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0,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_00","Otis is pleased with the meat you have brought him."
1,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_01","Having taken receipt of your meat, Otis next asks you to procure kindling electrope. To that end, you head over to the houses nearby to gather pieces of electrope, some of which should be the variety you require."
2,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_02","After a rummage through the ruins, you manage to gather a decent amount of electrope pieces. As per Otis's instructions, you bear them to Gulool Ja for identification."
3,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_03","As you watch on, Gulool Ja examines the electrope pieces and soon identifies the one you require. Having duly finished your task, you go to report to Otis."
4,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_04","With the preparations complete, Otis cooks up the promised repast and serves it up for all to enjoy. As you relax afterwards, your bellies full of delicious stew, Wuk Lamat has a candid conversation with Gulool Ja and tells him what it means to be family. At Alisaie's urging, Otis then shares with you his tale. Centuries ago, before lightning had changed the world, he was an ordinary man who served as a knight of Alexandria. When the great calamity struck, the king and queen passed away, and their only daughter the princess was taken by illness not long after ascending the throne. Through the power of electrope, however, her soul and memories were preserved, and she was spared eternal death. This procedure was made possible by none other than Otis, who volunteered as a test subject, resulting in his transformation into the machine he is now. Those that are thus recreated from the memories of the departed are known as the Endless, and to everyone's shock, it is revealed that Sphene was the first of them─the queen who was brought back to life."
5,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_05","As you and your companions struggle to process the revelation of Sphene's true nature, questions arise over whether Cahciua and her people had been aware of this fact. For all that you have learned, it seems there is still much and more that you do not know..."
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24,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_00","Gather pieces of processed electrope."
25,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_01","Deliver the pieces of processed electrope to Gulool Ja."
26,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_02","Speak with Otis."
27,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_03","Speak with Wuk Lamat."
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48,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_000","You haven't finished yet, right? That would be too fast, even for you!"
49,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_001","Once Alisaie brings her portion, we shall have a glorious bounty to satisfy growing younglings like yourselves!"
50,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_002","Indeed, I expect there will be ample leftovers to share with the good folk of the driftdowns. They always appreciate a warm meal."
51,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_003","Now, seeing as you have completed your task so quickly, I have another request to make of you. We've exhausted our supplies of kindling electrope, and I should be grateful if you could search the houses yonder for more."
52,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_004","In the old kingdom, electrope rations were issued to each citizen. While small, fragments may still be found here and there."
53,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_005","If you can obtain five pieces, say, at least one ought to be what we require─that is, the kind that converts lightning to fire. Gulool Ja can identify them by their circuitry, so pray take them to him."
54,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_006","The boy has become quite deft at discerning electrope types, and in a very short time, I might add. Now, off you go, and happy foraging!"
55,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_010","Of late, my arms and legs have grown somewhat creaky and uncooperative. A few centuries will do that even to the best of us, I suppose! Hahaha!"
56,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_020","The others have returned as well. What a blessedly lively day this has become!"
57,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_021","We've got the requested vegetables, along with a few extra bits! I have to say, all this running around's made me hungry..."
58,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_022","Hmph, I dared to think I had won this time, but it turns out you were already off doing another task."
59,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_030","Otis says you have electrope for me?"
60,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_031","Wow, you found a lot!"
61,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_032","Let's see... This one creates wind, this one is for water..."
62,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_033","You can tell just like that? I'm impressed."
63,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_034","Clever, isn't he? I'll bet he gets it from his father..."
64,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_035","Ah, this is it! This converts to fire!"
65,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_036","It's absorbed lots of lightning, so we should be able to kindle a flame easily."
66,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_037","Thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>!"
67,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_040","Hehe... It makes me happy to see Gulool Ja happy."
68,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_041","Wuk Lamat could carry lots of vegetables at once. She's really strong!"
69,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_042","With apologies to Erenville and Krile, let's enjoy the meal!"
70,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_045","Thanks to your kind assistance, we have everything we need for our repast."
71,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_046","You have done your part, and now I shall do mine. I bid you relax, my friends─the meal will soon be served!"
72,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_050","This is the kind of thing families do, Gulool Ja. We have meals together and talk about what's on our minds."
73,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_051","So you ate with your father?"
74,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_052","Yes, with them and my brothers. It was mostly the Head of Resolve and I doing the talking, though. Koana and the Head of Reason occasionally joined in, and Zoraal Ja...spoke when he was spoken to."
75,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_053","You said that you have two papas. Does that mean one is yours, and the other is my father's?"
76,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_054","No, no, both are our father. He's what people call blessed siblings─a Mamool Ja with two heads."
77,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_055","Zoraal Ja is his trueborn child, while Koana and I were adopted and don't share the same blood."
78,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_056","But that doesn't make us any less a family. What matters is that our hearts are connected. The Head of Resolve taught me that."
79,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_057","Family..."
80,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_058","Do you have someone like that too? A person you think is family, even though you don't share the same blood."
81,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_059","That's...a good question."
82,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_060","What about you?"
83,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_061","What will you say?"
84,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_062","I do, and they're very dear to me."
85,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_063","I'm something of a lone wolf."
86,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_064","..."
87,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_065","I'd like to meet them one day."
88,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_066","You must be strong. I don't think I could be alone like that for long."
89,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_067","I-I'm sorry if I said something wrong..."
90,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_068",""
91,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_069","So, Gulool Ja. I'm hoping that we could be family, you and I."
92,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_070","Won't you tell me about yourself?"
93,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_071","You...really want to know about me?"
94,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_072","I do. I want to know all about you. The things you love, the things you hate─anything and everything."
95,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_073","I want to know all about you too!"
96,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_074","That reminds me, we were hoping to hear your story too, Otis."
97,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_075","As you wish. Be forewarned that mine is a tale that will be long in recounting."
98,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_076","It was before lightning had altered the world that I was appointed lord captain of the royal knights."
99,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_077","We're talking hundreds of years prior to the calamity, right?"
100,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_078","Indeed. Earlier still than when I assumed this mechanical form─four hundred and fifty-four years ago, to be precise."
101,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_079","Then...you used to be a normal person?"
102,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_080","Oh yes. I was once flesh and blood, like you, and I proudly served as a knight of Alexandria."
103,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_081","So rather than a machine that behaves like a person, you were─<Emphasis>are</Emphasis> an actual person? How is this possible?"
104,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_082","'Tis only natural that you are confused. Hear my tale to the end, and all shall become clear."
105,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_083","The foremost duty of the royal knights was the protection of the royal family. In my time, that was Their Majesties the King and Queen, and their only child, Her Highness the Princess."
106,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_084","By then, every nation of our star was embroiled in some manner of conflict over electrope. Thus was our kingdom drawn into a war with its neighbor."
107,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_085","That war was the catalyst for the great calamity that altered the environment. Countless countrymen lost their lives amidst the chaos, the king and queen among them."
108,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_086","For a blessing, we were able to protect the princess, who then rose to the occasion and brought hope to her people in those trying times. So kind-hearted was our young queen that, at her behest, we even took in refugees from the enemy nation."
109,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_087","But sadly, her reign was cut short. Like many others, her body had been ravaged by lightning, and one day she collapsed and passed away..."
110,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_088","How tragic..."
111,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_089","Aye... Nary was there a citizen whose eyes remained dry, and many a moon was spent constructing a great tomb worthy of her memory."
112,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_090","Yet I clung to hope still. For while Her Majesty was on her deathbed, the kingdom's finest scientists had successfully extracted her soul."
113,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_091","Did we hear that right? <Emphasis>Extracted</Emphasis> her soul?"
114,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_092","Our flesh may wither and die. But so long as we are remembered, we may live on."
115,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_093","This age-old belief had always comforted our people. But as casualties mounted in the wake of the calamity, we sought to make it into reality through the power of electrope."
116,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_094","In time, we succeeded in developing the means to preserve the soul, and it was used to spare the queen eternal death."
117,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_095","Yet it wasn't enough to simply prevent the soul's departure. For the ultimate goal was to recreate a person as they were in life, and this required that their memories be further extracted from their soul."
118,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_096","It took many more years of research to make this possible, by which time I had become a grey old man. With my days numbered, I did not hesitate to volunteer myself as a test subject for the procedure."
119,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_097","So it was that I attained this vessel."
120,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_098","And by my successful rebirth, I paved the way for those who are recreated from the memories of the departed."
121,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_099","The Endless, they are called."
122,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_100","If your tale is true, then the queen that your people brought back to life..."
123,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q2_000_101","What will you say?"
124,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_102","It wouldn't be Sphene, would it?"
125,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_103","I think we know who it is."
126,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_104","Oho, so you know Her Majesty as well!"
127,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_105","My description of her boundless kindness must have paled in comparison to what you no doubt felt in her presence."
128,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_106","I haven't met her myself, I confess. Not since assuming my current form. Wouldn't want to frighten the living daylights out of her!"
129,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_107","Hahaha!"
130,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_110","I have seen my queen from afar many times. But I've not the courage to approach her..."
131,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_111","This isn't out of cowardice, mind you, but rather...concern. Yes, concern that I would cause Her Majesty undue distress!"
132,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_115","Otis has told me the tale before."
133,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_120","Does this mean the queen of Alexandria isn't actually a person like you and me...?"
134,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_130","The Endless... So all this time, Sphene wasn't alive?"
135,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_131","She lives yet she does not. 'Tis admittedly a difficult distinction to make."
136,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_132","Having inherited the memories of a departed soul, an Endless feels, thinks, and acts precisely as that person would."
137,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_133","In that sense, I believe they are alive."
138,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_134","The Alexandrians know about this, right? It can't have gone unnoticed that Sphene is perpetually youthful."
139,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_135","No one really knows about the Endless. People who wear regulators don't even think about death."
140,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_136","Everyone sees that the queen doesn't change, but they just accept it."
141,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_137","To them, it's just who she is."
142,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_000","What will you say?"
143,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_001","Are there Endless apart from yourselves?"
144,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_002","Are the people at Everkeep Endless too?"
145,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_139","While there should be as many Endless as those who have died, I believe they are limited in where they can exist. Queen Sphene is unique in her ability to appear before you."
146,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_140","Strictly speaking, I myself am not an Endless. They are created using memories extracted from a soul, but my entire soul was placed inside a machine."
147,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_141","Being inside a machine makes you different...how?"
148,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_142","While I do not understand the finer points, my life is bound to this vessel. If it breaks down, then it would be over for me, much like a being of flesh and blood. Hardly an endless, unchanging life, I'm sure you'll agree!"
149,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_143","An endless, unchanging life... I can't help but be reminded of the Ea."
150,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_144","Did Cahciua and the others know about all this?"
151,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_145","Considering their extensive intelligence gathering, I'd be surprised if they didn't."
152,"TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_146","For now, let's share what we've learned with Krile and Raha. I can't help but have misgivings about this..."
0,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_00,Otis is pleased with the meat you have brought him.
1,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_01,"Having taken receipt of your meat, Otis next asks you to procure kindling electrope. To that end, you head over to the houses nearby to gather pieces of electrope, some of which should be the variety you require."
2,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_02,"After a rummage through the ruins, you manage to gather a decent amount of electrope pieces. As per Otis's instructions, you bear them to Gulool Ja for identification."
3,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_03,"As you watch on, Gulool Ja examines the electrope pieces and soon identifies the one you require. Having duly finished your task, you go to report to Otis."
4,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_04,"With the preparations complete, Otis cooks up the promised repast and serves it up for all to enjoy. As you relax afterwards, your bellies full of delicious stew, Wuk Lamat has a candid conversation with Gulool Ja and tells him what it means to be family. At Alisaie's urging, Otis then shares with you his tale. Centuries ago, before lightning had changed the world, he was an ordinary man who served as a knight of Alexandria. When the great calamity struck, the king and queen passed away, and their only daughter the princess was taken by illness not long after ascending the throne. Through the power of electrope, however, her soul and memories were preserved, and she was spared eternal death. This procedure was made possible by none other than Otis, who volunteered as a test subject, resulting in his transformation into the machine he is now. Those that are thus recreated from the memories of the departed are known as the Endless, and to everyone's shock, it is revealed that Sphene was the first of them─the queen who was brought back to life."
5,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_05,"As you and your companions struggle to process the revelation of Sphene's true nature, questions arise over whether Cahciua and her people had been aware of this fact. For all that you have learned, it seems there is still much and more that you do not know..."
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25,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_01,Deliver the pieces of processed electrope to Gulool Ja.
26,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_02,Speak with Otis.
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48,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_000,"You haven't finished yet, right? That would be too fast, even for you!"
49,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_001,"Once Alisaie brings her portion, we shall have a glorious bounty to satisfy growing younglings like yourselves!"
50,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_002,"Indeed, I expect there will be ample leftovers to share with the good folk of the driftdowns. They always appreciate a warm meal."
51,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_003,"Now, seeing as you have completed your task so quickly, I have another request to make of you. We've exhausted our supplies of kindling electrope, and I should be grateful if you could search the houses yonder for more."
52,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_004,"In the old kingdom, electrope rations were issued to each citizen. While small, fragments may still be found here and there."
53,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_005,"If you can obtain five pieces, say, at least one ought to be what we require─that is, the kind that converts lightning to fire. Gulool Ja can identify them by their circuitry, so pray take them to him."
54,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_006,"The boy has become quite deft at discerning electrope types, and in a very short time, I might add. Now, off you go, and happy foraging!"
55,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_010,"Of late, my arms and legs have grown somewhat creaky and uncooperative. A few centuries will do that even to the best of us, I suppose! Hahaha!"
56,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_020,The others have returned as well. What a blessedly lively day this has become!
57,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_021,"We've got the requested vegetables, along with a few extra bits! I have to say, all this running around's made me hungry..."
58,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_022,"Hmph, I dared to think I had won this time, but it turns out you were already off doing another task."
59,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_030,Otis says you have electrope for me?
60,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_031,"Wow, you found a lot!"
61,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_032,"Let's see... This one creates wind, this one is for water..."
62,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_033,You can tell just like that? I'm impressed.
63,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_034,"Clever, isn't he? I'll bet he gets it from his father..."
64,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_035,"Ah, this is it! This converts to fire!"
65,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_036,"It's absorbed lots of lightning, so we should be able to kindle a flame easily."
66,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_037,"Thank you, Player!"
67,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_040,Hehe... It makes me happy to see Gulool Ja happy.
68,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_041,Wuk Lamat could carry lots of vegetables at once. She's really strong!
69,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_042,"With apologies to Erenville and Krile, let's enjoy the meal!"
70,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_045,"Thanks to your kind assistance, we have everything we need for our repast."
71,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_046,"You have done your part, and now I shall do mine. I bid you relax, my friends─the meal will soon be served!"
72,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_050,"This is the kind of thing families do, Gulool Ja. We have meals together and talk about what's on our minds."
73,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_051,So you ate with your father?
74,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_052,"Yes, with them and my brothers. It was mostly the Head of Resolve and I doing the talking, though. Koana and the Head of Reason occasionally joined in, and Zoraal Ja...spoke when he was spoken to."
75,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_053,"You said that you have two papas. Does that mean one is yours, and the other is my father's?"
76,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_054,"No, no, both are our father. He's what people call blessed siblings─a Mamool Ja with two heads."
77,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_055,"Zoraal Ja is his trueborn child, while Koana and I were adopted and don't share the same blood."
78,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_056,But that doesn't make us any less a family. What matters is that our hearts are connected. The Head of Resolve taught me that.
79,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_057,Family...
80,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_058,"Do you have someone like that too? A person you think is family, even though you don't share the same blood."
81,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_059,That's...a good question.
82,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_060,What about you?
83,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_061,What will you say?
84,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_062,"I do, and they're very dear to me."
85,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_063,I'm something of a lone wolf.
86,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_064,...
87,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_065,I'd like to meet them one day.
88,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_066,You must be strong. I don't think I could be alone like that for long.
89,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_067,I-I'm sorry if I said something wrong...
90,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_068,
91,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_069,"So, Gulool Ja. I'm hoping that we could be family, you and I."
92,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_070,Won't you tell me about yourself?
93,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_071,You...really want to know about me?
94,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_072,"I do. I want to know all about you. The things you love, the things you hate─anything and everything."
95,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_073,I want to know all about you too!
96,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_074,"That reminds me, we were hoping to hear your story too, Otis."
97,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_075,As you wish. Be forewarned that mine is a tale that will be long in recounting.
98,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_076,It was before lightning had altered the world that I was appointed lord captain of the royal knights.
99,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_077,"We're talking hundreds of years prior to the calamity, right?"
100,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_078,"Indeed. Earlier still than when I assumed this mechanical form─four hundred and fifty-four years ago, to be precise."
101,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_079,Then...you used to be a normal person?
102,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_080,"Oh yes. I was once flesh and blood, like you, and I proudly served as a knight of Alexandria."
103,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_081,"So rather than a machine that behaves like a person, you were─*are* an actual person? How is this possible?"
104,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_082,"'Tis only natural that you are confused. Hear my tale to the end, and all shall become clear."
105,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_083,"The foremost duty of the royal knights was the protection of the royal family. In my time, that was Their Majesties the King and Queen, and their only child, Her Highness the Princess."
106,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_084,"By then, every nation of our star was embroiled in some manner of conflict over electrope. Thus was our kingdom drawn into a war with its neighbor."
107,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_085,"That war was the catalyst for the great calamity that altered the environment. Countless countrymen lost their lives amidst the chaos, the king and queen among them."
108,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_086,"For a blessing, we were able to protect the princess, who then rose to the occasion and brought hope to her people in those trying times. So kind-hearted was our young queen that, at her behest, we even took in refugees from the enemy nation."
109,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_087,"But sadly, her reign was cut short. Like many others, her body had been ravaged by lightning, and one day she collapsed and passed away..."
110,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_088,How tragic...
111,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_089,"Aye... Nary was there a citizen whose eyes remained dry, and many a moon was spent constructing a great tomb worthy of her memory."
112,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_090,"Yet I clung to hope still. For while Her Majesty was on her deathbed, the kingdom's finest scientists had successfully extracted her soul."
113,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_091,Did we hear that right? *Extracted* her soul?
114,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_092,"Our flesh may wither and die. But so long as we are remembered, we may live on."
115,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_093,"This age-old belief had always comforted our people. But as casualties mounted in the wake of the calamity, we sought to make it into reality through the power of electrope."
116,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_094,"In time, we succeeded in developing the means to preserve the soul, and it was used to spare the queen eternal death."
117,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_095,"Yet it wasn't enough to simply prevent the soul's departure. For the ultimate goal was to recreate a person as they were in life, and this required that their memories be further extracted from their soul."
118,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_096,"It took many more years of research to make this possible, by which time I had become a grey old man. With my days numbered, I did not hesitate to volunteer myself as a test subject for the procedure."
119,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_097,So it was that I attained this vessel.
120,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_098,"And by my successful rebirth, I paved the way for those who are recreated from the memories of the departed."
121,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_099,"The Endless, they are called."
122,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_100,"If your tale is true, then the queen that your people brought back to life..."
123,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q2_000_101,What will you say?
124,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_102,"It wouldn't be Sphene, would it?"
125,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_103,I think we know who it is.
126,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_104,"Oho, so you know Her Majesty as well!"
127,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_105,My description of her boundless kindness must have paled in comparison to what you no doubt felt in her presence.
128,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_106,"I haven't met her myself, I confess. Not since assuming my current form. Wouldn't want to frighten the living daylights out of her!"
129,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_107,Hahaha!
130,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_110,I have seen my queen from afar many times. But I've not the courage to approach her...
131,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_111,"This isn't out of cowardice, mind you, but rather...concern. Yes, concern that I would cause Her Majesty undue distress!"
132,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_115,Otis has told me the tale before.
133,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_120,Does this mean the queen of Alexandria isn't actually a person like you and me...?
134,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_130,"The Endless... So all this time, Sphene wasn't alive?"
135,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_131,She lives yet she does not. 'Tis admittedly a difficult distinction to make.
136,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_132,"Having inherited the memories of a departed soul, an Endless feels, thinks, and acts precisely as that person would."
137,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_133,"In that sense, I believe they are alive."
138,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_134,"The Alexandrians know about this, right? It can't have gone unnoticed that Sphene is perpetually youthful."
139,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_135,No one really knows about the Endless. People who wear regulators don't even think about death.
140,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_136,"Everyone sees that the queen doesn't change, but they just accept it."
141,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_137,"To them, it's just who she is."
142,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_000,What will you say?
143,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_001,Are there Endless apart from yourselves?
144,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_002,Are the people at Everkeep Endless too?
145,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_139,"While there should be as many Endless as those who have died, I believe they are limited in where they can exist. Queen Sphene is unique in her ability to appear before you."
146,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_140,"Strictly speaking, I myself am not an Endless. They are created using memories extracted from a soul, but my entire soul was placed inside a machine."
147,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_141,Being inside a machine makes you different...how?
148,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_142,"While I do not understand the finer points, my life is bound to this vessel. If it breaks down, then it would be over for me, much like a being of flesh and blood. Hardly an endless, unchanging life, I'm sure you'll agree!"
149,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_143,"An endless, unchanging life... I can't help but be reminded of the Ea."
150,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_144,Did Cahciua and the others know about all this?
151,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_145,"Considering their extensive intelligence gathering, I'd be surprised if they didn't."
152,TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_146,"For now, let's share what we've learned with Krile and Raha. I can't help but have misgivings about this..."
1 key 0 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_00 1 Otis is pleased with the meat you have brought him.
2 # 1 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_01 Having taken receipt of your meat, Otis next asks you to procure kindling electrope. To that end, you head over to the houses nearby to gather pieces of electrope, some of which should be the variety you require.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_02 str After a rummage through the ruins, you manage to gather a decent amount of electrope pieces. As per Otis's instructions, you bear them to Gulool Ja for identification.
4 0 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_03 Otis is pleased with the meat you have brought him. As you watch on, Gulool Ja examines the electrope pieces and soon identifies the one you require. Having duly finished your task, you go to report to Otis.
5 1 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_04 Having taken receipt of your meat, Otis next asks you to procure kindling electrope. To that end, you head over to the houses nearby to gather pieces of electrope, some of which should be the variety you require. With the preparations complete, Otis cooks up the promised repast and serves it up for all to enjoy. As you relax afterwards, your bellies full of delicious stew, Wuk Lamat has a candid conversation with Gulool Ja and tells him what it means to be family. At Alisaie's urging, Otis then shares with you his tale. Centuries ago, before lightning had changed the world, he was an ordinary man who served as a knight of Alexandria. When the great calamity struck, the king and queen passed away, and their only daughter the princess was taken by illness not long after ascending the throne. Through the power of electrope, however, her soul and memories were preserved, and she was spared eternal death. This procedure was made possible by none other than Otis, who volunteered as a test subject, resulting in his transformation into the machine he is now. Those that are thus recreated from the memories of the departed are known as the Endless, and to everyone's shock, it is revealed that Sphene was the first of them─the queen who was brought back to life.
6 2 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_05 After a rummage through the ruins, you manage to gather a decent amount of electrope pieces. As per Otis's instructions, you bear them to Gulool Ja for identification. As you and your companions struggle to process the revelation of Sphene's true nature, questions arise over whether Cahciua and her people had been aware of this fact. For all that you have learned, it seems there is still much and more that you do not know...
7 3 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_06 As you watch on, Gulool Ja examines the electrope pieces and soon identifies the one you require. Having duly finished your task, you go to report to Otis.
8 4 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_07 With the preparations complete, Otis cooks up the promised repast and serves it up for all to enjoy. As you relax afterwards, your bellies full of delicious stew, Wuk Lamat has a candid conversation with Gulool Ja and tells him what it means to be family. At Alisaie's urging, Otis then shares with you his tale. Centuries ago, before lightning had changed the world, he was an ordinary man who served as a knight of Alexandria. When the great calamity struck, the king and queen passed away, and their only daughter the princess was taken by illness not long after ascending the throne. Through the power of electrope, however, her soul and memories were preserved, and she was spared eternal death. This procedure was made possible by none other than Otis, who volunteered as a test subject, resulting in his transformation into the machine he is now. Those that are thus recreated from the memories of the departed are known as the Endless, and to everyone's shock, it is revealed that Sphene was the first of them─the queen who was brought back to life.
9 5 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_08 As you and your companions struggle to process the revelation of Sphene's true nature, questions arise over whether Cahciua and her people had been aware of this fact. For all that you have learned, it seems there is still much and more that you do not know...
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26 22 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_22 25 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_01 Deliver the pieces of processed electrope to Gulool Ja.
27 23 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_02 Speak with Otis.
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49 45 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_21 48 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_000 You haven't finished yet, right? That would be too fast, even for you!
50 46 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_22 49 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_001 Once Alisaie brings her portion, we shall have a glorious bounty to satisfy growing younglings like yourselves!
51 47 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_TODO_23 50 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_002 Indeed, I expect there will be ample leftovers to share with the good folk of the driftdowns. They always appreciate a warm meal.
52 48 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_000 51 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_003 You haven't finished yet, right? That would be too fast, even for you! Now, seeing as you have completed your task so quickly, I have another request to make of you. We've exhausted our supplies of kindling electrope, and I should be grateful if you could search the houses yonder for more.
53 49 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_001 52 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_004 Once Alisaie brings her portion, we shall have a glorious bounty to satisfy growing younglings like yourselves! In the old kingdom, electrope rations were issued to each citizen. While small, fragments may still be found here and there.
54 50 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_002 53 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_005 Indeed, I expect there will be ample leftovers to share with the good folk of the driftdowns. They always appreciate a warm meal. If you can obtain five pieces, say, at least one ought to be what we require─that is, the kind that converts lightning to fire. Gulool Ja can identify them by their circuitry, so pray take them to him.
55 51 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_003 54 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_006 Now, seeing as you have completed your task so quickly, I have another request to make of you. We've exhausted our supplies of kindling electrope, and I should be grateful if you could search the houses yonder for more. The boy has become quite deft at discerning electrope types, and in a very short time, I might add. Now, off you go, and happy foraging!
56 52 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_004 55 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_010 In the old kingdom, electrope rations were issued to each citizen. While small, fragments may still be found here and there. Of late, my arms and legs have grown somewhat creaky and uncooperative. A few centuries will do that even to the best of us, I suppose! Hahaha!
57 53 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_005 56 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_020 If you can obtain five pieces, say, at least one ought to be what we require─that is, the kind that converts lightning to fire. Gulool Ja can identify them by their circuitry, so pray take them to him. The others have returned as well. What a blessedly lively day this has become!
58 54 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_006 57 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_021 The boy has become quite deft at discerning electrope types, and in a very short time, I might add. Now, off you go, and happy foraging! We've got the requested vegetables, along with a few extra bits! I have to say, all this running around's made me hungry...
59 55 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_010 58 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_022 Of late, my arms and legs have grown somewhat creaky and uncooperative. A few centuries will do that even to the best of us, I suppose! Hahaha! Hmph, I dared to think I had won this time, but it turns out you were already off doing another task.
60 56 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_020 59 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_030 The others have returned as well. What a blessedly lively day this has become! Otis says you have electrope for me?
61 57 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_021 60 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_031 We've got the requested vegetables, along with a few extra bits! I have to say, all this running around's made me hungry... Wow, you found a lot!
62 58 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_022 61 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_032 Hmph, I dared to think I had won this time, but it turns out you were already off doing another task. Let's see... This one creates wind, this one is for water...
63 59 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_030 62 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_033 Otis says you have electrope for me? You can tell just like that? I'm impressed.
64 60 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_031 63 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_034 Wow, you found a lot! Clever, isn't he? I'll bet he gets it from his father...
65 61 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_032 64 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_035 Let's see... This one creates wind, this one is for water... Ah, this is it! This converts to fire!
66 62 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_033 65 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_036 You can tell just like that? I'm impressed. It's absorbed lots of lightning, so we should be able to kindle a flame easily.
67 63 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_034 66 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_037 Clever, isn't he? I'll bet he gets it from his father... Thank you, Player!
68 64 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_035 67 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_040 Ah, this is it! This converts to fire! Hehe... It makes me happy to see Gulool Ja happy.
69 65 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_036 68 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_041 It's absorbed lots of lightning, so we should be able to kindle a flame easily. Wuk Lamat could carry lots of vegetables at once. She's really strong!
70 66 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_037 69 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_042 Thank you, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! With apologies to Erenville and Krile, let's enjoy the meal!
71 67 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_040 70 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_045 Hehe... It makes me happy to see Gulool Ja happy. Thanks to your kind assistance, we have everything we need for our repast.
72 68 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_041 71 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_046 Wuk Lamat could carry lots of vegetables at once. She's really strong! You have done your part, and now I shall do mine. I bid you relax, my friends─the meal will soon be served!
73 69 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_042 72 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_050 With apologies to Erenville and Krile, let's enjoy the meal! This is the kind of thing families do, Gulool Ja. We have meals together and talk about what's on our minds.
74 70 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_045 73 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_051 Thanks to your kind assistance, we have everything we need for our repast. So you ate with your father?
75 71 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_046 74 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_052 You have done your part, and now I shall do mine. I bid you relax, my friends─the meal will soon be served! Yes, with them and my brothers. It was mostly the Head of Resolve and I doing the talking, though. Koana and the Head of Reason occasionally joined in, and Zoraal Ja...spoke when he was spoken to.
76 72 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_050 75 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_053 This is the kind of thing families do, Gulool Ja. We have meals together and talk about what's on our minds. You said that you have two papas. Does that mean one is yours, and the other is my father's?
77 73 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_051 76 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_054 So you ate with your father? No, no, both are our father. He's what people call blessed siblings─a Mamool Ja with two heads.
78 74 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_052 77 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_055 Yes, with them and my brothers. It was mostly the Head of Resolve and I doing the talking, though. Koana and the Head of Reason occasionally joined in, and Zoraal Ja...spoke when he was spoken to. Zoraal Ja is his trueborn child, while Koana and I were adopted and don't share the same blood.
79 75 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_053 78 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_056 You said that you have two papas. Does that mean one is yours, and the other is my father's? But that doesn't make us any less a family. What matters is that our hearts are connected. The Head of Resolve taught me that.
80 76 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_054 79 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_057 No, no, both are our father. He's what people call blessed siblings─a Mamool Ja with two heads. Family...
81 77 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_055 80 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_058 Zoraal Ja is his trueborn child, while Koana and I were adopted and don't share the same blood. Do you have someone like that too? A person you think is family, even though you don't share the same blood.
82 78 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_056 81 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_059 But that doesn't make us any less a family. What matters is that our hearts are connected. The Head of Resolve taught me that. That's...a good question.
83 79 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_057 82 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_060 Family... What about you?
84 80 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_058 83 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_061 Do you have someone like that too? A person you think is family, even though you don't share the same blood. What will you say?
85 81 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_059 84 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_062 That's...a good question. I do, and they're very dear to me.
86 82 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_060 85 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_063 What about you? I'm something of a lone wolf.
87 83 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_061 86 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_064 What will you say? ...
88 84 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_062 87 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_065 I do, and they're very dear to me. I'd like to meet them one day.
89 85 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_063 88 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_066 I'm something of a lone wolf. You must be strong. I don't think I could be alone like that for long.
90 86 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_064 89 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_067 ... I-I'm sorry if I said something wrong...
91 87 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_065 90 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_068 I'd like to meet them one day.
92 88 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_066 91 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_069 You must be strong. I don't think I could be alone like that for long. So, Gulool Ja. I'm hoping that we could be family, you and I.
93 89 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_067 92 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_070 I-I'm sorry if I said something wrong... Won't you tell me about yourself?
94 90 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_068 93 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_071 You...really want to know about me?
95 91 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_069 94 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_072 So, Gulool Ja. I'm hoping that we could be family, you and I. I do. I want to know all about you. The things you love, the things you hate─anything and everything.
96 92 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_070 95 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_073 Won't you tell me about yourself? I want to know all about you too!
97 93 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_071 96 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_074 You...really want to know about me? That reminds me, we were hoping to hear your story too, Otis.
98 94 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_072 97 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_075 I do. I want to know all about you. The things you love, the things you hate─anything and everything. As you wish. Be forewarned that mine is a tale that will be long in recounting.
99 95 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_073 98 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_076 I want to know all about you too! It was before lightning had altered the world that I was appointed lord captain of the royal knights.
100 96 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_074 99 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_077 That reminds me, we were hoping to hear your story too, Otis. We're talking hundreds of years prior to the calamity, right?
101 97 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_075 100 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_078 As you wish. Be forewarned that mine is a tale that will be long in recounting. Indeed. Earlier still than when I assumed this mechanical form─four hundred and fifty-four years ago, to be precise.
102 98 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_076 101 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_079 It was before lightning had altered the world that I was appointed lord captain of the royal knights. Then...you used to be a normal person?
103 99 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_077 102 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_080 We're talking hundreds of years prior to the calamity, right? Oh yes. I was once flesh and blood, like you, and I proudly served as a knight of Alexandria.
104 100 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_078 103 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_081 Indeed. Earlier still than when I assumed this mechanical form─four hundred and fifty-four years ago, to be precise. So rather than a machine that behaves like a person, you were─*are* an actual person? How is this possible?
105 101 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_079 104 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_082 Then...you used to be a normal person? 'Tis only natural that you are confused. Hear my tale to the end, and all shall become clear.
106 102 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_080 105 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_083 Oh yes. I was once flesh and blood, like you, and I proudly served as a knight of Alexandria. The foremost duty of the royal knights was the protection of the royal family. In my time, that was Their Majesties the King and Queen, and their only child, Her Highness the Princess.
107 103 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_081 106 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_084 So rather than a machine that behaves like a person, you were─<Emphasis>are</Emphasis> an actual person? How is this possible? By then, every nation of our star was embroiled in some manner of conflict over electrope. Thus was our kingdom drawn into a war with its neighbor.
108 104 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_082 107 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_085 'Tis only natural that you are confused. Hear my tale to the end, and all shall become clear. That war was the catalyst for the great calamity that altered the environment. Countless countrymen lost their lives amidst the chaos, the king and queen among them.
109 105 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_083 108 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_086 The foremost duty of the royal knights was the protection of the royal family. In my time, that was Their Majesties the King and Queen, and their only child, Her Highness the Princess. For a blessing, we were able to protect the princess, who then rose to the occasion and brought hope to her people in those trying times. So kind-hearted was our young queen that, at her behest, we even took in refugees from the enemy nation.
110 106 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_084 109 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_087 By then, every nation of our star was embroiled in some manner of conflict over electrope. Thus was our kingdom drawn into a war with its neighbor. But sadly, her reign was cut short. Like many others, her body had been ravaged by lightning, and one day she collapsed and passed away...
111 107 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_085 110 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_088 That war was the catalyst for the great calamity that altered the environment. Countless countrymen lost their lives amidst the chaos, the king and queen among them. How tragic...
112 108 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_086 111 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_089 For a blessing, we were able to protect the princess, who then rose to the occasion and brought hope to her people in those trying times. So kind-hearted was our young queen that, at her behest, we even took in refugees from the enemy nation. Aye... Nary was there a citizen whose eyes remained dry, and many a moon was spent constructing a great tomb worthy of her memory.
113 109 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_087 112 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_090 But sadly, her reign was cut short. Like many others, her body had been ravaged by lightning, and one day she collapsed and passed away... Yet I clung to hope still. For while Her Majesty was on her deathbed, the kingdom's finest scientists had successfully extracted her soul.
114 110 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_088 113 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_091 How tragic... Did we hear that right? *Extracted* her soul?
115 111 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_089 114 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_092 Aye... Nary was there a citizen whose eyes remained dry, and many a moon was spent constructing a great tomb worthy of her memory. Our flesh may wither and die. But so long as we are remembered, we may live on.
116 112 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_090 115 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_093 Yet I clung to hope still. For while Her Majesty was on her deathbed, the kingdom's finest scientists had successfully extracted her soul. This age-old belief had always comforted our people. But as casualties mounted in the wake of the calamity, we sought to make it into reality through the power of electrope.
117 113 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_091 116 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_094 Did we hear that right? <Emphasis>Extracted</Emphasis> her soul? In time, we succeeded in developing the means to preserve the soul, and it was used to spare the queen eternal death.
118 114 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_092 117 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_095 Our flesh may wither and die. But so long as we are remembered, we may live on. Yet it wasn't enough to simply prevent the soul's departure. For the ultimate goal was to recreate a person as they were in life, and this required that their memories be further extracted from their soul.
119 115 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_093 118 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_096 This age-old belief had always comforted our people. But as casualties mounted in the wake of the calamity, we sought to make it into reality through the power of electrope. It took many more years of research to make this possible, by which time I had become a grey old man. With my days numbered, I did not hesitate to volunteer myself as a test subject for the procedure.
120 116 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_094 119 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_097 In time, we succeeded in developing the means to preserve the soul, and it was used to spare the queen eternal death. So it was that I attained this vessel.
121 117 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_095 120 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_098 Yet it wasn't enough to simply prevent the soul's departure. For the ultimate goal was to recreate a person as they were in life, and this required that their memories be further extracted from their soul. And by my successful rebirth, I paved the way for those who are recreated from the memories of the departed.
122 118 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_096 121 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_099 It took many more years of research to make this possible, by which time I had become a grey old man. With my days numbered, I did not hesitate to volunteer myself as a test subject for the procedure. The Endless, they are called.
123 119 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_097 122 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_100 So it was that I attained this vessel. If your tale is true, then the queen that your people brought back to life...
124 120 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_098 123 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q2_000_101 And by my successful rebirth, I paved the way for those who are recreated from the memories of the departed. What will you say?
125 121 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_099 124 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_102 The Endless, they are called. It wouldn't be Sphene, would it?
126 122 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_100 125 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_103 If your tale is true, then the queen that your people brought back to life... I think we know who it is.
127 123 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q2_000_101 126 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_104 What will you say? Oho, so you know Her Majesty as well!
128 124 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_102 127 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_105 It wouldn't be Sphene, would it? My description of her boundless kindness must have paled in comparison to what you no doubt felt in her presence.
129 125 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A2_000_103 128 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_106 I think we know who it is. I haven't met her myself, I confess. Not since assuming my current form. Wouldn't want to frighten the living daylights out of her!
130 126 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_104 129 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_107 Oho, so you know Her Majesty as well! Hahaha!
131 127 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_105 130 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_110 My description of her boundless kindness must have paled in comparison to what you no doubt felt in her presence. I have seen my queen from afar many times. But I've not the courage to approach her...
132 128 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_106 131 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_111 I haven't met her myself, I confess. Not since assuming my current form. Wouldn't want to frighten the living daylights out of her! This isn't out of cowardice, mind you, but rather...concern. Yes, concern that I would cause Her Majesty undue distress!
133 129 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_107 132 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_115 Hahaha! Otis has told me the tale before.
134 130 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_110 133 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_120 I have seen my queen from afar many times. But I've not the courage to approach her... Does this mean the queen of Alexandria isn't actually a person like you and me...?
135 131 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_111 134 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_130 This isn't out of cowardice, mind you, but rather...concern. Yes, concern that I would cause Her Majesty undue distress! The Endless... So all this time, Sphene wasn't alive?
136 132 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_115 135 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_131 Otis has told me the tale before. She lives yet she does not. 'Tis admittedly a difficult distinction to make.
137 133 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_120 136 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_132 Does this mean the queen of Alexandria isn't actually a person like you and me...? Having inherited the memories of a departed soul, an Endless feels, thinks, and acts precisely as that person would.
138 134 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_130 137 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_133 The Endless... So all this time, Sphene wasn't alive? In that sense, I believe they are alive.
139 135 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_131 138 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_134 She lives yet she does not. 'Tis admittedly a difficult distinction to make. The Alexandrians know about this, right? It can't have gone unnoticed that Sphene is perpetually youthful.
140 136 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_132 139 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_135 Having inherited the memories of a departed soul, an Endless feels, thinks, and acts precisely as that person would. No one really knows about the Endless. People who wear regulators don't even think about death.
141 137 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_133 140 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_136 In that sense, I believe they are alive. Everyone sees that the queen doesn't change, but they just accept it.
142 138 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_134 141 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_137 The Alexandrians know about this, right? It can't have gone unnoticed that Sphene is perpetually youthful. To them, it's just who she is.
143 139 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_135 142 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_000 No one really knows about the Endless. People who wear regulators don't even think about death. What will you say?
144 140 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_136 143 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_001 Everyone sees that the queen doesn't change, but they just accept it. Are there Endless apart from yourselves?
145 141 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_GULOOLJA_000_137 144 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_002 To them, it's just who she is. Are the people at Everkeep Endless too?
146 142 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_Q1_000_000 145 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_139 What will you say? While there should be as many Endless as those who have died, I believe they are limited in where they can exist. Queen Sphene is unique in her ability to appear before you.
147 143 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_001 146 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_140 Are there Endless apart from yourselves? Strictly speaking, I myself am not an Endless. They are created using memories extracted from a soul, but my entire soul was placed inside a machine.
148 144 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_A1_000_002 147 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_141 Are the people at Everkeep Endless too? Being inside a machine makes you different...how?
149 145 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_139 148 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_142 While there should be as many Endless as those who have died, I believe they are limited in where they can exist. Queen Sphene is unique in her ability to appear before you. While I do not understand the finer points, my life is bound to this vessel. If it breaks down, then it would be over for me, much like a being of flesh and blood. Hardly an endless, unchanging life, I'm sure you'll agree!
150 146 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_140 149 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_143 Strictly speaking, I myself am not an Endless. They are created using memories extracted from a soul, but my entire soul was placed inside a machine. An endless, unchanging life... I can't help but be reminded of the Ea.
151 147 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_141 150 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_144 Being inside a machine makes you different...how? Did Cahciua and the others know about all this?
152 148 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_OTIS_000_142 151 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_145 While I do not understand the finer points, my life is bound to this vessel. If it breaks down, then it would be over for me, much like a being of flesh and blood. Hardly an endless, unchanging life, I'm sure you'll agree! Considering their extensive intelligence gathering, I'd be surprised if they didn't.
153 149 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_143 152 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_146 An endless, unchanging life... I can't help but be reminded of the Ea. For now, let's share what we've learned with Krile and Raha. I can't help but have misgivings about this...
150 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_WUKLAMAT_000_144 Did Cahciua and the others know about all this?
151 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_145 Considering their extensive intelligence gathering, I'd be surprised if they didn't.
152 TEXT_KINGME109_04940_ALISAIE_000_146 For now, let's share what we've learned with Krile and Raha. I can't help but have misgivings about this...