rest your responsibilities will allow. When next we call upon you, I wager we shall need you in prime condition!"
0,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_00,Lahabrea is looking at Erichthonios with concern.
1,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_01,"As Erichthonios regains his senses, Lahabrea finally shares the story of he and Athena. Conjuring phantom visions, he tells of his discovery of her experiments and journey into Pandæmonium to stop them. It is a story of betrayal and forlorn love, which resulted in Lahabrea and Athena bonding souls, and the former becoming corrupted by the latter's unquenchable thirst for knowledge. To save himself, Lahabrea was forced to cut away a part of his soul and seal it within a crystal. Yet even this was a part of Athena's scheme, as the crystal was used to imbue a vessel with life, creating Hephaistos."
2,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_02,"With the truth of the matter laid bare at last, all that remains is to return to the surface. While there is yet more Erichthonios would say on the revelations which just transpired, he bids the group return to Pandæmonium's entrance, where the scars of the past do not linger."
3,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_03,"Erichthonios thanks you and Themis for your efforts in aiding Pandæmonium─and in helping him understand his father. While questions remain as to the details of Hephaistos's experiments and Erichthonios's role in them, Lahabrea assures you that they are better left unanswered. When the topic of conversation turns to crystals, Themis remarks that the aether contained in the crystal you first showed him bore no resemblance to Hephaistos's, and wonders who might have sent it─a mystery of great interest to all present. As the others await such time as you are able to return with the crystal, they will set free the other warders, and inquire if any among them sent its message floating upon the aetherial sea."
4,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_04,"You return to Claudien's laboratory to find a flustered Ruissenaud, who informs you that Claudien has gone missing and an unusual confluence of energy has been detected in the aetherial sea. Together you rush to the Aitiascope and are met with the sight of Pandæmonium floating in the once-empty void. Moments after, Fourchenault Leveilleur arrives as well, evidently drawn by the marked fluctuation in energy. Upon hearing your story, he deftly maps out a tentative course of action. Ishgard will be asked to aid in a search for Claudien, and the brightest minds in aetherial research will be gathered to keep track of changes in the aetherial sea. For the time being, he asks you to stand by to assist them when the next step is decided. He departs to make his own report to the Forum, leaving you and Ruissenaud behind to process what just occurred."
5,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_05,"Before turning his wandering attention to his own report, Ruissenaud surmises that the hand behind Professor Claudien's disappearance may also have summoned Pandæmonium to the present. Like your allies in an age long past, he asks that you rest─warning that whatever may come, it is bound to demand your full strength."
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24,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_00,Speak with Erichthonios.
25,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_01,Speak with Erichthonios at the Gates of Pandæmonium.
26,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_02,Speak with Ruissenaud at Aporia.
27,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_03,Speak with Ruissenaud.
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48,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_000,Where...are we?
49,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_002,What is this? The barriers around Pandæmonium are no longer under assault.
50,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_010,"I feel no trace of Hephaistos's poison in your mind, and for a blessing, it appears your body is none the worse for wear."
51,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_011,"I made my way here as soon as I could. I no longer sense Hephaistos, and the force assailing Pandæmonium's barriers has ceased. Are we rid of him for good and all?"
52,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_012,"...I see. Despite his muddled senses, Erichthonios felt that to seal Hephaistos away was the proper course."
53,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_013,"It wasn't so noble as that. I only knew something had to be done, so I acted."
54,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_100_013,Lahabrea...was that how you dealt with Hephaistos in the past?
55,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_014,Indeed. He was naught but the parts of my memory and soul that I had cut away─a mass of aether without a material vessel. Storing his essence within a crystal was the most logical choice.
56,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_015,"...On that matter, I believe the time has come for you to share the rest of your tale. Of Hephaistos's creation and Athena's end."
57,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_016,"I heard your words, but only vaguely, as if from under the surface of a deep pool. My mother wished...to use me?"
58,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_017,"I would hear the whole truth. I want to know what happened here, and what drove Athena to act as she did. I'm ready."
59,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_018,Athena's brilliance outshone us all─even the other members of the Words of Lahabrea were as children in comparison. So dedicated to research was she that it was not unheard of for her to forget meals or even sleep.
60,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_019,"Her mind was ever grasping for knowledge, and it was in this endless search that she became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of life."
61,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_020,"You see, while we can conceive life in various forms, the means of creating a *soul* are beyond our ken. Similarly, though we can enhance and alter our physical vessels, we have ever been bound to them. Athena's purpose was to shatter these limitations."
62,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_021,Such limitations as we were not meant to surpass. She sought to enter the realm of the gods.
63,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_022,"Scarce few have the ability to comprehend what such a task entails, let alone the courage to attempt it."
64,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_023,"For most, the thought would be an idle fancy, considered once and then discarded. Not so for Athena..."
65,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_024,"As leader of the Words of Lahabrea, I spoke with her often about transcending our being. From an academic perspective, the challenge has plagued countless researchers through the ages."
66,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_025,"It was during these musings that I began to formulate a theory─a means by which a person could meld with a creation. The weaknesses of one would be mitigated by the strengths of the other, and the result could be something greater than we have ever imagined."
67,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_026,"Although it was but a theory, Athena insisted I develop it further, curious about every detail along the way. Our conversations became more frequent, and our platonic relationship grew into something much more..."
68,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_027,I take it I was born not soon after...
69,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_028,"Just so. I believed she bore true affection for me, and was blind to her hidden intentions. When Pandæmonium was built and she requested to lead the researchers, I saw no reason to deny her."
70,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_029,"Even setting aside our relationship, her accomplishments as a scholar made her the obvious choice. However, in giving her Pandæmonium, I also gave her free rein to conduct whatsoever experiments she could devise."
71,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_030,And when you found out what she was doing...you killed her.
72,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_031,"I made haste to Pandæmonium the moment I learned of these hidden chambers. I left Agdistis to keep watch from Tartaros's vestibule as I ventured deeper, knowing not what would await me."
73,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_032,"...As for what occurred next, 'tis best to see with your own eyes."
74,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_050,Is that...me?
75,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_051,"You are well aware that out of respect for our neighbors in Elpis, the researchers of Pandæmonium are not to be masked."
76,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_052,Yet you stand before me with your face covered. What petty defiance is this?
77,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_053,"What indeed? So quick you are to rebuke me, though you yourself have not set foot in these halls since their inception."
78,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_054,You must have known you could not conceal this from myself and Agdistis forever...as well you know that I cannot allow it to continue.
79,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_055,I shall say this but once: release Erichthonios. Else I shall have no choice but to strike you down.
80,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_056,"I would meet my end at the hands of none other. However, ere my time is come, I will have you know the why of it."
81,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_057,...Then you will not desist.
82,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_058,"Once you understand what has driven me this far, you shall see that stopping was never an option."
83,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_059,The feelings of one weigh little against the needs of the entire star.
84,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_060,"Of course, of that I am well aware. But you did not deign to descend from your lofty heights simply to lecture me as you would a child."
85,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_061,"You have an interest in my motivations. What possessed Athena, peerless researcher and mother to the son of the great Lahabrea, to embark upon the path to her downfall?"
86,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_062,"History will demand an answer, but it is you who deserves one. Give me your hand, Lahabrea, and we shall know one another more deeply than ever before."
87,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_063,Impossible... You bonded your souls?
88,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_064,"Aye. That the boundaries between us would cease to be... She offered me everything, to be understood."
89,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_065,"I found myself unable to refuse. At that moment, my mind was a storm of questions, yet one roared the loudest..."
90,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_066,Did Athena ever truly love me?
91,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_067,"I am become thee, memory and mind..."
92,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_068,"...And I, thee."
93,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_069,(-Athena's Voice-)...Can you feel it?
94,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_100_069,(-Athena's Voice-)My heart... All that I am.
95,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_070,Yes. As if it were my own...
96,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_071,"A fathomless desire to dissect the mysteries of life... To transcend our mortal flesh, and bleed into a higher plane of existence!"
97,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_072,An unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Not a single thought spared for another...for the star!
98,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_073,How disappointing...
99,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_074,Yet what is known cannot be unknown. You have beheld my life's work.
100,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_075,"Try as you might to excise the memory, the seed of desire remains. And when it takes root, you too shall be consumed by the selfsame fervor."
101,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_076,I will dig it out! I will dispense with the corruption in my soul ere your rotten insight spreads.
102,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_077,"'Twas my weakness that let this wickedness fester─but never again. Today I cast aside fickle emotion, and abide in duty alone."
103,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_078,"Today I renounce all that I was, and live only as Lahabrea!"
104,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_079,"Thus did I forsake the part of myself that had been polluted by Athena, sealing it within a crystal."
105,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_080,Never did I think I would one day face those memories made flesh.
106,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_081,"Forgive my bluntness, but your actions bordered on insanity. To go to such lengths to escape your memories... You nearly rewrote your very existence."
107,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_082,"Rest assured, the change did not go unnoticed by our colleagues in the Convocation. Igeyorhm and Emet–Selch, in particular, made plain the suspicions they harbored."
108,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_083,As well they should have... That you escaped with your life was nothing short of a miracle.
109,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_084,...Why didn't you destroy the crystal then and there? Did you think to one day make use of the knowledge it contained?
110,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_085,"I will not deny such considerations played into my decision, but my main motivation was fear. I had never attempted such a feat before."
111,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_086,"The crystal was my sole recourse should something go awry with the remainder of my soul. In hindsight, to cling to it was a mistake born of doubt..."
112,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_087,"Athena must have anticipated that I would resort to such measures, and prepared a vessel beforehand that would accept the dregs of my soul."
113,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_088,"Hephaistos doubtless believed he was performing his duty as a husband and father should. Yet in truth, he was but a puppet being pulled to and fro by Athena's desires."
114,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_089,"His goal was not to raise himself high... He thought only of seeing his dear Athena live again, that she might finish what she began."
115,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_090,"Yet for all of that, he and I were alike. We yet shared a fatal flaw, you see─our need for control blinded us to other perspectives."
116,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_091,"While I was in thrall to Hephaistos, you called out to me. What say you now? Does Lahabrea speak true?"
117,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_Q1_000_100,What will you say?
118,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A1_000_100,He did promise.
119,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A2_000_100,"Yes, and now it's your turn to do the same."
120,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A3_000_100,What does your heart tell you?
121,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_095,...I just want to know one thing. Did you truly believe that hiding the truth was best for *me*? Even knowing how I felt about my mother?
122,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_096,"The Lahabrea I know had a “fatal flaw,” after all. I'm still not convinced."
123,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_097,I have said all that I can say. Now it is for you to choose to believe me...or not.
124,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_098,The Lahabrea I know holds duty above all else. I would sooner prostrate myself before an erupting volcano than place my fickle emotions in his path.
125,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_099,"When you return to the surface, you'll doubtless don that mask once more. So before we climb out of this forsaken pit, I suppose I should say..."
126,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100,"Thank you, Hephaistos."
127,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_110,"I have said all that needs to be said. From this moment forward, I pledge that my heart shall not lead me astray."
128,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_115,Hephaistos was far more than an imitation of Lahabrea. He was quite literally a part of him...
129,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_116,"But Lahabrea, to me, is a man who thinks of naught but his duty. By casting aside the burden that Hephaistos represented, he shall become ever more “himself,” in a way."
130,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_130,"I've heard enough. There is more I would yet discuss, but we should first return to Pandæmonium's gates. I'll gather my thoughts on the way."
131,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_140,"Athena viewed Erichthonios as the ideal test subject. Hephaistos's research must have been very nearly complete, to seek him out like he did..."
132,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_141,
133,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_145,"We have regained complete control of the facility, but it shall take some time yet until things are in working order again."
134,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_150,"I owe you an apology, Player. It was due to my own inexperience that Hephaistos was so easily able to take hold of my mind."
135,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_151,"I also owe you thanks. If you and Themis hadn't chosen to brave the chaos occurring in Pandæmonium, then I would have never known Lahabrea's story. My father's story."
136,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_152,'Twas a tale I too was fascinated to hear. I very much look forward to speaking with Azem upon my return─I cannot help but wonder how much of this she foresaw.
137,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_153,"...I am afraid I cannot allow that, Elidibus. So long as you retain control of Pandæmonium, there is work to be done."
138,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_154,But of course. I shall first free the remaining warders and restore this place to its former glory.
139,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_155,"Using the facilities in Tartaros, we should be able to reverse the changes made to their bodies and minds. I shall stay behind to oversee the process."
140,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_156,"That is well, but I must yet learn why *I* was considered the key to Hephaistos's experiments, and how he intended to revive Athena."
141,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_157,"Such questions are best left unanswered. In fact, I forbid the pursuit of that knowledge─the boundary between man and creation shall never again be crossed."
142,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_100_157,"And I intend to destroy the crystal containing Hephaistos's essence, that this mistake never again repeats."
143,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_158,I see no reason to gainsay your judgment.
144,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_159,"There is yet the matter of *your* crystal, however. Truth be told, I had not considered its origin until I saw the one containing Hephaistos's aether. I was struck by how wholly different they were."
145,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_160,...There is another?
146,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_161,"While imbuing a crystal with memories is a simple process, storing a message─a warning, even─would be something altogether more complex."
147,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_162,This also means that someone besides the present company─and Azem─was aware of the plot unfolding within Pandæmonium.
148,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_163,"Then why would they not make themselves known, even now? No threats remain..."
149,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_164,Perhaps it was one of the other warders. We shall question them after they are freed.
150,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165,"That task may take some time─a resource I'd rather not steal more of from you. Return at your leisure, and we will share our results then. You've done more than enough for the time being."
151,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_166,"I am of the same mind. Leave the loose ends to us, and continue upon your journey. Or if you are so inclined, take a much-needed repose."
152,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_167,...This talk of journeys smacks of Azem.
153,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_168,As well it should. She has pledged to keep moving until she has seen every corner of the world.
154,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_169,"If you do find yourself with a spare moment, you might bring that crystal of yours to Lahabrea─he may be able to offer further insight. Until then, my friend."
155,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_180,"As you may have noticed during our battle, Lahabrea's mask crowns me when I've transformed."
156,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_181,"It is said that we manifest in a way that reflects our innermost selves. I had thought that mask a symbol of the chains that bound my heart, but recent events have caused me to reconsider that assumption..."
157,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_185,"I look forward to your returning with the crystal... But worry not, I shall try my level best to stave off loneliness while you are gone."
158,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_190,"The crystal that hangs from Erichthonios's waist was a gift from me, made in the hopes that it would spark growth in his aptitude for magic. 'Tis plain he no longer requires it, but I see no reason he cannot wear it for a while longer."
159,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_200,"Why, if it isn't Player! Excuse me if I'm not my usual chipper self, but we have not been without our difficulties in your absence..."
160,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_201,"You see, communication with the airship Professor Claudien commissioned for his search was lost some time ago, and now we have quite lost track of where he might be!"
161,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_202,"And to make matters worse, Nemjiji has just sent word of an unusually large amount of energy coming from somewhere within the aetherial sea. I was just on my way to the Aitiascope, in fact─please, you must come with me!"
162,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_700,What... What is that? Is it real!?
163,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_701,"(-???-)Why is it that whenever danger visits the world, you are never far behind?"
164,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_702,"And you two... Professor Claudien's assistants, I take it?"
165,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_703,"As you arrived before me, I take it you are involved in this. I would thank you to furnish me with an explanation."
166,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_720,"While the research summary you submitted to the Forum gave us no cause for concern, these details are...alarming."
167,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_NEMJIJI_000_721,"The professor's last message indicated he was on his way to Azys Lla, but we know not whether he ever reached his destination."
168,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_722,"A rash endeavor, even for Claudien─but he has ever allowed the thrill of discovery to cloud his better judgment. We have no recourse but to entreat Ishgard's aid in searching for him."
169,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_723,"As for that unsightly fortress which materialized in the aetherial sea─Pandæmonium, was it?─it cannot be left alone."
170,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_724,"For the time being, information regarding this matter must be strictly controlled so as to minimize panic. We will gather those with knowledge of the aetherial sea, and continue monitoring it for further irregularities."
171,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_725,"You two, submit a *detailed* report to the Forum at once."
172,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_726,"At present, we have far more questions than answers. Nevertheless, I would ask for your assistance at such a time that our investigation has concluded."
173,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_727,"Very good. Now if you will excuse me, I must apprise the Forum of what has occurred here."
174,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_760,"Just when we need him the most, Professor Claudien remains unaccounted for."
175,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_100_760,He even brought the crystal with him. We are left with scarce few straws to grasp at...
176,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_761,"While I am but a lowly assistant, even I can see that our two current problems are likely related. The same party or phenomenon may be responsible for both."
177,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_762,"Conversely, I see now that my unexperienced imagination failed to do Pandæmonium's pitiless spires justice. I can only wonder─if the facility itself traversed the ages, did the creations within do the same? What of the keywards?"
178,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_763,"...But answers to these questions shall come in time, I am sure. For now, I must do as Master Fourchenault asked and write that report!"
179,TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_764,"As for you, Player, pray get what rest your responsibilities will allow. When next we call upon you, I wager we shall need you in prime condition!"
1 key 0 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_00 1 Lahabrea is looking at Erichthonios with concern.
2 # 1 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_01 As Erichthonios regains his senses, Lahabrea finally shares the story of he and Athena. Conjuring phantom visions, he tells of his discovery of her experiments and journey into Pandæmonium to stop them. It is a story of betrayal and forlorn love, which resulted in Lahabrea and Athena bonding souls, and the former becoming corrupted by the latter's unquenchable thirst for knowledge. To save himself, Lahabrea was forced to cut away a part of his soul and seal it within a crystal. Yet even this was a part of Athena's scheme, as the crystal was used to imbue a vessel with life, creating Hephaistos.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_02 str With the truth of the matter laid bare at last, all that remains is to return to the surface. While there is yet more Erichthonios would say on the revelations which just transpired, he bids the group return to Pandæmonium's entrance, where the scars of the past do not linger.
4 0 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_03 Lahabrea is looking at Erichthonios with concern. Erichthonios thanks you and Themis for your efforts in aiding Pandæmonium─and in helping him understand his father. While questions remain as to the details of Hephaistos's experiments and Erichthonios's role in them, Lahabrea assures you that they are better left unanswered. When the topic of conversation turns to crystals, Themis remarks that the aether contained in the crystal you first showed him bore no resemblance to Hephaistos's, and wonders who might have sent it─a mystery of great interest to all present. As the others await such time as you are able to return with the crystal, they will set free the other warders, and inquire if any among them sent its message floating upon the aetherial sea.
5 1 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_04 As Erichthonios regains his senses, Lahabrea finally shares the story of he and Athena. Conjuring phantom visions, he tells of his discovery of her experiments and journey into Pandæmonium to stop them. It is a story of betrayal and forlorn love, which resulted in Lahabrea and Athena bonding souls, and the former becoming corrupted by the latter's unquenchable thirst for knowledge. To save himself, Lahabrea was forced to cut away a part of his soul and seal it within a crystal. Yet even this was a part of Athena's scheme, as the crystal was used to imbue a vessel with life, creating Hephaistos. You return to Claudien's laboratory to find a flustered Ruissenaud, who informs you that Claudien has gone missing and an unusual confluence of energy has been detected in the aetherial sea. Together you rush to the Aitiascope and are met with the sight of Pandæmonium floating in the once-empty void. Moments after, Fourchenault Leveilleur arrives as well, evidently drawn by the marked fluctuation in energy. Upon hearing your story, he deftly maps out a tentative course of action. Ishgard will be asked to aid in a search for Claudien, and the brightest minds in aetherial research will be gathered to keep track of changes in the aetherial sea. For the time being, he asks you to stand by to assist them when the next step is decided. He departs to make his own report to the Forum, leaving you and Ruissenaud behind to process what just occurred.
6 2 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_05 With the truth of the matter laid bare at last, all that remains is to return to the surface. While there is yet more Erichthonios would say on the revelations which just transpired, he bids the group return to Pandæmonium's entrance, where the scars of the past do not linger. Before turning his wandering attention to his own report, Ruissenaud surmises that the hand behind Professor Claudien's disappearance may also have summoned Pandæmonium to the present. Like your allies in an age long past, he asks that you rest─warning that whatever may come, it is bound to demand your full strength.
7 3 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_06 Erichthonios thanks you and Themis for your efforts in aiding Pandæmonium─and in helping him understand his father. While questions remain as to the details of Hephaistos's experiments and Erichthonios's role in them, Lahabrea assures you that they are better left unanswered. When the topic of conversation turns to crystals, Themis remarks that the aether contained in the crystal you first showed him bore no resemblance to Hephaistos's, and wonders who might have sent it─a mystery of great interest to all present. As the others await such time as you are able to return with the crystal, they will set free the other warders, and inquire if any among them sent its message floating upon the aetherial sea.
8 4 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_07 You return to Claudien's laboratory to find a flustered Ruissenaud, who informs you that Claudien has gone missing and an unusual confluence of energy has been detected in the aetherial sea. Together you rush to the Aitiascope and are met with the sight of Pandæmonium floating in the once-empty void. Moments after, Fourchenault Leveilleur arrives as well, evidently drawn by the marked fluctuation in energy. Upon hearing your story, he deftly maps out a tentative course of action. Ishgard will be asked to aid in a search for Claudien, and the brightest minds in aetherial research will be gathered to keep track of changes in the aetherial sea. For the time being, he asks you to stand by to assist them when the next step is decided. He departs to make his own report to the Forum, leaving you and Ruissenaud behind to process what just occurred.
9 5 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_SEQ_08 Before turning his wandering attention to his own report, Ruissenaud surmises that the hand behind Professor Claudien's disappearance may also have summoned Pandæmonium to the present. Like your allies in an age long past, he asks that you rest─warning that whatever may come, it is bound to demand your full strength.
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49 45 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_21 48 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_000 Where...are we?
50 46 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_22 49 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_002 What is this? The barriers around Pandæmonium are no longer under assault.
51 47 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_TODO_23 50 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_010 I feel no trace of Hephaistos's poison in your mind, and for a blessing, it appears your body is none the worse for wear.
52 48 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_000 51 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_011 Where...are we? I made my way here as soon as I could. I no longer sense Hephaistos, and the force assailing Pandæmonium's barriers has ceased. Are we rid of him for good and all?
53 49 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_002 52 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_012 What is this? The barriers around Pandæmonium are no longer under assault. ...I see. Despite his muddled senses, Erichthonios felt that to seal Hephaistos away was the proper course.
54 50 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_010 53 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_013 I feel no trace of Hephaistos's poison in your mind, and for a blessing, it appears your body is none the worse for wear. It wasn't so noble as that. I only knew something had to be done, so I acted.
55 51 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_011 54 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_100_013 I made my way here as soon as I could. I no longer sense Hephaistos, and the force assailing Pandæmonium's barriers has ceased. Are we rid of him for good and all? Lahabrea...was that how you dealt with Hephaistos in the past?
56 52 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_012 55 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_014 ...I see. Despite his muddled senses, Erichthonios felt that to seal Hephaistos away was the proper course. Indeed. He was naught but the parts of my memory and soul that I had cut away─a mass of aether without a material vessel. Storing his essence within a crystal was the most logical choice.
57 53 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_013 56 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_015 It wasn't so noble as that. I only knew something had to be done, so I acted. ...On that matter, I believe the time has come for you to share the rest of your tale. Of Hephaistos's creation and Athena's end.
58 54 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_100_013 57 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_016 Lahabrea...was that how you dealt with Hephaistos in the past? I heard your words, but only vaguely, as if from under the surface of a deep pool. My mother wished...to use me?
59 55 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_014 58 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_017 Indeed. He was naught but the parts of my memory and soul that I had cut away─a mass of aether without a material vessel. Storing his essence within a crystal was the most logical choice. I would hear the whole truth. I want to know what happened here, and what drove Athena to act as she did. I'm ready.
60 56 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_015 59 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_018 ...On that matter, I believe the time has come for you to share the rest of your tale. Of Hephaistos's creation and Athena's end. Athena's brilliance outshone us all─even the other members of the Words of Lahabrea were as children in comparison. So dedicated to research was she that it was not unheard of for her to forget meals or even sleep.
61 57 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_016 60 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_019 I heard your words, but only vaguely, as if from under the surface of a deep pool. My mother wished...to use me? Her mind was ever grasping for knowledge, and it was in this endless search that she became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of life.
62 58 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_017 61 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_020 I would hear the whole truth. I want to know what happened here, and what drove Athena to act as she did. I'm ready. You see, while we can conceive life in various forms, the means of creating a *soul* are beyond our ken. Similarly, though we can enhance and alter our physical vessels, we have ever been bound to them. Athena's purpose was to shatter these limitations.
63 59 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_018 62 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_021 Athena's brilliance outshone us all─even the other members of the Words of Lahabrea were as children in comparison. So dedicated to research was she that it was not unheard of for her to forget meals or even sleep. Such limitations as we were not meant to surpass. She sought to enter the realm of the gods.
64 60 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_019 63 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_022 Her mind was ever grasping for knowledge, and it was in this endless search that she became obsessed with uncovering the secrets of life. Scarce few have the ability to comprehend what such a task entails, let alone the courage to attempt it.
65 61 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_020 64 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_023 You see, while we can conceive life in various forms, the means of creating a <Emphasis>soul</Emphasis> are beyond our ken. Similarly, though we can enhance and alter our physical vessels, we have ever been bound to them. Athena's purpose was to shatter these limitations. For most, the thought would be an idle fancy, considered once and then discarded. Not so for Athena...
66 62 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_021 65 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_024 Such limitations as we were not meant to surpass. She sought to enter the realm of the gods. As leader of the Words of Lahabrea, I spoke with her often about transcending our being. From an academic perspective, the challenge has plagued countless researchers through the ages.
67 63 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_022 66 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_025 Scarce few have the ability to comprehend what such a task entails, let alone the courage to attempt it. It was during these musings that I began to formulate a theory─a means by which a person could meld with a creation. The weaknesses of one would be mitigated by the strengths of the other, and the result could be something greater than we have ever imagined.
68 64 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_023 67 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_026 For most, the thought would be an idle fancy, considered once and then discarded. Not so for Athena... Although it was but a theory, Athena insisted I develop it further, curious about every detail along the way. Our conversations became more frequent, and our platonic relationship grew into something much more...
69 65 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_024 68 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_027 As leader of the Words of Lahabrea, I spoke with her often about transcending our being. From an academic perspective, the challenge has plagued countless researchers through the ages. I take it I was born not soon after...
70 66 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_025 69 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_028 It was during these musings that I began to formulate a theory─a means by which a person could meld with a creation. The weaknesses of one would be mitigated by the strengths of the other, and the result could be something greater than we have ever imagined. Just so. I believed she bore true affection for me, and was blind to her hidden intentions. When Pandæmonium was built and she requested to lead the researchers, I saw no reason to deny her.
71 67 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_026 70 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_029 Although it was but a theory, Athena insisted I develop it further, curious about every detail along the way. Our conversations became more frequent, and our platonic relationship grew into something much more... Even setting aside our relationship, her accomplishments as a scholar made her the obvious choice. However, in giving her Pandæmonium, I also gave her free rein to conduct whatsoever experiments she could devise.
72 68 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_027 71 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_030 I take it I was born not soon after... And when you found out what she was doing...you killed her.
73 69 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_028 72 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_031 Just so. I believed she bore true affection for me, and was blind to her hidden intentions. When Pandæmonium was built and she requested to lead the researchers, I saw no reason to deny her. I made haste to Pandæmonium the moment I learned of these hidden chambers. I left Agdistis to keep watch from Tartaros's vestibule as I ventured deeper, knowing not what would await me.
74 70 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_029 73 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_032 Even setting aside our relationship, her accomplishments as a scholar made her the obvious choice. However, in giving her Pandæmonium, I also gave her free rein to conduct whatsoever experiments she could devise. ...As for what occurred next, 'tis best to see with your own eyes.
75 71 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_030 74 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_050 And when you found out what she was doing...you killed her. Is that...me?
76 72 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_031 75 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_051 I made haste to Pandæmonium the moment I learned of these hidden chambers. I left Agdistis to keep watch from Tartaros's vestibule as I ventured deeper, knowing not what would await me. You are well aware that out of respect for our neighbors in Elpis, the researchers of Pandæmonium are not to be masked.
77 73 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_032 76 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_052 ...As for what occurred next, 'tis best to see with your own eyes. Yet you stand before me with your face covered. What petty defiance is this?
78 74 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_050 77 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_053 Is that...me? What indeed? So quick you are to rebuke me, though you yourself have not set foot in these halls since their inception.
79 75 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_051 78 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_054 You are well aware that out of respect for our neighbors in Elpis, the researchers of Pandæmonium are not to be masked. You must have known you could not conceal this from myself and Agdistis forever...as well you know that I cannot allow it to continue.
80 76 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_052 79 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_055 Yet you stand before me with your face covered. What petty defiance is this? I shall say this but once: release Erichthonios. Else I shall have no choice but to strike you down.
81 77 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_053 80 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_056 What indeed? So quick you are to rebuke me, though you yourself have not set foot in these halls since their inception. I would meet my end at the hands of none other. However, ere my time is come, I will have you know the why of it.
82 78 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_054 81 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_057 You must have known you could not conceal this from myself and Agdistis forever...as well you know that I cannot allow it to continue. ...Then you will not desist.
83 79 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_055 82 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_058 I shall say this but once: release Erichthonios. Else I shall have no choice but to strike you down. Once you understand what has driven me this far, you shall see that stopping was never an option.
84 80 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_056 83 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_059 I would meet my end at the hands of none other. However, ere my time is come, I will have you know the why of it. The feelings of one weigh little against the needs of the entire star.
85 81 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_057 84 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_060 ...Then you will not desist. Of course, of that I am well aware. But you did not deign to descend from your lofty heights simply to lecture me as you would a child.
86 82 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_058 85 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_061 Once you understand what has driven me this far, you shall see that stopping was never an option. You have an interest in my motivations. What possessed Athena, peerless researcher and mother to the son of the great Lahabrea, to embark upon the path to her downfall?
87 83 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_059 86 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_062 The feelings of one weigh little against the needs of the entire star. History will demand an answer, but it is you who deserves one. Give me your hand, Lahabrea, and we shall know one another more deeply than ever before.
88 84 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_060 87 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_063 Of course, of that I am well aware. But you did not deign to descend from your lofty heights simply to lecture me as you would a child. Impossible... You bonded your souls?
89 85 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_061 88 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_064 You have an interest in my motivations. What possessed Athena, peerless researcher and mother to the son of the great Lahabrea, to embark upon the path to her downfall? Aye. That the boundaries between us would cease to be... She offered me everything, to be understood.
90 86 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_062 89 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_065 History will demand an answer, but it is you who deserves one. Give me your hand, Lahabrea, and we shall know one another more deeply than ever before. I found myself unable to refuse. At that moment, my mind was a storm of questions, yet one roared the loudest...
91 87 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_063 90 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_066 Impossible... You bonded your souls? Did Athena ever truly love me?
92 88 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_064 91 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_067 Aye. That the boundaries between us would cease to be... She offered me everything, to be understood. I am become thee, memory and mind...
93 89 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_065 92 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_068 I found myself unable to refuse. At that moment, my mind was a storm of questions, yet one roared the loudest... ...And I, thee.
94 90 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_066 93 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_069 Did Athena ever truly love me? (-Athena's Voice-)...Can you feel it?
95 91 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_067 94 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_100_069 I am become thee, memory and mind... (-Athena's Voice-)My heart... All that I am.
96 92 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_068 95 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_070 ...And I, thee. Yes. As if it were my own...
97 93 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_069 96 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_071 (-Athena's Voice-)...Can you feel it? A fathomless desire to dissect the mysteries of life... To transcend our mortal flesh, and bleed into a higher plane of existence!
98 94 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_100_069 97 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_072 (-Athena's Voice-)My heart... All that I am. An unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Not a single thought spared for another...for the star!
99 95 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_070 98 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_073 Yes. As if it were my own... How disappointing...
100 96 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_071 99 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_074 A fathomless desire to dissect the mysteries of life... To transcend our mortal flesh, and bleed into a higher plane of existence! Yet what is known cannot be unknown. You have beheld my life's work.
101 97 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_072 100 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_075 An unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Not a single thought spared for another...for the star! Try as you might to excise the memory, the seed of desire remains. And when it takes root, you too shall be consumed by the selfsame fervor.
102 98 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_073 101 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_076 How disappointing... I will dig it out! I will dispense with the corruption in my soul ere your rotten insight spreads.
103 99 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_074 102 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_077 Yet what is known cannot be unknown. You have beheld my life's work. 'Twas my weakness that let this wickedness fester─but never again. Today I cast aside fickle emotion, and abide in duty alone.
104 100 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ATHENA_000_075 103 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_078 Try as you might to excise the memory, the seed of desire remains. And when it takes root, you too shall be consumed by the selfsame fervor. Today I renounce all that I was, and live only as Lahabrea!
105 101 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_076 104 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_079 I will dig it out! I will dispense with the corruption in my soul ere your rotten insight spreads. Thus did I forsake the part of myself that had been polluted by Athena, sealing it within a crystal.
106 102 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_077 105 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_080 'Twas my weakness that let this wickedness fester─but never again. Today I cast aside fickle emotion, and abide in duty alone. Never did I think I would one day face those memories made flesh.
107 103 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_078 106 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_081 Today I renounce all that I was, and live only as Lahabrea! Forgive my bluntness, but your actions bordered on insanity. To go to such lengths to escape your memories... You nearly rewrote your very existence.
108 104 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_079 107 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_082 Thus did I forsake the part of myself that had been polluted by Athena, sealing it within a crystal. Rest assured, the change did not go unnoticed by our colleagues in the Convocation. Igeyorhm and Emet–Selch, in particular, made plain the suspicions they harbored.
109 105 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_080 108 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_083 Never did I think I would one day face those memories made flesh. As well they should have... That you escaped with your life was nothing short of a miracle.
110 106 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_081 109 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_084 Forgive my bluntness, but your actions bordered on insanity. To go to such lengths to escape your memories... You nearly rewrote your very existence. ...Why didn't you destroy the crystal then and there? Did you think to one day make use of the knowledge it contained?
111 107 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_082 110 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_085 Rest assured, the change did not go unnoticed by our colleagues in the Convocation. Igeyorhm and Emet–Selch, in particular, made plain the suspicions they harbored. I will not deny such considerations played into my decision, but my main motivation was fear. I had never attempted such a feat before.
112 108 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_083 111 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_086 As well they should have... That you escaped with your life was nothing short of a miracle. The crystal was my sole recourse should something go awry with the remainder of my soul. In hindsight, to cling to it was a mistake born of doubt...
113 109 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_084 112 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_087 ...Why didn't you destroy the crystal then and there? Did you think to one day make use of the knowledge it contained? Athena must have anticipated that I would resort to such measures, and prepared a vessel beforehand that would accept the dregs of my soul.
114 110 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_085 113 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_088 I will not deny such considerations played into my decision, but my main motivation was fear. I had never attempted such a feat before. Hephaistos doubtless believed he was performing his duty as a husband and father should. Yet in truth, he was but a puppet being pulled to and fro by Athena's desires.
115 111 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_086 114 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_089 The crystal was my sole recourse should something go awry with the remainder of my soul. In hindsight, to cling to it was a mistake born of doubt... His goal was not to raise himself high... He thought only of seeing his dear Athena live again, that she might finish what she began.
116 112 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_087 115 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_090 Athena must have anticipated that I would resort to such measures, and prepared a vessel beforehand that would accept the dregs of my soul. Yet for all of that, he and I were alike. We yet shared a fatal flaw, you see─our need for control blinded us to other perspectives.
117 113 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_088 116 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_091 Hephaistos doubtless believed he was performing his duty as a husband and father should. Yet in truth, he was but a puppet being pulled to and fro by Athena's desires. While I was in thrall to Hephaistos, you called out to me. What say you now? Does Lahabrea speak true?
118 114 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_089 117 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_Q1_000_100 His goal was not to raise himself high... He thought only of seeing his dear Athena live again, that she might finish what she began. What will you say?
119 115 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_090 118 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A1_000_100 Yet for all of that, he and I were alike. We yet shared a fatal flaw, you see─our need for control blinded us to other perspectives. He did promise.
120 116 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_091 119 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A2_000_100 While I was in thrall to Hephaistos, you called out to me. What say you now? Does Lahabrea speak true? Yes, and now it's your turn to do the same.
121 117 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_Q1_000_100 120 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A3_000_100 What will you say? What does your heart tell you?
122 118 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A1_000_100 121 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_095 He did promise. ...I just want to know one thing. Did you truly believe that hiding the truth was best for *me*? Even knowing how I felt about my mother?
123 119 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A2_000_100 122 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_096 Yes, and now it's your turn to do the same. The Lahabrea I know had a “fatal flaw,” after all. I'm still not convinced.
124 120 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_A3_000_100 123 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_097 What does your heart tell you? I have said all that I can say. Now it is for you to choose to believe me...or not.
125 121 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_095 124 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_098 ...I just want to know one thing. Did you truly believe that hiding the truth was best for <Emphasis>me</Emphasis>? Even knowing how I felt about my mother? The Lahabrea I know holds duty above all else. I would sooner prostrate myself before an erupting volcano than place my fickle emotions in his path.
126 122 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_096 125 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_099 The Lahabrea I know had a “fatal flaw,” after all. I'm still not convinced. When you return to the surface, you'll doubtless don that mask once more. So before we climb out of this forsaken pit, I suppose I should say...
127 123 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_097 126 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100 I have said all that I can say. Now it is for you to choose to believe me...or not. Thank you, Hephaistos.
128 124 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_098 127 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_110 The Lahabrea I know holds duty above all else. I would sooner prostrate myself before an erupting volcano than place my fickle emotions in his path. I have said all that needs to be said. From this moment forward, I pledge that my heart shall not lead me astray.
129 125 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_099 128 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_115 When you return to the surface, you'll doubtless don that mask once more. So before we climb out of this forsaken pit, I suppose I should say... Hephaistos was far more than an imitation of Lahabrea. He was quite literally a part of him...
130 126 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_100 129 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_116 Thank you, Hephaistos. But Lahabrea, to me, is a man who thinks of naught but his duty. By casting aside the burden that Hephaistos represented, he shall become ever more “himself,” in a way.
131 127 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_110 130 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_130 I have said all that needs to be said. From this moment forward, I pledge that my heart shall not lead me astray. I've heard enough. There is more I would yet discuss, but we should first return to Pandæmonium's gates. I'll gather my thoughts on the way.
132 128 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_115 131 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_140 Hephaistos was far more than an imitation of Lahabrea. He was quite literally a part of him... Athena viewed Erichthonios as the ideal test subject. Hephaistos's research must have been very nearly complete, to seek him out like he did...
133 129 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_116 132 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_141 But Lahabrea, to me, is a man who thinks of naught but his duty. By casting aside the burden that Hephaistos represented, he shall become ever more “himself,” in a way.
134 130 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_130 133 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_145 I've heard enough. There is more I would yet discuss, but we should first return to Pandæmonium's gates. I'll gather my thoughts on the way. We have regained complete control of the facility, but it shall take some time yet until things are in working order again.
135 131 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_140 134 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_150 Athena viewed Erichthonios as the ideal test subject. Hephaistos's research must have been very nearly complete, to seek him out like he did... I owe you an apology, Player. It was due to my own inexperience that Hephaistos was so easily able to take hold of my mind.
136 132 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_141 135 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_151 I also owe you thanks. If you and Themis hadn't chosen to brave the chaos occurring in Pandæmonium, then I would have never known Lahabrea's story. My father's story.
137 133 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_145 136 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_152 We have regained complete control of the facility, but it shall take some time yet until things are in working order again. 'Twas a tale I too was fascinated to hear. I very much look forward to speaking with Azem upon my return─I cannot help but wonder how much of this she foresaw.
138 134 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_150 137 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_153 I owe you an apology, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. It was due to my own inexperience that Hephaistos was so easily able to take hold of my mind. ...I am afraid I cannot allow that, Elidibus. So long as you retain control of Pandæmonium, there is work to be done.
139 135 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_151 138 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_154 I also owe you thanks. If you and Themis hadn't chosen to brave the chaos occurring in Pandæmonium, then I would have never known Lahabrea's story. My father's story. But of course. I shall first free the remaining warders and restore this place to its former glory.
140 136 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_152 139 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_155 'Twas a tale I too was fascinated to hear. I very much look forward to speaking with Azem upon my return─I cannot help but wonder how much of this <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> foresaw. Using the facilities in Tartaros, we should be able to reverse the changes made to their bodies and minds. I shall stay behind to oversee the process.
141 137 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_153 140 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_156 ...I am afraid I cannot allow that, Elidibus. So long as you retain control of Pandæmonium, there is work to be done. That is well, but I must yet learn why *I* was considered the key to Hephaistos's experiments, and how he intended to revive Athena.
142 138 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_154 141 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_157 But of course. I shall first free the remaining warders and restore this place to its former glory. Such questions are best left unanswered. In fact, I forbid the pursuit of that knowledge─the boundary between man and creation shall never again be crossed.
143 139 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_155 142 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_100_157 Using the facilities in Tartaros, we should be able to reverse the changes made to their bodies and minds. I shall stay behind to oversee the process. And I intend to destroy the crystal containing Hephaistos's essence, that this mistake never again repeats.
144 140 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_156 143 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_158 That is well, but I must yet learn why <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> was considered the key to Hephaistos's experiments, and how he intended to revive Athena. I see no reason to gainsay your judgment.
145 141 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_157 144 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_159 Such questions are best left unanswered. In fact, I forbid the pursuit of that knowledge─the boundary between man and creation shall never again be crossed. There is yet the matter of *your* crystal, however. Truth be told, I had not considered its origin until I saw the one containing Hephaistos's aether. I was struck by how wholly different they were.
146 142 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_100_157 145 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_160 And I intend to destroy the crystal containing Hephaistos's essence, that this mistake never again repeats. ...There is another?
147 143 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_158 146 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_161 I see no reason to gainsay your judgment. While imbuing a crystal with memories is a simple process, storing a message─a warning, even─would be something altogether more complex.
148 144 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_159 147 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_162 There is yet the matter of <Emphasis>your</Emphasis> crystal, however. Truth be told, I had not considered its origin until I saw the one containing Hephaistos's aether. I was struck by how wholly different they were. This also means that someone besides the present company─and Azem─was aware of the plot unfolding within Pandæmonium.
149 145 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_160 148 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_163 ...There is another? Then why would they not make themselves known, even now? No threats remain...
150 146 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_161 149 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_164 While imbuing a crystal with memories is a simple process, storing a message─a warning, even─would be something altogether more complex. Perhaps it was one of the other warders. We shall question them after they are freed.
151 147 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_162 150 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165 This also means that someone besides the present company─and Azem─was aware of the plot unfolding within Pandæmonium. That task may take some time─a resource I'd rather not steal more of from you. Return at your leisure, and we will share our results then. You've done more than enough for the time being.
152 148 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_163 151 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_166 Then why would they not make themselves known, even now? No threats remain... I am of the same mind. Leave the loose ends to us, and continue upon your journey. Or if you are so inclined, take a much-needed repose.
153 149 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_164 152 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_167 Perhaps it was one of the other warders. We shall question them after they are freed. ...This talk of journeys smacks of Azem.
154 150 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_165 153 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_168 That task may take some time─a resource I'd rather not steal more of from you. Return at your leisure, and we will share our results then. You've done more than enough for the time being. As well it should. She has pledged to keep moving until she has seen every corner of the world.
155 151 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_166 154 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_169 I am of the same mind. Leave the loose ends to us, and continue upon your journey. Or if you are so inclined, take a much-needed repose. If you do find yourself with a spare moment, you might bring that crystal of yours to Lahabrea─he may be able to offer further insight. Until then, my friend.
156 152 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_167 155 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_180 ...This talk of journeys smacks of Azem. As you may have noticed during our battle, Lahabrea's mask crowns me when I've transformed.
157 153 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_168 156 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_181 As well it should. <If(PlayerParameter(4))>She<Else/>He</If> has pledged to keep moving until <If(PlayerParameter(4))>she<Else/>he</If> has seen every corner of the world. It is said that we manifest in a way that reflects our innermost selves. I had thought that mask a symbol of the chains that bound my heart, but recent events have caused me to reconsider that assumption...
158 154 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_169 157 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_185 If you do find yourself with a spare moment, you might bring that crystal of yours to Lahabrea─he may be able to offer further insight. Until then, my friend. I look forward to your returning with the crystal... But worry not, I shall try my level best to stave off loneliness while you are gone.
159 155 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_180 158 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_190 As you may have noticed during our battle, Lahabrea's mask crowns me when I've transformed. The crystal that hangs from Erichthonios's waist was a gift from me, made in the hopes that it would spark growth in his aptitude for magic. 'Tis plain he no longer requires it, but I see no reason he cannot wear it for a while longer.
160 156 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_ERICHTHONIOS_000_181 159 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_200 It is said that we manifest in a way that reflects our innermost selves. I had thought that mask a symbol of the chains that bound my heart, but recent events have caused me to reconsider that assumption... Why, if it isn't Player! Excuse me if I'm not my usual chipper self, but we have not been without our difficulties in your absence...
161 157 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_THEMIS_000_185 160 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_201 I look forward to your returning with the crystal... But worry not, I shall try my level best to stave off loneliness while you are gone. You see, communication with the airship Professor Claudien commissioned for his search was lost some time ago, and now we have quite lost track of where he might be!
162 158 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_190 161 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_202 The crystal that hangs from Erichthonios's waist was a gift from me, made in the hopes that it would spark growth in his aptitude for magic. 'Tis plain he no longer requires it, but I see no reason he cannot wear it for a while longer. And to make matters worse, Nemjiji has just sent word of an unusually large amount of energy coming from somewhere within the aetherial sea. I was just on my way to the Aitiascope, in fact─please, you must come with me!
163 159 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_200 162 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_700 Why, if it isn't <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! Excuse me if I'm not my usual chipper self, but we have not been without our difficulties in your absence... What... What is that? Is it real!?
164 160 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_201 163 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_701 You see, communication with the airship Professor Claudien commissioned for his search was lost some time ago, and now we have quite lost track of where he might be! (-???-)Why is it that whenever danger visits the world, you are never far behind?
165 161 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_LAHABREA_000_202 164 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_702 And to make matters worse, Nemjiji has just sent word of an unusually large amount of energy coming from somewhere within the aetherial sea. I was just on my way to the Aitiascope, in fact─please, you must come with me! And you two... Professor Claudien's assistants, I take it?
166 162 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_700 165 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_703 What... What is that? Is it real!? As you arrived before me, I take it you are involved in this. I would thank you to furnish me with an explanation.
167 163 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_701 166 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_720 (-???-)Why is it that whenever danger visits the world, you are never far behind? While the research summary you submitted to the Forum gave us no cause for concern, these details are...alarming.
168 164 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_702 167 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_NEMJIJI_000_721 And you two... Professor Claudien's assistants, I take it? The professor's last message indicated he was on his way to Azys Lla, but we know not whether he ever reached his destination.
169 165 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_703 168 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_722 As you arrived before me, I take it you are involved in this. I would thank you to furnish me with an explanation. A rash endeavor, even for Claudien─but he has ever allowed the thrill of discovery to cloud his better judgment. We have no recourse but to entreat Ishgard's aid in searching for him.
170 166 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_720 169 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_723 While the research summary you submitted to the Forum gave us no cause for concern, these details are...alarming. As for that unsightly fortress which materialized in the aetherial sea─Pandæmonium, was it?─it cannot be left alone.
171 167 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_NEMJIJI_000_721 170 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_724 The professor's last message indicated he was on his way to Azys Lla, but we know not whether he ever reached his destination. For the time being, information regarding this matter must be strictly controlled so as to minimize panic. We will gather those with knowledge of the aetherial sea, and continue monitoring it for further irregularities.
172 168 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_722 171 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_725 A rash endeavor, even for Claudien─but he has ever allowed the thrill of discovery to cloud his better judgment. We have no recourse but to entreat Ishgard's aid in searching for him. You two, submit a *detailed* report to the Forum at once.
173 169 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_723 172 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_726 As for that unsightly fortress which materialized in the aetherial sea─Pandæmonium, was it?─it cannot be left alone. At present, we have far more questions than answers. Nevertheless, I would ask for your assistance at such a time that our investigation has concluded.
174 170 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_724 173 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_727 For the time being, information regarding this matter must be strictly controlled so as to minimize panic. We will gather those with knowledge of the aetherial sea, and continue monitoring it for further irregularities. Very good. Now if you will excuse me, I must apprise the Forum of what has occurred here.
175 171 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_725 174 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_760 You two, submit a <Emphasis>detailed</Emphasis> report to the Forum at once. Just when we need him the most, Professor Claudien remains unaccounted for.
176 172 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_726 175 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_100_760 At present, we have far more questions than answers. Nevertheless, I would ask for your assistance at such a time that our investigation has concluded. He even brought the crystal with him. We are left with scarce few straws to grasp at...
177 173 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_FOURCHENAULT_000_727 176 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_761 Very good. Now if you will excuse me, I must apprise the Forum of what has occurred here. While I am but a lowly assistant, even I can see that our two current problems are likely related. The same party or phenomenon may be responsible for both.
178 174 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_760 177 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_762 Just when we need him the most, Professor Claudien remains unaccounted for. Conversely, I see now that my unexperienced imagination failed to do Pandæmonium's pitiless spires justice. I can only wonder─if the facility itself traversed the ages, did the creations within do the same? What of the keywards?
179 175 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_100_760 178 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_763 He even brought the crystal with him. We are left with scarce few straws to grasp at... ...But answers to these questions shall come in time, I am sure. For now, I must do as Master Fourchenault asked and write that report!
180 176 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_761 179 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_764 While I am but a lowly assistant, even I can see that our two current problems are likely related. The same party or phenomenon may be responsible for both. As for you, Player, pray get what rest your responsibilities will allow. When next we call upon you, I wager we shall need you in prime condition!
177 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_762 Conversely, I see now that my unexperienced imagination failed to do Pandæmonium's pitiless spires justice. I can only wonder─if the facility itself traversed the ages, did the creations within do the same? What of the keywards?
178 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_763 ...But answers to these questions shall come in time, I am sure. For now, I must do as Master Fourchenault asked and write that report!
179 TEXT_AKTKRA206_04640_RUISSENAUD_000_764 As for you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, pray get what rest your responsibilities will allow. When next we call upon you, I wager we shall need you in prime condition!