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22,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_102","Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, doesn't it? And when it doesn't, you can't help but conjure it up... Anyway, how goes it?"
23,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_103","Saved any more parallel worlds lately? I jest, I jest. Still, you can't blame a man for viewing such incredible claims with a measure of skepticism, can you?"
24,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150","What will you ask?"
25,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151","How fare you and Rielle?"
26,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152","What is a dark knight?"
27,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153","Nothing."
28,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154","How fare you and Rielle?"
29,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155","Have you any thoughts on Myste?"
30,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156","Tell me again about Fray."
31,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160","It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day."
32,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161","Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we."
33,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162","But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come..."
34,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163","<Emphasis>Her</Emphasis>, walk the path!? I... But she's just a..."
35,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164","...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it."
36,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170","I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige."
37,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171","Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace."
38,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172","This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes."
39,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173","To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again."
40,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174","The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds."
41,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175","But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price."
42,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176","I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm <Emphasis>conflicted</Emphasis>. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think."
43,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180","I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh?"
44,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181","Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living."
45,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182","A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth."
46,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183","Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts..."
47,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184","...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win."
48,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185","The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self."
49,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186","At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep."
50,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190","Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist..."
51,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191","Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake."
52,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192","He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer."
53,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193","""Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that..."
54,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194","Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?”"
55,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195","That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me."
24,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_104","Well, aren't we a creature of habit. Not much reason to call on us these days, yet here you are, curious to see how we're getting on."
25,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150","What will you ask?"
26,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151","How fare you and Rielle?"
27,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152","What is a dark knight?"
28,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153","Nothing."
29,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154","How fare you and Rielle?"
30,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155","Have you any thoughts on Myste?"
31,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156","Tell me again about Fray."
32,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_157","Any thoughts on the Final Days?"
33,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160","It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day."
34,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161","Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we."
35,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162","But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come..."
36,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163","<Emphasis>Her</Emphasis>, walk the path!? I... But she's just a..."
37,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164","...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it."
38,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170","I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige."
39,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171","Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace."
40,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172","This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes."
41,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173","To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again."
42,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174","The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds."
43,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175","But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price."
44,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176","I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm <Emphasis>conflicted</Emphasis>. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think."
45,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180","I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh?"
46,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181","Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living."
47,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182","A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth."
48,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183","Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts..."
49,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184","...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win."
50,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185","The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self."
51,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186","At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep."
52,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190","Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist..."
53,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191","Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake."
54,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192","He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer."
55,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193","""Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that..."
56,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194","Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?”"
57,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195","That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me."
58,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_200","Ah, that black business. I've heard the same as everyone else, which is to say not much. You and yours have been involved, I trust?"
59,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_201","To the edge of the great expanse and beyond... I won't pretend to understand how any of that was even possible, but I've no doubt it played out exactly as you said."
60,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_202","And so, having saved life as we know it from oblivion, you return to your dark knight stamping grounds to see if there are any less-cosmic villains in need of a firm rebuke? "
61,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_203","No rest for the righteous indeed... You'll be disappointed to hear that things are fine for the most part. Likely due to you going about playing hero."
62,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_204","Aye, not much has changed, to the frustration of many it seems. Like Rielle and her height. I swear, every day she's trying some new trick she learned about from a friend's sister's cousin."
63,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_205","Children are always so eager to grow up. I was too, I suppose. Like everyone else once was."
64,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_206","...Listen, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I don't know if you came back hoping I had some final pearls of wisdom to share─something to put it all in perspective─but if you did, you were wrong. You know everything you need to know already."
65,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_207","You bear the sword and the promise. Memories and dreams of your own and of others. You stand for those who have no one else. That's all there is to it."
66,"TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_208","There's no path to walk or guide to follow. What strength and meaning you derive from the struggle is yours alone to find. No one else was ever the writer─it's always been your story. So go and live it."
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26 22 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_102 Trouble seems to follow you wherever you go, doesn't it? And when it doesn't, you can't help but conjure it up... Anyway, how goes it?
27 23 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_103 Saved any more parallel worlds lately? I jest, I jest. Still, you can't blame a man for viewing such incredible claims with a measure of skepticism, can you?
28 24 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_104 What will you ask? Well, aren't we a creature of habit. Not much reason to call on us these days, yet here you are, curious to see how we're getting on.
29 25 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_Q2_000_150 How fare you and Rielle? What will you ask?
30 26 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_151 What is a dark knight? How fare you and Rielle?
31 27 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_152 Nothing. What is a dark knight?
32 28 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A2_000_153 How fare you and Rielle? Nothing.
33 29 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_154 Have you any thoughts on Myste? How fare you and Rielle?
34 30 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_155 Tell me again about Fray. Have you any thoughts on Myste?
35 31 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_156 It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day. Tell me again about Fray.
36 32 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_A3_000_157 Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we. Any thoughts on the Final Days?
37 33 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_160 But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come... It would seem that the countess's crusade died with her. No one has sought us out since that day.
38 34 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_161 <Emphasis>Her</Emphasis>, walk the path!? I... But she's just a... Even so, I do not expect these peaceful days to last. So long as there are those who prey on the weak and helpless, there will ever be a need for knights such as we.
39 35 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_162 ...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it. But I worry for Rielle. I cannot abandon her, yet I would not have her be a party to what will come...
40 36 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_163 I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige. <Emphasis>Her</Emphasis>, walk the path!? I... But she's just a...
41 37 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_164 Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace. ...Her life is her own, to make with it what she will. If that is her desire...then we shall discuss it.
42 38 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_170 This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes. I should think you know as well as I─perhaps even better. Nevertheless, if you wish to hear the tale once more, I will oblige.
43 39 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_171 To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again. Recall the story of the first, who was that rarest of knights─one who held his vows sacrosanct and strove ever to walk in the Fury's grace.
44 40 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_172 The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds. This man good and true did what no one else had the courage to do. He passed judgment on a vile beast who had used his position in the clergy to commit unspeakable crimes.
45 41 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_173 But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price. To wit, he cut down the clergyman before the eyes of gods and men, ensuring that the bastard would never harm another child of the Brume again.
46 42 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_174 I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm <Emphasis>conflicted</Emphasis>. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think. The Holy See could not abide such action, of course. He was detained and delivered unto the Tribunal. Though he won his freedom through trial by combat, he was later stripped of his titles and denounced for his deeds.
47 43 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_175 I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh? But rather than lament his poor fortune, he embraced it. If they would condemn him as a dark knight, then he would take it as a title. He forsook the trappings of his past life, including his sigil and the shield which bore it. In its place, he came to wield something far more potent: a power born of the abyss which lies at the heart of us all. A darkness which can grant us great strength...at a price.
48 44 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_176 Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living. I once thought I understood this power. But then I met a band of singing moogles, and...well, I wouldn't say I'm <Emphasis>conflicted</Emphasis>. I'm rather certain that I have a greater understanding of the darkness within than some furry little shites. Still, I...I'm not quite sure what to think.
49 45 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_180 A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth. I try not to think about that strange boy and whatever he might have been. No one truly understands the nature of soul crystals. Not just ours, mind─I heard a rumor once upon a time about paladins and “establishing dominance.” Bollocks, eh?
50 46 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_181 Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts... Anyway, the one thing we know for certain is that the beings he conjured with his magick were not the spirits of the dead, but simulacra born from the memories of the living.
51 47 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_182 ...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win. A memory is hardly a perfect accounting of past events and people. Be it consciously or subconsciously, our perceptions and feelings distort the truth.
52 48 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_183 The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self. Take that woman, the cousin of Ser Ignasse. She wanted to make him proud, and so he praised her efforts. Lowdy's husband and Gallien's friend were similarly shaped by the desires within their own hearts...
53 49 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_184 At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep. ...And no, I would rather not discuss the implications of my master soundly defeating me, yet somehow letting you win.
54 50 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_185 Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist... The point is, those shades spoke not the words of the dead, but the truth of our own hearts. What we bore witness to were conversations with one's self.
55 51 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_186 Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake. At least, that's what I'm inclined to believe. But like I said, who knows? Soul crystals are strange little things. Perhaps it's best not to dig too deep.
56 52 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_190 He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer. Keen to take a stroll down memory lane? I'm not sure what's prompting this, but if you insist...
57 53 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_191 "Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that... Fray was the second pupil Ser Ompagne took after me. In our master's words, I was the smoldering campfire, whereas Fray was the frozen lake.
58 54 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_192 Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?” He had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, and pursued the study of conjury in addition to our dark arts. It is well he did, for otherwise he might not have been able to sense Rielle's potential and train her as a healer.
59 55 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_193 That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me. "Why conjury, of all things?“ I once asked him that...
60 56 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_194 Fray shrugged and smiled in that way of his, and said, “When you're coming apart at the seams, who else will make you whole again?”
61 57 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_195 That was who he was to me. Who he was to you, though... Well. You'd know better than me.
62 58 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_200 Ah, that black business. I've heard the same as everyone else, which is to say not much. You and yours have been involved, I trust?
63 59 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_201 To the edge of the great expanse and beyond... I won't pretend to understand how any of that was even possible, but I've no doubt it played out exactly as you said.
64 60 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_202 And so, having saved life as we know it from oblivion, you return to your dark knight stamping grounds to see if there are any less-cosmic villains in need of a firm rebuke?
65 61 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_203 No rest for the righteous indeed... You'll be disappointed to hear that things are fine for the most part. Likely due to you going about playing hero.
66 62 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_204 Aye, not much has changed, to the frustration of many it seems. Like Rielle and her height. I swear, every day she's trying some new trick she learned about from a friend's sister's cousin.
67 63 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_205 Children are always so eager to grow up. I was too, I suppose. Like everyone else once was.
68 64 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_206 ...Listen, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I don't know if you came back hoping I had some final pearls of wisdom to share─something to put it all in perspective─but if you did, you were wrong. You know everything you need to know already.
69 65 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_207 You bear the sword and the promise. Memories and dreams of your own and of others. You stand for those who have no one else. That's all there is to it.
70 66 TEXT_JOBDEFDRK_00300_SIDURGU_000_208 There's no path to walk or guide to follow. What strength and meaning you derive from the struggle is yours alone to find. No one else was ever the writer─it's always been your story. So go and live it.
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