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0,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000010_TATARU","It's so much quieter these days without everyone around..."
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1,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000020_TATARU","...Not that I'm pining for your return, you understand."
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2,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000030_TATARU","I have my sources, and I know that each and every one of you is doing well and keeping busy with your endeavors!"
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3,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000040_TATARU","Meanwhile, I'm left with a surplus of free time─and the question of how to make the most of it!"
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4,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000050_TATARU","What about you? Any plans for the immediate future?"
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5,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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6,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE","A grand new adventure, of course!"
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7,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I'm still mulling it over..."
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8,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A1_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
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9,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000060_TATARU","Traveling to the edge of existence and back wasn't enough!? Well, if that's the case, I might have a suggestion for you..."
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10,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000070_TATARU","I hope you weren't thinking of asking <Emphasis>me</Emphasis> for advice! Though, if you <Emphasis>are</Emphasis> open to suggestions, I might have one for you..."
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11,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000080_TATARU","After what you went through, I'm not surprised you need a moment to think. But if you're open to suggestions, I might have one for you..."
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12,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000090_TATARU","You've fought bravely and selflessly, helping those in need and saving our star from unimaginable threats."
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13,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000100_TATARU","For your deeds, you've been hailed as the champion of Eorzea and a host of other incredible things. But why not put those titles aside for a while?"
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14,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000110_TATARU","Acquit yourself as a simple adventurer again, and travel the world in search of wonder!"
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15,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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16,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You're right! Who knows what mysteries are still waiting to be discovered?"
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17,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE","That's a great idea. But where to start...?"
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18,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A2_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
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19,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000120_TATARU","That's the spirit! I can feel from here the blazing fire that just lit in your belly!"
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20,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000130_TATARU","Now all you need is a destination."
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21,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000135_TATARU","If you're having trouble deciding, just leave it to me."
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22,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000140_TATARU","Ahhh, with so many exciting places to choose from, it's hard to narrow it down..."
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23,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000150_TATARU","But I believe I have the perfect destination in mind."
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24,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000160_TATARU","If you're having trouble deciding, just leave it to me."
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25,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000170_TATARU","Thavnair─that's where you should go next!"
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26,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000180_TATARU","I doubt you were able to squeeze in a proper tour of Radz-at-Han the last time you were there, what with the burning skies and rampaging monsters and so forth. And I'm sure Vrtra would be pleased to see you!"
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27,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000190_TATARU","Then there's the Bounty itself. The Empire's presence in the region was always a deterrent to exploration, so if you've a mind to sail that sea, now's your chance."
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28,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000200_TATARU","Just think of all the new experiences you could have!"
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29,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000210_EMETSELCH","(-Emet-Selch-)Tell me, have you been to the ruins beneath the waters of the Bounty?"
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30,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000220_EMETSELCH","(-Emet-Selch-)As the bearer of Azem's crystal, you may consider your duty to see at least that much."
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31,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000230_TATARU","Oh, I know that look! That's an adventurer ready to take on the world!"
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32,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000240_TATARU","In anticipation of an occasion like this, I was planning to gift you a new set of traveling clothes, but it's, uh, still a work in progress."
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33,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000250_TATARU","Shouldn't take much longer now, though, so sit tight, and I'll have the last few bits sewn up before you can finish another cup of tea!"
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34,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q99_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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35,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A99_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You're the best, Tataru."
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36,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A99_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Make sure it has pockets!"
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37,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000260_TATARU","Stitching here and trimming there, knot the threads with love and care...♪"
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38,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000270_TATARU","Just a little more to go! I'm sure you're still brimming with excitement!"
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39,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000280_TATARU","Hee hee! I am one with the needle! See how the fabric surrenders to my whims!"
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40,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000290_TATARU","Don't worry, I'll make sure the lining has plenty of pockets for all your little “treasures.” I swear, adventurers are worse than children when it comes to hoarding every feather and leaf and animal hide they come across..."
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41,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000300_TATARU","Oh, we mustn't forget the waterproofing. Gods forbid you forget to disrobe before plunging into the sea. Or a river. Or a piping hot bath..."
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42,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000310_MYSTERIOUSPERSON","And thus I am returned."
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43,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000320_TATARU","Ah, you're awake..."
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44,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000330_TATARU","My apologies, I do get a little carried away with my sewing."
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45,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000340_TATARU","You seem awfully cheerful. Pleasant dream? Or are you just looking forward to the next chapter of your grand saga?"
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46,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000350_TATARU","Either way, I promised to provide you with new apparel, and so I shall!"
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47,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000360_TATARU","If you'll accompany me to the Diamond Forge, we can put the finishing touches on your outfit. Shall we?"
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48,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000370_MEHRAHD","(-Ragged Waif-)Please, Zasshal! Please! You must let me have that treasure map!"
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49,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000380_BAZAARMOBA","What's all this about?"
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50,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000390_MEHRAHD","(-Ragged Waif-)My mother and father were slaughtered by monsters! My baby sister, still too young to fend for herself! Can you spare us no kindness!?"
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51,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000400_ZASSHAL","So, you hope to find your fortune. And what? You expect me to surrender my wares for pity's sake?"
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52,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000410_ZASSHAL","What have you to offer in payment?"
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53,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000420_ZASSHAL","As I thought! Come back when you've more than rags to your name!"
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54,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000430_ZASSHAL","This is no mere treasure map! It is a guide to the vaults of Alzadaal III─one of the great satraps of Radz-at-Han, and a direct descendant of Alzadaal Khan!"
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55,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000440_BAZAARMOBA","A map to Alzadaal's Legacy...?"
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56,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000450_BAZAARMOBB","So he says..."
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57,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000460_BAZAARMOBC","(-Bazaar Patron-)A fake, I'd wager!"
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58,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000470_ZASSHAL","This is no fake! The parchment is marked with an arcane glyph of passage!"
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59,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000480_ZASSHAL","You may find the ruins hidden in the Bounty, but you won't be setting foot inside without this in your possession!"
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60,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000490_ZASSHAL","A priceless artifact, it is! Discovered amongst the rubble in the aftermath of the Final Days, and lovingly restored by yours truly!"
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61,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000500_ZASSHAL","This map is the key to fabulous riches, and I would be the king of fools to simply <Emphasis>give</Emphasis> it away!"
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62,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000510_ZASSHAL","Be glad I am no such king, boy─your scrawny hide would never return with that treasure alive!"
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63,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000520_ZASSHAL","Gahahaha!"
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64,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000530_MEHRAHD","(-Ragged Waif-)O cruel fate! Why must you tempt me with wealth I am powerless to claim!?"
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65,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000540_MEHRAHD","(-Ragged Waif-)How I shall envy the one who purchases that precious map! Whatever they pay will be but a pittance against the golden hoard they stand to uncover!"
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66,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000550_ZASSHAL","What of you, sir? A fighting man of your stature would surely relish the challenge of recovering Alzadaal's lost fortune!"
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67,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000560_ESTINIEN","A fortune, you say...?"
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68,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000570_MEHRAHD","(-Ragged Waif-)If I had but the strength to seize that treasure, my starving sister would never want for food!"
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69,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000580_ESTINIEN","I'll take it. Will this cover the price?"
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70,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000590_ESTINIEN","Well met, my friend."
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71,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000600_ESTINIEN","Someone is dressed for adventure."
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72,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000610_ESTINIEN","But why Thavnair of all places? Knowing you, I suspect there is more to your plans than sightseeing and shopping."
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73,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000620_ESTINIEN","Ruins beneath the Bounty...? Curious. And here I've acquired a map to just such a site..."
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74,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000630_ZASSHAL","With that sale, I do believe I've earned the rest of the day off. Thank you for your patronage, sir, but if you'll excuse me..."
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75,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000640_ESTINIEN","You needn't mind us."
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76,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000650_ZASSHAL","And now I've fleeced one of the heroes of the Final Days. I pray the Sisters were looking elsewhere..."
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77,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000660_ESTINIEN","This map may or may not be genuine. Either way, we'll need a ship to find out for sure."
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78,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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79,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You seem eager to be underway."
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80,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I never took you for a treasure hunter."
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81,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000670_ESTINIEN","Lest you misunderstand, I seek the treasure not for myself."
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82,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000680_ESTINIEN","If such a fortune truly exists, then it could help ease the struggles of those who lost their loved ones in the Final Days."
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83,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000690_ESTINIEN","I hope to do for Thavnair what you and Alphinaud did for the Ala Mhigans when you recovered the mad king's trove."
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84,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000700_ESTINIEN","Come now, you know Alphinaud needs little encouragement when it comes to recounting the tales of your shared exploits."
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85,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000710_ESTINIEN","Speaking of precocious lads, that boy in the bazaar was clearly an accomplice of the merchant."
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86,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000720_ESTINIEN","I suppose his role was to draw the attention of the crowd and add weight to the merchant's bold claims."
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87,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000730_ESTINIEN","A transparent act for the most part, but 'twas not all mummery─the need to provide for his sister rang true enough."
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88,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000740_ESTINIEN","Thus if some portion of the profits end up in that waif's pockets, then I will consider it money well spent...whether the map leads us to the vault or not."
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89,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000750_ESTINIEN","You <Emphasis>are</Emphasis> coming along, yes?"
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90,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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91,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Naturally!"
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92,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Shall we split the expenses?"
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93,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000760_ESTINIEN","Hmph, I thought as much."
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94,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000770_ESTINIEN","I appreciate the concern, but if there is one thing I've learned from my time with the Scions, it is how to better manage my coinpurse."
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95,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000780_ESTINIEN","Now, let's see about securing a vessel."
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96,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000790_GRAHATIA","I've never known Y'shtola to doze off in the middle of research before..."
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97,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000800_YSHTOLA","Mmm... I close my eyes for one moment..."
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98,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000810_YSHTOLA","Ow!"
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99,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000820_YSHTOLA","How long have you two been here?"
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100,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000830_YSHTOLA",""
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101,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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102,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICE","We just arrived!"
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103,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICE","We didn't want to wake you."
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104,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A5_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Catching up on some light reading?"
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105,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000840_YSHTOLA","Did you now?"
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106,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000850_YSHTOLA","Nor did I want to fall asleep."
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107,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000860_YSHTOLA","...Something to that effect."
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108,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000870_YSHTOLA","I must have been studying for two...three days straight before exhaustion finally claimed me."
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109,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000880_YSHTOLA","As you know, I've been researching ways to travel from the Source to one of its reflections."
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110,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000890_YSHTOLA","Well...looking for hints, at least. I don't expect to find a simple set of instructions tucked away in some dark corner of the library."
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111,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000900_YSHTOLA","So I've been skimming through the stacks, hoping to uncover even a partial mention of any similar feats in the past."
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112,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000910_YSHTOLA","A means to travel between worlds exists, and you can be sure I will find a way to employ it..."
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113,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000920_YSHTOLA","So I promised Runar, but 'twould seem I've set myself a nigh-impossible task."
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114,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000930_GRAHATIA","You needn't be so hard on yourself."
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115,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000940_GRAHATIA","The leap I made with the Crystal Tower was not achieved in an afternoon─it was the culmination of a collective effort spanning generations."
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116,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000950_YSHTOLA","Oh, you think me discouraged? I assure you, 'tis quite the opposite."
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117,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000960_YSHTOLA","A daunting challenge and the time to sink my teeth into it? I feel like a fresh-faced student again."
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118,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000970_GRAHATIA","A scholar in her element."
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119,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000980_YSHTOLA","Indeed. Was there something else you wished to ask of me?"
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120,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_000990_YSHTOLA","Alzadaal is no minor figure in Hannish history, and much is known about his family."
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121,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001000_YSHTOLA","But this is the first I've heard of a descendant surviving a trip to another world."
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122,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001010_YSHTOLA","If those tales are true, then he may have left behind some clue as to how it was accomplished."
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123,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001020_YSHTOLA","An invitation to delve into one of the world's lingering mysteries? As if I could refuse."
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124,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001030_YSHTOLA","And whence do we embark upon this expedition?"
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125,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001040_GRAHATIA","Akyaali, by ship─but before that, we thought to extend an invitation to Urianger as well. He was in Thaumazein, last we heard."
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126,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001050_YSHTOLA","Then by all means, let us recruit him and be on our way."
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127,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001060_GRAHATIA","Ah, Ojika, my good man."
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128,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001070_GRAHATIA","Would you be so...kind...as to..."
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129,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001080_KRILE","Isn't this a pleasant surprise."
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130,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001090_GRAHATIA","I wish you had sent word ahead. I thought I was having visions for a moment there!"
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131,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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132,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What are the two of you working on?"
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133,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICE","How is the restoration of the Students coming along?"
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134,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001100_KRILE","Raha and I have been compiling old records of the Students' activities."
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135,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001110_KRILE","Slow and steady. Raha and I have been compiling old records of the Students' activities."
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136,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001120_KRILE","We were able to locate several accounts in the archives of Noumenon, but the bulk of our documents was lost along with the Isle of Val..."
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137,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001130_KRILE","We located several accounts in the archives of Noumenon, and added them to the collection we recovered from the Isle of Val."
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138,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001140_GRAHATIA","And judging by the progress we've made thus far, sorting this pile will keep us occupied for days to come."
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139,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001150_GRAHATIA","But what brings you to the annex, my friend? Surely you haven't come all this way just to watch us shuffle dusty papers around?"
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140,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001160_GRAHATIA","The treasure vault of Alzadaal III..."
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141,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001170_KRILE","And you're looking for companions to join you on this expedition?"
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142,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001180_KRILE","I would dearly love to accompany you, of course, but I'm afraid I'm committed to another task. On the subject of which, I had hoped to ask for your assistance..."
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143,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001190_KRILE","TO BE DELETED"
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144,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001191_KRILE","Then again, it's not so urgent that it can't wait until you've returned."
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145,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001200_KRILE","You should go, Raha. I'll stay here and mind the shop, as it were."
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146,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001210_GRAHATIA","Are you sure? I'd hate to leave you shorthanded..."
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147,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001220_KRILE","I'm sure. Just try to be back before <Emphasis>too</Emphasis> many moons have passed."
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148,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001230_GRAHATIA","Well! I guess we're off on another adventure already!"
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149,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001240_GRAHATIA","Have you asked anyone else to come along?"
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150,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001250_GRAHATIA","Then might I suggest we invite Y'shtola?"
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151,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001260_GRAHATIA","Ever since the Scions disbanded, she's spent most of her time cloistered within the Great Gubal Library, hoping to piece together a method to traverse the rift."
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152,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001270_GRAHATIA","It would seem, however, that whatever wisdom she sought there was not to be found. She arrived in Sharlayan the other day─we spoke briefly before she began her search of Noumenon."
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153,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001280_GRAHATIA","Considering what you've told us of Alzadaal's extraordinary feats, I do believe Y'shtola would be more than interested to hear what you have to say."
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154,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001290_GRAHATIA","Splendid. Then let us head to the archives at once."
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155,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001300_KRILE","Wait, before you go─I have another potential member to volunteer, if you've room to spare. Urianger."
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156,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001310_KRILE","He sent the Students a request for materials, you see─treatises on the architecture of treasure vaults and the like."
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157,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001320_KRILE","From what I can gather, the Loporrits are looking to make “improvements” to their own creation, and wish to learn more about how we build things down here."
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158,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001330_KRILE","From what I can gather, the Loporrits wish to build their own vault for the people of Etheirys to explore, and are looking for inspiration to help make it a “memorable” experience."
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159,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001340_KRILE","So why not take Urianger with you? Let him study Alzadaal's Legacy firsthand."
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160,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001350_GRAHATIA","None can deny the benefit of seeing something with your own eyes."
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161,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001360_GRAHATIA","If our expedition leader has no objections, I say we extend Urianger an invitation once we've spoken with Y'shtola."
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162,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001370_KRILE","Safe travels, you two. But don't forget: I'd still like your help with that other matter I mentioned."
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163,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001380_GRAHATIA","Right! Then it's off to the library!"
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164,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001390_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE",""
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165,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001400_URIANGER","Ah, our illustrious champion."
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166,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001410_URIANGER","Cloaked in the mantle of the common explorer, fame set aside in thy pursuit of simple adventure."
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167,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001420_URIANGER","I am told a new expedition is in the offing."
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168,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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169,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICE","'Tis good to see you well."
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170,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Wasn't Thancred with you?"
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171,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001430_URIANGER","And thee. As ever, thou art the picture of strength."
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172,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001440_URIANGER","He left to attend to some personal errand, but should be returning ere long."
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173,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001450_YSHTOLA","You've been keeping yourself busy, I trust?"
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174,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001460_URIANGER","True to our plan, Thancred and I embarked upon a pilgrimage of sorts, with an eye for gauging the state of those lands through which we passed."
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175,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001470_URIANGER","Our travels were interrupted, however, by a request for aid from our befurred lunar allies."
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176,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001480_URIANGER","As you may recall, the Loporrits had been seeking new purpose for the moon─another role through which it might serve to benefit mankind. The Forum hath been working to advise them in this endeavor, but I returned to offer mine own counsel."
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177,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001490_GRAHATIA","And this has what to do with treasure vaults exactly...?"
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178,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001500_URIANGER","Ah, you have learned of my predicament from Mistress Krile."
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179,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001510_URIANGER","I know not whence they acquired such knowledge, but the Lopporits now stand convinced that adventurers delight in treasure hunts."
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180,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001520_URIANGER","Thus with their newly built “wonderland of riches and mystery” do they hope to entice all manner of daring delvers to the moon. So earnest and innocent was their desire to bring joy to the world that I found myself powerless to refuse them my cooperation..."
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181,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001530_URIANGER","But what of you, my friends? Why are you come to Labyrinthos?"
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182,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001540_URIANGER","Fascinating. This is, indeed, a most fortuitous opportunity."
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183,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001550_URIANGER","I should be honored to accept thine invitation."
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184,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001560_URIANGER","How long hath it been, I wonder, when last our actions were not impelled by fate or desperation?"
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185,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001570_YSHTOLA","Aye, though I cherish the Scions' accomplishments, 'tis pleasant to not have the weight of the world upon our shoulders for a change."
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186,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001580_GRAHATIA","Counting Estinien, we number five now, yes? Without knowing what traps or perils await unwary feet, we may be wise to refrain from recruiting others."
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187,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001590_YSHTOLA","I agree. Between us, we should have the skills to handle whatever situation may arise. Shall we be on our way?"
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188,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001600_THANCRED","What, no time to spare a word for the grizzled old bard?"
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189,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001610_URIANGER","All is well, I trust?"
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190,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001620_THANCRED","A wasted trip, I'm afraid. I'd hoped to catch up with a former mentor while you parleyed with the rabbits, but it seems our paths were not to cross."
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191,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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192,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICE","You're looking well."
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193,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICE","How was your “pilgrimage”?"
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194,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001630_THANCRED","That's because we didn't travel by experimental aetheryte. It's astounding what a lack of nausea does for one's sense of well-being."
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195,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001640_THANCRED","Having an astrologian beside you on the road is surprisingly convenient. And it doesn't hurt that he's making strides with his light-hearted banter."
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196,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001650_THANCRED","In any case, as we made our way around Ilsabard, we saw that much of the continent was in various stages of chaos."
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197,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001660_THANCRED","A certain amount of disorder is to be expected─the Final Days are over, and the people no longer have a common threat binding them together."
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198,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001670_THANCRED","But that's the thing with these fledgling troubles, eh? You need to keep an eye out lest they mature into full-grown headaches."
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199,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001680_THANCRED","So. For what reason have so many esteemed personages seen fit to gather?"
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200,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001690_THANCRED","Beneath the waters of the Bounty, you say? I see you've already stolen away my traveling partner with the promise of unexplored ruins and scholarly glory."
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201,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001700_URIANGER","Nay, 'tis not for mine own indulgence, but rather the fulfillment of my commitment to the Loporrits."
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202,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001710_THANCRED","Ah, of course... And if you have Estinien rounding out your group, you likely have all the members you need."
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203,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001720_YSHTOLA","Feeling left out? I could put in a good word for you, if you like."
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204,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001730_THANCRED","We may have been “released” from our obligations, but I'll never be free of that merciless wit of yours, will I?"
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205,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001740_THANCRED","In all seriousness, 'tis best I sit this one out. Too many former Scions consorting with one another might be seen as a cause for concern in certain quarters."
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206,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001750_THANCRED","I'll return to my usual reconnaissance, and scout out the situation in the Far East. Feel free to share if you come across any interesting revelations."
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207,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001760_THANCRED","Till we meet again."
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208,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001770_URIANGER","Shall we also hasten our departure? Ser Estinien will wonder what hath become of us."
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209,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001780_GRAHATIA","What have we here...?"
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210,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001790_URIANGER","'Tis not unlike a Hannish alchemical furnace in design..."
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211,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001800_YSHTOLA","Well, there is one way we might find out..."
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212,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001810_VARSHAHN","Stop! You mustn't touch it!"
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213,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001820_GRAHATIA","Vrtra... Ah, my apologies. Should I continue calling you “Varshahn”?"
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214,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001830_VARSHAHN","You may address me as you wish. My nature is no longer a secret."
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215,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001840_VARSHAHN","Still, this is not the setting I imagined for our reunion. Surely you've not entered these ruins as common looters...?"
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216,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001850_ESTINIEN","Would that we could deny your accusations...but I fear you're not far from the truth."
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217,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001860_URIANGER","Great Vrtra. Might we beseech thee to explain the nature of this strange contrivance?"
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218,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001870_VARSHAHN","It was crafted by our alchemists at my behest. For the purpose of...sealing something away."
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219,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q9_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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220,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A9_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Sealing away what, exactly?"
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221,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A9_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I wasn't going to touch it, but you know Y'shtola..."
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222,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A9_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
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223,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001880_YSHTOLA","You and I will speak later."
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224,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001890_GRAHATIA","Not the time for frivolity, my friend, not the time..."
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225,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001900_URIANGER","This “something” of which thou speakest... Might it be some manner of threat?"
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226,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001910_URIANGER","This “something” of which thou speakest... Might it be some manner of threat?"
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227,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001920_VARSHAHN","Perhaps I should simply show you."
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228,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001930_VARSHAHN","I have lifted the seal, if only for the moment. By an authority only I possess."
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229,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001940_URIANGER","A planar fissure!?"
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230,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001950_GRAHATIA","No, my friend... Small though it may be, this is a functioning gate into the void!"
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231,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001960_YSHTOLA","I must admit, I am deathly curious to know how a voidgate came to be hidden in the depths of these ruins."
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232,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001970_VARSHAHN","To tell that tale, we must first peer far to the south, and even further into memory."
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233,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001980_VARSHAHN","An age five millennia past, when the Allagan Empire sent an invading force to the shores of Meracydia."
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234,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_001990_VARSHAHN","The southern people rallied around the commanding figures of Bahamut and Tiamat, and fought fiercely to repel the would-be conquerors."
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235,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002000_VARSHAHN","With Bahamut's defeat, however, the tide turned against them. Desperate to seize any advantage, the Meracydians resorted to summoning primal entities."
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236,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002010_VARSHAHN","In response, Emperor Xande forged a covenant with the Cloud of Darkness, sovereign among the all-devouring denizens of the void."
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237,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002020_VARSHAHN","Thus bolstered by eikons on one side and voidsent on the other, the two armies clashed in a battle of unspeakable carnage. So much death. So much loss."
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238,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002030_GRAHATIA","I consider myself well versed in that period of history, yet you speak as one who witnessed it happen..."
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239,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002040_VARSHAHN","Indeed I did."
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240,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002050_VARSHAHN","I heard Tiamat's roar of defiance, and sped toward that war-torn land..."
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241,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002060_VARSHAHN","...along with my sibling, Azdaja."
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242,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002070_VARSHAHN","We dragons are not “male” or “female” as men are wont to classify, but “elder sister” is the closest a mortal tongue can come to describing what she meant to me."
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243,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002080_VARSHAHN","I was the last of our brood to hatch, and Azdaja cared for me where my sire could not."
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244,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002090_VARSHAHN","Thus I was with her when Tiamat roared. I was with her when she journeyed south. And I was with her when she fought against the voidsent hordes."
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245,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002100_VARSHAHN","Yet no matter how many of their vile fiends we cast down, more rose from the abyss to take their place. Faced with an unwinnable war of attrition, Azdaja risked her all on a final gamble..."
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246,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002110_VARSHAHN","She plunged through the voidgate itself to strike at the root of their strength."
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247,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002120_VARSHAHN","I tried to follow in her wake, determined to lend what aid I could...but even as I came upon Allag's glittering tower, I saw the rift close behind her."
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248,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002130_VARSHAHN","And Azdaja has been lost to us ever since."
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249,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002140_GRAHATIA","I find I must retract my earlier claim of historical knowledge─nowhere in the Crystal Tower's archives did I see mention of such noble sacrifice."
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250,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002150_VARSHAHN","That does not surprise me. To Allagan eyes, it must have seemed as if a lone dragon, driven to madness, simply dove through the gate and did not return."
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251,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002160_VARSHAHN","For my part, I spent long years searching for the means to reunite with Azdaja..."
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252,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002170_VARSHAHN","Until I could search no more─until Allag was dust, and the arts to open a voidgate large enough to accommodate a dragon forever lost."
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253,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002180_YSHTOLA","Yet you have the beginnings of a gate right here, under the control of a Hannish device."
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254,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002190_VARSHAHN","My discovery came before Radz-at-Han was founded. Though I scoured the lands for a method to cross the rift, it was beneath the sea that I chanced to find a natural planar fissure."
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255,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002200_VARSHAHN","It was, however, far too narrow to admit a wyrm's bulk. Only after our city rose upon the rock, and I could enlist the aid of our talented alchemists, did matters take a favorable turn."
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256,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002210_VARSHAHN","Their dedication was beyond reproach. Tirelessly they worked to expand the fissure, and after decades of toil, it finally grew to a size that a child might pass through..."
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257,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002220_ESTINIEN","Not long ago, you told us that you called out to your kin; that Azdaja's answer was silence. I suspect the conclusion to your tale is not a joyful one."
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258,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002230_VARSHAHN","With hope in my heart, I used a simulacrum to cross the threshold...but no─I did not find her."
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259,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002240_VARSHAHN","What I found was a host of voidsent, clamoring around the opening they had sensed."
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260,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002250_VARSHAHN","'Twas but a moment, but enough. I had no choice but to retreat and allow the portal to contract once more."
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261,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002260_ESTINIEN","The gate was a threat to your people. You had to decide between endangering Radz-at-Han, and abandoning your sister... And you chose the latter."
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262,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002270_URIANGER","'Twas not that thy sibling scorned thy call; 'twas that she was trapped beyond a barrier through which neither roar nor dragon may pass. Even now, in the desolate world of the Thirteenth..."
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263,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002280_GRAHATIA","I can scarce imagine your pain, yet it was wise not to linger in that place. Too long a sojourn, and even a being of your power risks being warped into a creature of the void."
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264,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002290_GRAHATIA","You've seen this phenomenon before, when we stepped into the darkness..."
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265,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q10_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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266,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A10_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Aye, I thought our time had come."
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267,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A10_000_002_NONE_VOICE","I remember when Nero turned purple..."
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268,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A10_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
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269,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002300_GRAHATIA","As did I. Were it not for Unei and Doga─or Nero, for that matter─we might never have made it home."
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270,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002310_GRAHATIA","Do you remember what happened to Nero? How his wounds allowed the void's corruption to enter his body and twist his aether?"
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271,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002320_GRAHATIA","Turn purple? Well, yes, his wounds had allowed the void's corruption to enter his body and twist his aether."
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272,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002330_GRAHATIA","Remember well what happened to Nero, when his wounds allowed the void's corruption to enter his body and twist his aether..."
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273,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002340_GRAHATIA","Had it been allowed to progress much longer, I presume he would've been fully transformed."
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274,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002350_VARSHAHN","Then there is little hope for Azdaja..."
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275,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002360_GRAHATIA","Ah, no, I hadn't meant to─ I speak only of possibilities."
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276,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002370_GRAHATIA","The scales of the first brood are extraordinarily resistant to aetherial fluctuations. They are the protective talismans' core components, after all, and even the corruption I described would struggle to overcome─"
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277,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002380_GRAHATIA","Of course. With a warding scale in one's possession, one could conceivably survive a stay in the Thirteenth without being warped by its energies..."
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278,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002390_VARSHAHN","Be that as it may, it is too late to rescue my sister. Five thousand years too late."
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279,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002400_VARSHAHN","And now, countless others look to me for guidance and protection."
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280,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002410_VARSHAHN","So when I sensed intruders in the ruins, I came only to ensure that the gate remain closed. That, and to secure the treasure, of course."
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281,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002420_VARSHAHN","I wish only to forget the rest..."
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282,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002430_VRITRA","I thank you for your attendance."
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283,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002440_VRITRA","The riches the Radiant Host have retrieved were hoarded in Alzadaal's name─a fortune I set aside for a future day of need."
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284,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002450_VRITRA","And lo, that day hath come. May it aid our wounded city in reclaiming its vibrancy and vigor!"
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285,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002460_VRITRA","In better times, I would leave such a task to our capable Ahewann, gods rest his soul."
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286,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002470_VRITRA","Finding myself bereft of his counsel in the here and now, I will assume the responsibilities of mine office directly."
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287,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002480_VRITRA","Firstly, the treasure shall be sold for more convenient currency, thence invested into the trading port of Yedlihmad. Our merchants must have their operations restored, their ships rebuilt. Commerce must flow once more!"
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288,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002490_VRITRA","None were spared the tragedy of the Final Days─of this I am well aware."
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289,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002500_VRITRA","But an absence was created by the loss of Khalzahl's consortium, and by filling it, we provide new means for our fishermen, our artisans, and others to bring their wares to distant markets."
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290,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002510_ESTINIEN","And what of the children who were left without family to care for them?"
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291,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002520_VRITRA","That is a concern which weigheth heavily upon my mind. A simple gift of coin will soon be exhausted, leaving these young souls adrift on the fringes of our society."
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292,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002530_VRITRA","Nay, a proper solution is needed, one which doth guarantee their welfare for years to come."
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293,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002540_VRITRA","Thou hast surely seen how other nations rise to meet this challenge, adventurer. What dost thou deem the wisest course?"
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294,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q11_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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295,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A11_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Taxes. Levy them on trade profits in exchange for your investment."
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296,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A11_000_002_NONE_VOICE","It takes a village..."
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297,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A11_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Idyllshire's orphanage was funded through trade in highly coveted goods..."
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298,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A11_000_004_NONE_VOICE","The Firmament's orphanage was built as part of a communal restoration effort. "
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299,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002550_VRITRA","I see... We create a reliable source of revenue."
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300,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002560_VRITRA","Of course... We must all look out for one another."
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301,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002570_VRITRA","Of course... We can draw on trading profits to build a new institution."
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302,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002580_VRITRA","Of course... The revival of trade can contribute to the building of a new institution."
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303,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002590_VRITRA","Let us put this idea into practice. A contract shall be written, requiring all who receive of Alzadaal's treasure to commit a portion of their future earnings towards the running of an orphanage."
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304,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002600_VRITRA",""
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305,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002610_VRITRA","Now, such an influential policy is deserving of a worthy name..."
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306,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q12_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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307,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A12_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Something with “Khalzahl” seems appropriate."
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308,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A12_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Why not honor one of your most successful merchants?"
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309,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002620_VRITRA","Ah, a fitting candidate..."
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310,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002630_VRITRA","A successful merchant...? Ah, I believe I see thy reasoning."
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311,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002640_VRITRA","Khalzahl should be remembered not as the blasphemy which terrorized Thavnair, but as a hardworking and generous man who brought much wealth to our shores."
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312,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002650_VRITRA","Do any among you object to this proposition? Many here lost loved ones to the beasts..."
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313,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002660_NAHBDEEN","In that time of strife, any one of us could have broken. Any one of us may have been taken by despair."
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314,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002670_NAHBDEEN","When I think of Khalzahl, I feel no hatred...only a stinging regret that we could not save him as well."
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315,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002680_NAHBDEEN","Isn't that right, men!?"
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316,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002690_ESTINIEN","This bodes well for that boy─“Mehrahd,” was it? Perhaps he can cut ties with that shady peddler."
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317,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002700_VRITRA","Then let it be done. Henceforth, this initiative shall be known as the “Khalzahl Foundation”!"
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318,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002710_VRITRA","Nahbdeen, thou art to assemble a patrol, and ensure that no child in this city liveth in squalor!"
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319,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002720_VRITRA","Clerks! See to the management of our funds and make haste! Our citizens must not suffer a day more than is necessary!"
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320,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002730_ESTINIEN","Dragon and man, side by side in pursuit of a brighter morrow. I'm reminded of Ishgard."
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321,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002740_YSHTOLA","Right─here we all are."
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322,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002750_ESTINIEN","You discovered something new?"
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323,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002760_YSHTOLA","I took a closer look at that device. I was able to determine how it keeps the voidgate sealed, but not how it might instead be employed to expand the opening."
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324,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002770_YSHTOLA","For that, I would need to reference the technique developed by Vrtra's alchemists─no records of which appear to have survived the intervening years."
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325,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002780_ESTINIEN","We know this, so why have you sent for us? Have you learned aught of value or not?"
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326,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002790_YSHTOLA","Patience, good ser─one must introduce the subject before launching into specifics."
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327,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002800_YSHTOLA","From what we understand, travel between worlds is accomplished by passing through the nebulous rift which exists between them."
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328,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002810_YSHTOLA","Picture, if you will, the moment you were called to the First."
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329,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002820_YSHTOLA","You touched a focus of some kind to help the Exarch pinpoint your location. His summoning spell then channeled the energies of the Crystal Tower to begin your journey to his world."
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330,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002830_YSHTOLA","The magicks tore a hole in the wall separating Source and shard, and cast you into the intervening nothingness."
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331,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002840_YSHTOLA","In that place, the laws of nature hold no sway..."
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332,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002850_YSHTOLA","Yet even through this realm of temporal and spatial instability, you were borne safely to your destination in the First."
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333,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002860_YSHTOLA","The feat that guided you across such an unimaginable distance─both physical and metaphorical─was nothing short of a miracle."
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334,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002870_ESTINIEN","Then what of the many voidsent found in the Source? Who guides them here, and how?"
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335,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002880_YSHTOLA","An excellent question."
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336,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002890_YSHTOLA","Though there are several methods by which the void's denizens might intrude upon our world, the rituals of summoning are the most typical."
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337,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002900_YSHTOLA","For example, let us consider the gargoyle─a creature of middling power."
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338,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002910_YSHTOLA","To call upon such an entity, the prospective summoner must force open a voidgate."
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339,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002920_YSHTOLA","The portal lasts but a moment and is relatively small, allowing only an imp or other lesser being to squeeze through with their physical body intact."
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340,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002930_YSHTOLA","Our more powerful gargoyle, however, is too large for that. Creating a gate big enough for him would require vast amounts of energy─far beyond the reserves of any one mortal practitioner."
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341,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002940_YSHTOLA","Instead, 'tis far more common to bring over only the entity's soul. We had a taste of that ourselves when a certain Exarch dragged us to the First."
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342,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002950_YSHTOLA","And just as our bodies remained in our world, the voidsent's physical form is left behind in the Thirteenth."
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343,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002960_YSHTOLA","Once at its destination, the summoned soul is granted a temporary shell to inhabit. In the gargoyle's case, a stone effigy has proven a suitable vessel."
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344,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002970_ESTINIEN","Wait─you said that voidsent must be called here deliberately by someone in the Source─reeled in like a fisherman with his catch?"
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345,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002980_YSHTOLA","Exactly. For a being to navigate the chaos of the rift, with or without form, there must needs be a guiding agent on the other side."
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346,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_002990_VARSHAHN","When the hordes poured forth from Allag's great gate, it was the technologists who drew them through."
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347,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003000_VARSHAHN","Though to my knowledge, planar fissures are, in essence, natural passages between our world and the void, which require no such guidance to traverse."
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348,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003010_VARSHAHN","Why is only the boundary between the Source and the Thirteenth so fragile? So much so that it often tears open of its own accord..."
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349,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003020_YSHTOLA","I believe solving that mystery is key to understanding travel between the Source and its reflections."
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350,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003030_ESTINIEN","And how do you intend to get your answers?"
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351,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003040_VARSHAHN","...No, the danger is too great!"
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352,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003050_YSHTOLA","Perhaps. But what some call “danger,” others think of as “adventure.”"
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353,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003060_VARSHAHN","Were you not listening to my tale? Never mind that the means to expand the gate has been lost to the ages."
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354,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003070_VARSHAHN","Even could you force the portal wide enough, you would be greeted by an army of murderous horrors the very instant you stepped through."
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355,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003080_YSHTOLA","I assure you I was most attentive. And I agree that to go alone would be certain death."
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356,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003090_YSHTOLA","But if I were to bring along one who has already braved the Thirteenth and humbled the Cloud of Darkness─well, I imagine my chances would be much improved."
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357,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q13_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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358,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A13_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Count me in."
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359,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A13_000_002_NONE_VOICE","So much for taking it easy."
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360,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003100_YSHTOLA","I had a feeling you might say that."
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361,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003110_YSHTOLA","Once again, I put my life in your ever-reliable hands."
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362,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003120_YSHTOLA","Since when were you one for the quiet life?"
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363,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003130_YSHTOLA","Once again, I put my life in your ever-reliable hands."
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364,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003140_YSHTOLA","That said, as much as I would like to march straight back to the voidgate, there is the small matter of being unable to open it without the satrap's personal authority..."
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365,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003150_VARSHAHN","As I've said before, I will grant you and yours any boon you choose to name...provided it does not endanger my people."
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366,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003160_YSHTOLA","You have my word that we will take every precaution─not a single voidsent will be allowed to threaten Radz-at-Han. Assuming we manage to expand the portal in the first place..."
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367,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003170_ESTINIEN","You have a plan?"
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368,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003180_YSHTOLA","Actually, I had hoped you might help us with that. I presume the alchemists you retained supplied you with some explanation of their methodology?"
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369,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003190_VARSHAHN","That they did. House Daemir was overseeing the project..."
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370,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003200_YSHTOLA","Daemir, Daemir... Ah, yes, the family associated with the Great Work."
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371,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003210_VARSHAHN","I did not fully comprehend the theory, but their research began with a voidsent which had slipped through the fissure."
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372,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003220_VARSHAHN","After a thorough examination, they created an arcane simulacrum possessed of similar qualities. A man-made voidsent, if you will. It was apparently indispensable in their efforts to enlarge the gate."
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373,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003230_YSHTOLA","...A man-made voidsent?"
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374,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003240_VARSHAHN","Yes. Being great admirers of the Archons, House Daemir submitted detailed notes to Sharlayan's official committee. They expected praise and accolades for their simulacrum...and were thus devastated to be informed that their work had been classified as prohibited material."
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375,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003250_YSHTOLA","If that's true, then those notes might still be stored in a forbidden archive somewhere. Not Gubal, of course, since that library had yet to be built. Which leaves us with..."
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376,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q14_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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377,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A14_000_001_NONE_VOICE","With the restricted section of Noumenon?"
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378,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A14_000_002_NONE_VOICE","With G'raha's favorite place to sneak around."
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379,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A14_000_003_NONE_VOICE","With...what?"
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380,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003260_YSHTOLA","Yes, it may very well hold a copy."
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381,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003270_YSHTOLA","Indeed. Noumenon's restricted stacks may very well hold a copy."
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382,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003280_YSHTOLA","Have you already forgotten G'raha's debacle in Noumenon?"
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383,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003290_YSHTOLA","...The restricted section where he was caught sneaking about? It may very well hold a copy of the Daemirs' documentation."
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384,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003300_YSHTOLA","In which case, I say we head directly to Sharlayan."
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385,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003310_ESTINIEN","Unless you anticipate needing help to reach the high shelves, I see myself being of little use. Go on ahead. I still need to find Mehrahd and tell him about the Khalzahl Foundation."
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386,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003320_YSHTOLA","Let us be on our way, as well."
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387,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003330_VARSHAHN","They are resolved to venture into the void. Do I sit idly by...?"
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388,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003340_YSHTOLA","If House Daemir's notes are to be found anywhere, it will be here. Let us begin."
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389,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003350_YSHTOLA","Yes, the aether signature is unmistakable. I've felt the traces of House Daemir's resonance many times at the Great Work."
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390,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003360_YSHTOLA","Time to see what all the fuss was about..."
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391,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003370_YSHTOLA","“Among the ranks of the voidsent, there exist entities with the power to call forth their brethren from beyond. The species known as ”Atomos,“ however, is uniquely prodigious in this regard."
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392,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003380_YSHTOLA","“From its distended maw, it can expel an endless procession of voidborn creatures─a talent which sorely tested the Radiant Host in its battles against these abominations."
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393,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003390_YSHTOLA","“Surmising that the entity itself was acting as a voidgate, we endeavored to capture a small specimen and subsequently examine its physiological structure."
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394,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003400_YSHTOLA","“Our findings revealed that the Atomos had absorbed a planar fissure into its own flesh, which it could expand at will into a functioning gate."
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395,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003410_YSHTOLA","“Upon further analysis, we identified an aetherial wave pattern emitted during this process─a pattern we were able to emulate by passing crystal-stored aether through a specially designed prism."
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396,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003420_YSHTOLA","“We proceeded to embed said prism into an arcane simulacrum, thus completing what we have dubbed our 'artificial Atomos.'”"
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397,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003430_YSHTOLA","How could I have been so blind to the possibilities? This species, not to mention its ability to summon voidsent, has been discussed among academics for years now."
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398,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003440_YSHTOLA","Just before the advent of the Seventh Umbral Calamity, we received reports of Atomos sightings from every corner of Eorzea. Surely you witnessed an appearance yourself in the course of your travels?"
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399,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003450_YSHTOLA","Just before the advent of the Seventh Umbral Calamity, we received reports of Atomos sightings from every corner of Eorzea. Surely you've at least heard the tales?"
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400,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003460_YSHTOLA","And still House Daemir went and built a mock Atomos of their very own. I'm not surprised the Archons consigned their work to a restricted archive."
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401,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003470_YSHTOLA","'Twas no easy task, but at last we've unearthed the volume we've been searching for."
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402,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003480_YSHTOLA","I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted to stay longer. See what other forbidden titles might be lurking on these shelves..."
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403,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003490_YSHTOLA","Ah, but that would be abusing the very special privilege we've been granted now, wouldn't it? Better not."
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404,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003500_NIDHANA","The ruins alone were impressive enough, but I never dreamed such a treasure lay hidden in the depths of the Bounty..."
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405,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003510_NIDHANA","It may have been helpful to know this device existed, Your Excellency."
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406,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003520_VARSHAHN","My apologies...the gate was a secret I shared with none but my closest advisors. I feared for what might happen should those with ill intentions learn of its existence."
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407,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003530_ESTINIEN","What is it you're doing now?"
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408,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003540_YSHTOLA","There is something I wish to verify."
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409,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003550_YSHTOLA","The NOAH reports claim that a short stint into the void carries little risk of aetheric imbalance."
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410,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003560_YSHTOLA","Should one suffer an injury, however, or if one's expedition drags on longer than intended, that risk becomes significantly greater."
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411,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003570_YSHTOLA","G'raha theorized that a warding scale would confer protection from the void's corrupting influence... But I would prefer to test that hypothesis before we set foot in the Thirteenth ourselves."
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412,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003580_ESTINIEN","So...this is an experiment of sorts."
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413,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003590_YSHTOLA","Yes. An experiment... Tell me: how would <Emphasis>you</Emphasis> go about testing the efficacy of the warding scale?"
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414,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q15_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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415,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A15_000_001_NONE_VOICE","Might as well go myself."
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416,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A15_000_002_NONE_VOICE","(Say nothing and look meaningfully at Estinien.)"
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417,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A15_000_003_NONE_VOICE","Maybe send a familiar?"
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418,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003600_ESTINIEN","And how would you do that? The gate is still too small for any of us to pass through."
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419,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003610_YSHTOLA","Estinien is correct. Which is why I've elected to send a familiar in our stead."
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420,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003620_ESTINIEN","What? Why are you looking at me like that? Surely you'd not expect me to wriggle through that tiny portal?"
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421,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003630_YSHTOLA","We needn't attempt anything so drastic. A small familiar should serve well enough."
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422,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003640_YSHTOLA","Very good. I see you've been paying attention."
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423,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003650_YSHTOLA","As Vrtra sent his simulacrum, so too shall we rely on a familiar to bear the brunt of any unpleasant consequences."
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424,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003660_YSHTOLA","Now, a lowly imp can navigate a fissure, no matter how narrow."
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425,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003670_YSHTOLA","Which means an arcane entity of similar stature should be able to manage the same."
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426,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003680_YSHTOLA","I hadn't wanted it to come to this...but no other familiars will do, I'm afraid."
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427,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003690_ESTINIEN","I mislike the sound of that. What manner of fiend does she mean to summon...?"
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428,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003700_YSHTOLA","From ocean rise and cloudbank form,
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From mountain spring and rainfall storm,
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From river flow and life be born..."
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429,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003710_YSHTOLA","Water, water, froth and foam!♪"
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430,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003720_ESTINIEN","Ready your arms. I fear she's been possessed..."
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431,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003730_NIDHANA","Oh, come now, that was adorable!"
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432,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003740_NOKKEN","Water, water, froth and foam!♪
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433,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003750_YSHTOLA","Though not my first choice, these familiars I conceived of as a child have the best chance of fitting through the gate."
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434,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003760_YSHTOLA","...I only wish my younger self had considered a more dignified ending to the creation ritual."
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435,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003770_YSHTOLA","In any case, these two should serve us well."
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436,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003780_YSHTOLA","This one will bear a warding scale..."
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437,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003790_YSHTOLA","And when they return from the Thirteenth, we can observe how the talisman─or absence thereof─has affected the progress of the void's corruption."
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438,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003800_YSHTOLA","If I could impose upon you to open the gate, Your Excellency?"
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439,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003810_VARSHAHN","Ah, yes, of course..."
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440,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003820_YSHTOLA","We should also be wary of voidsent slipping through while we conduct our experiment. Estinien, you are to keep Nidhana safe from harm."
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441,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003830_ESTINIEN","As you say..."
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442,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003840_YSHTOLA","You had best be on your guard, as well."
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443,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q16_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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444,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A16_000_001_NONE_VOICE","I always am."
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445,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A16_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Froth and foam!"
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446,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A16_000_003_NONE_VOICE","..."
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447,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003850_YSHTOLA","And we are glad for it."
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448,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003860_YSHTOLA","Oh? Are you volunteering to join the nixies? I could shrink you down, you know..."
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449,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003870_YSHTOLA","Please, just...do me a favor, and forget you ever saw that."
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450,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003880_YSHTOLA","Let us begin, shall we?"
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451,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003890_YSHTOLA","Nixies! Into the void!"
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452,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003900_NOKKEN","Water, water, froth and foam! Into shadowed realms we roam!"
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453,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003910_YSHTOLA","I think we've waited long enough."
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454,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003920_YSHTOLA","Nixies! Return to my side!"
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455,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003930_DARKNOKKEN","Water...water... <splutter>"
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456,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003940_YSHTOLA","Thank you, little one. You did well."
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457,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003950_NIDHANA","The poor thing. Its essence has been irrevocably warped..."
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458,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003960_VOIDSENTA","I smell you...!"
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459,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003970_VOIDSENTB","I cannot die... I WANT to die... Kill me... END ME..."
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460,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003980_VOIDSENTC","Light! I see light!"
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461,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_003990_VOIDSENTD","(-Sinister Voice-)Open! Open! OPEN!"
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462,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004000_VARSHAHN","We're out of time! I must reseal the voidgate!"
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463,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004010_NIDHANA","They're coming through!"
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464,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004020_VARSHAHN","In the name of Alzadaal III... I bar this door unto the void!"
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465,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004030_NIDHANA","Well, that was a sharp lesson in the dangers of voidgates..."
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466,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004040_ESTINIEN","And what of our experiment? I'd say the results speak for themselves."
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467,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004050_YSHTOLA","The unprotected nixie has suffered extensive aetheric corruption. As Nidhana observed, it's well on its way to becoming a voidsent."
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468,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004060_YSHTOLA","The one merged with the talisman, however, appears unaffected. I sense no changes to its equilibrium."
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469,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004070_YSHTOLA","Rest now, little ones."
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470,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004080_ESTINIEN","G'raha's theory was correct, then."
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471,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004090_YSHTOLA","So it would seem. But while our second familiar was untouched by void energies, the talisman itself shows signs of degradation."
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472,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004100_YSHTOLA","It was, of course, originally designed to shield the soul from primal tempering─it stands to reason that aetheric corruption of a different sort would affect it differently."
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473,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004110_YSHTOLA","We may need to modify the warding scale's design to account for the Thirteenth's uniquely unstable aether..."
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474,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004120_ESTINIEN","You've said much of the void's instability, but my imagination fails me. What manner of place is this broken world?"
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475,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004130_YSHTOLA","Ah, my apologies. I forget that not all of us spend our days sequestered in dusty archives."
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476,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004140_YSHTOLA","The Thirteenth is a reflection of the Source that was drowned in a flood of Darkness."
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477,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004150_YSHTOLA","In Emet-Selch's own words, this tragedy was a result of the Ascians' attempts to force a Rejoining. They erred in their haste, and made of that world a “useless void.”"
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478,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004160_YSHTOLA","You remember Unukalhai, the unusual child we met during our troubles with the Warring Triad? He explained the fate of the Thirteenth thus:"
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479,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004170_YSHTOLA","The champions of that ill-fated world used the stone known as “auracite” to contain the power of primals."
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480,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004180_YSHTOLA","But those selfsame heroes were gradually corrupted by the auracite's bleeding energies, transforming into fiends with an endless hunger for aether."
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481,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004190_YSHTOLA","By the time anyone thought to oppose them, Light's strength had grown too feeble...and the balance of the Thirteenth tipped into eternal Darkness."
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482,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004200_YSHTOLA","It was Elidibus, as I recall, who rescued Unukalhai's spirit from his final battlefield."
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483,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004210_YSHTOLA","But I wonder if there were others whom the Emissary saved from oblivion..."
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484,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q17_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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485,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A17_000_001_NONE_VOICE","The barmaid at the Wandering Stairs..."
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486,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A17_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Ardbert's companion, the elven swordswoman..."
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487,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004220_YSHTOLA","The server...Cyella, wasn't it? And you say she was another of Elidibus's pawns?"
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488,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004230_YSHTOLA","Cylva? The adventurer who traveled with the Warriors of Light? And you say she was another of Elidibus's pawns?"
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489,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004240_YSHTOLA","I see... So Cyella, or rather, Cylva, was beguiled by the same dreams of heroism as Unukalhai."
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490,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004250_YSHTOLA","And what of your own experience? Will you tell us of what you observed during NOAH's expedition?"
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491,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004260_YSHTOLA","I can picture it now... The sunless, stygian expanse, infested with legions of aether-starved monstrosities. A void in every sense of the word."
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492,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004270_VARSHAHN","What you have described in such lurid detail is exactly why I hesitate to encourage you."
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493,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004280_YSHTOLA","Worry not, great Vrtra─our journey into the Thirteenth is but the first leg of a longer voyage."
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494,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004290_YSHTOLA","A voyage that shall lead us to other reflections─to new mysteries and discoveries─and I mean to be there every step of the way."
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495,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004300_YSHTOLA","But first I must focus on refining the warding talisman..."
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496,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004310_NIDHANA","Then I can begin work on constructing an artificial Atomos."
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497,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004320_NIDHANA","Or, I could if I had the relevant manuals to hand. Might I be so bold as to request access to the satrap's family archives?"
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498,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004330_NIDHANA","Ahem...Your Excellency?"
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499,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004340_VARSHAHN","Hm...? Oh! Yes, that can be arranged. I will speak to my officials upon our return."
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500,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004350_NIDHANA","We will see you back in the city, then!"
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501,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004360_NIDHANA","Ah, Y'shtola! The adjustments are going well, I hope?"
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502,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004370_YSHTOLA","'Tis a lengthy process, but the end is in sight, yes."
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503,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004380_NIDHANA","That's wonderful news! I, myself, had some good fortune searching through the satrap's private records."
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504,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004390_NIDHANA","What I found was a transaction log, dated around the same period as when Alzadaal's Legacy was built. It included a purchase list of highly exclusive alchemical components...and I knew I'd discovered the key to making the artificial Atomos."
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505,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004400_NIDHANA","I then visited the High Crucible to commission the materials. After I'd explained my requirements, I was beset by volunteers insisting I allow them to help with the entire project!"
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506,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004410_YSHTOLA","The usual reaction to someone forcing open a voidgate is to run for the hills... Hannish academics certainly are a different breed."
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507,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004420_VARSHAHN","The alchemists of old were cut from a similar cloth. The unknown held no fear for them─indeed, they were ever eager to seek new knowledge, regardless of the danger."
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508,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004430_YSHTOLA","And were you not also fearless─heedless, even─in your determination?"
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509,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004440_VARSHAHN","...My sire entered his dormancy before I was hatched. And so it was Azdaja who kept my egg safe and warm."
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510,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004450_VARSHAHN","It created a bond between us. Even long after I learned to fend for myself, I rarely strayed from her side."
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511,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004460_VARSHAHN","She was my guardian, my sister, my dear companion...and not a single day passes that I do not mourn her absence."
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512,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004470_VARSHAHN","No matter how deep the darkness, I would not surrender my search. I promised myself the time would come when we would once more take to the skies together."
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513,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004480_VARSHAHN","But I am satrap now..."
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514,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004490_NAHBDEEN","The Radiant Host is here to serve, Your Excellency!"
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515,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004500_VARSHAHN","Nahbdeen. What is this about...?"
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516,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004510_NAHBDEEN","Ser Estinien told us of your predicament."
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517,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004520_NAHBDEEN","For centuries you have protected Radz-at-Han, never showing your true self. Hiding behind a curtain, and living only in service to the people..."
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518,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004530_NAHBDEEN","Your dedication meant more to us than your deceit, and so did we accept you as our rightful ruler."
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519,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004540_NAHBDEEN","After all that you have sacrificed for this nation, did you imagine we would begrudge you your heart's desire?"
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520,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004550_NAHBDEEN","We survived the Final Days. We are a strong and proud people. We, the Radiant Host, will keep Thavnair safe in your absence!"
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521,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004560_VARSHAHN","I am grateful for your loyalty, and for your encouragement. And yet..."
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522,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004570_NAHBDEEN","Now, you listen to me, Varshahn!"
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523,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004580_NAHBDEEN","You are wearing that face, after all."
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524,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004590_NAHBDEEN","As I have told you before, you are a little brother to us all."
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525,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004600_NAHBDEEN","And if you are family, then so, too, is your sister."
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526,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004610_NAHBDEEN","We are there for you if you need us. But do not ask us to sit by and watch while you abandon a sibling you have ached to rescue for millennia!"
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527,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004620_NIDHANA","We <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> succeed in opening the way─it is only a matter of time! All you need do is prepare to step through to the other side!"
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528,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004630_MEHRAHD","Your Excellency... I wanted to thank you for building the orphanage. It means so much that my sister and I will have a place to be together, safe and happy."
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529,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004640_MEHRAHD","And I hope that you and your sister can be together again, too!"
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530,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_Q18_000_001_NONE_VOICE","What will you say?"
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531,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A18_000_001_NONE_VOICE","To protect them well, you must take heart."
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532,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_A18_000_002_NONE_VOICE","Will you wallow in uncertainty forever...?"
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533,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004650_VARSHAHN","“Take heart, and protect them well.”"
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534,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004660_VARSHAHN","Such were the words I once said to you. And here I stand, failing to live up to them."
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535,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004670_VARSHAHN","If my heart is torn, I am fit to protect neither Azdaja, nor Radz-at-Han."
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536,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004680_VARSHAHN","You're saying I should seize this chance?"
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537,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004690_VARSHAHN","“Take heart, and protect them well.” Such were the words I once said to you. And here I stand, failing to live up to them."
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538,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004700_VARSHAHN","If my heart is torn, I am fit to protect neither Azdaja, nor Radz-at-Han."
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539,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004710_VARSHAHN","My people, I have come to a decision. Varshahn will depart Thavnair for a time."
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540,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004720_VARSHAHN","My dragon self will remain in the palace, but only to conduct the satrap's most essential duties."
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541,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004730_VARSHAHN","While I am focused on controlling this vessel, there may be matters that escape my attention."
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542,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004740_VARSHAHN","I rely on you, my trusted friends, to watch over one another until I return."
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543,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004750_NAHBDEEN","Take care and fair fortune, little brother. Many tears would be shed should you come to harm."
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544,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004760_VARSHAHN","I would not dare make you cry."
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545,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004765_SYSTEM_NONE_VOICE","Meanwhile, in the Thirteenth..."
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546,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004770_MYSTERIOUSPERSON","And thus I am returned."
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547,"TEXT_VOICEMAN_06100_004780_MYSTERIOUSPERSON","To this world bereft of saviors..."
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