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| 4 | 0 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000010_THANCRED | Gods, I needed that. |
| 5 | 1 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000020_ALISAIE | I won't bother telling you to catch your breath. Whatever brought you galloping back to us, I assume it's urgent. |
| 6 | 2 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000030_THANCRED | Quite. Without further ado, then. |
| 7 | 3 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000040_THANCRED | After the successful uprisings in Doma and Ala Mhigo, rebels in several other provinces were inspired to follow suit. Unfortunately, they did not fare quite so well. |
| 8 | 4 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000050_THANCRED | The Dalmascans paid the heaviest price. For their defiance, the Emperor made a show of razing their capital to the ground, prompting many of their neighbors to abandon thoughts of resistance. |
| 9 | 5 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000060_THANCRED | But not all have given up on liberty. Heartened by the news of Doma's prisoner exchange, some still believe that the Empire may one day be amenable to negotiation. |
| 10 | 6 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000070_THANCRED | We have the shinobi to thank for spreading the good word. They have worked tirelessly to keep the subjugated informed, and a little knowledge can go a long way. |
| 11 | 7 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000080_ALISAIE | There is at least a spark of hope, then. |
| 12 | 8 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000090_THANCRED | A spark in want of kindling, yes. The Alliance has already begun supplying materiel to resistance movements abroad, many of whom would otherwise struggle to continue the fight. |
| 13 | 9 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000100_THANCRED | The support effort is being led by the sultana and the Elder Seedseer, who have both seen enough Ala Mhigan refugees to know the consequences of oppression. And for their troubles, they have quickly earned a reputation as folk heroes in certain corners of the Empire. |
| 14 | 10 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000110_THANCRED | That is all for the provinces. As for the Garlean motherland itself... |
| 15 | 11 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000120_THANCRED | Our friends the Populares have suffered something of a setback, I regret to say. Talk is rife that Doma has summoned a primal, and the Empire's more liberal voices are being drowned out in the fearful clamor for retribution. |
| 16 | 12 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000130_ALISAIE | And who do they think orchestrated this summoning!? |
| 17 | 13 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000140_THANCRED | Oh, any but those truly responsible. Zenos has seen to that. |
| 18 | 14 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000150_THANCRED | Speaking of whom, the crown prince is recovering <Emphasis>remarkably</Emphasis> well. Well enough, in fact, to enable him to personally tour the provinces, putting the fear of the Emperor into the hearts of any would-be dissidents. |
| 19 | 15 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000160_ALISAIE | He walks in plain sight? And none suspect him? Then it's as we feared... |
| 20 | 16 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000170_THANCRED | Yes. An Ascian wears his skin. |
| 21 | 17 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000180_THANCRED | ...But it was not that which brought me here in such haste. During my time in the provinces, I learned many things, yet at no point did I hear any report of a Doman emissary in the capital. |
| 22 | 18 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000190_ALISAIE | But Alphinaud should have arrived by now. Could they be holding him there in secret? |
| 23 | 19 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000200_THANCRED | The possibility did cross my mind─but I have reason to believe he never reached his destination. |
| 24 | 20 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000210_THANCRED | As you know, Scions assigned to covert operations, such as Riol and myself, are issued special linkpearls for communication in the event of an emergency. |
| 25 | 21 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000220_THANCRED | I mention this because it was originally Alphinaud's task to coordinate the response at headquarters─meaning he has one. And whose voice should I hear when mine recently crackled to life...? |
| 26 | 22 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000230_ALISAIE | You spoke with Alphinaud!? |
| 27 | 23 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000240_THANCRED | Spoke with, no. I but heard his voice─and none too clearly at that. Two words were all I could make out. |
| 28 | 24 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000250_THANCRED | “The Burn.” |
| 29 | 25 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000260_ALISAIE | The wasteland on the edge of Othard? Something must have happened to them there! |
| 30 | 26 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000270_ALISAIE | There's no time to waste! We must make for the Burn at once! |
| 31 | 27 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000280_THANCRED | I had a feeling you might say that. |
| 32 | 28 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000290_ALISAIE | And? I can't very well sit around here drinking tea if Alphinaud is in trouble. You said yourself that this linkpearl was only to be used in emergencies. |
| 33 | 29 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000295_ALISAIE | So I'm <Emphasis>going</Emphasis>, and that's the end of it. |
| 34 | 30 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000300_THANCRED | Well, far be it from me to change your minds. |
| 35 | 31 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000330_HIEN | Ah! There you are! |
| 36 | 32 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000335_HIEN | Between contending with bloodthirsty beasts and sand in my...every conceivable place, I had begun to despair of finding you again. |
| 37 | 33 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000340_YUGIRI | Do you recognize the crashed ship over yonder? |
| 38 | 34 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000350_YUGIRI | Mistress Alisaie and I briefly inspected it. It is the vessel that bore Master Alphinaud away. |
| 39 | 35 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000360_ALISAIE | But there was no sign of him. Nor of Maxima and his people. |
| 40 | 36 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000370_YSHTOLA | Warmachina. It would seem they were involved in a struggle. |
| 41 | 37 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000380_YSHTOLA | There may be clues. We should split up and search the area. |
| 42 | 38 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000390_YUGIRI | Hm. These were no ordinary soldiers. |
| 43 | 39 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000400_YUGIRI | Over here! |
| 44 | 40 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000410_YUGIRI | The insignia on this man's uniform identifies him as one of the Emperor's personal guard. |
| 45 | 41 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000420_YSHTOLA | Handpicked soldiers answering only to the royal family... |
| 46 | 42 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000430_HIEN | That would explain why all the casualties are Garlean. They were fighting their own. |
| 47 | 43 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000440_ALISAIE | You're saying the Emperor was behind this? That Alphinaud is his prisoner? |
| 48 | 44 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE | What will you say? |
| 49 | 45 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE | We don't know that yet. |
| 50 | 46 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE | Alphinaud is fine, I'm sure of it. |
| 51 | 47 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000450_HIEN | Aye, we must not jump to conclusions. Besides, Alphinaud is more than capable of looking after himself, is he not? |
| 52 | 48 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000460_YUGIRI | I suggest we return to Doma to consider our options. Whatever happened here, Master Alphinaud is long gone, and any subsequent search may safely be left in the hands of the shinobi. |
| 53 | 49 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000470_ALISAIE | Where in the world are you, Brother? If you die on me, I will never let you hear the end of it. |
| 54 | 50 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000480_YSHTOLA | Lyse! What brings you here? |
| 55 | 51 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000490_LYSE | Oh, Alliance business. We have a request for Doma─well, Hien. |
| 56 | 52 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000500_LYSE | But that can wait. They told me you were out searching for Alphinaud. Did you manage to pick up his trail? |
| 57 | 53 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000510_LYSE | Well, if he wasn't at the crash site, he might still have escaped. We have to keep searching! |
| 58 | 54 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000520_HIEN | And we will. Alphinaud embarked on this journey as an emissary of Doma, and I hold myself responsible for his safe return. I will have our shinobi in the provinces search for him as a matter of urgency. |
| 59 | 55 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000530_HIEN | Chin up, Alisaie. You'll get to admonish your brother for his recklessness yet. |
| 60 | 56 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000540_ALISAIE | Well, someone has to do it. |
| 61 | 57 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000550_LYSE | I'm sure he's going to be fine. There is one thing I'm <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> sure about, though. |
| 62 | 58 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000560_LYSE | You said it was the Emperor's personal guard that attacked Alphinaud's airship. |
| 63 | 59 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000570_LYSE | But the Populares would never have been able to arrange the prisoner exchange without Varis's blessing. So why would he sabotage his own mission? |
| 64 | 60 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000580_YUGIRI | They may not have been acting on Varis's orders. The guard answer not only to him, but to his family. The crown prince, included. |
| 65 | 61 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000590_HIEN | When Yotsuyu summoned Tsukuyomi, Asahi was quick to proclaim that a Doman citizen had violated the terms of our agreement. That the negotiations had failed. |
| 66 | 62 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000600_HIEN | And it is this version of events that is now being repeated across Garlemald. To hear the tale, one would think the prisoner exchange never took place. Plainly, someone is manipulating matters from the shadows. Most likely Zenos─or whoever it is that wears his face. |
| 67 | 63 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000610_YSHTOLA | Whichever Ascian, you mean. We all know the nature of our adversary. |
| 68 | 64 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000620_HIEN | The servants of chaos are true to their name. Their meddling has cost Doma a chance at peace. |
| 69 | 65 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000630_HIEN | Whoever it was that loosed his personal guard, the Emperor cannot be ignorant of these developments. We must proceed on the assumption that our treaty is indeed in tatters. |
| 70 | 66 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000640_HIEN | But come, Lyse, you have journeyed far. Let me hear your petition. |
| 71 | 67 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000650_LYSE | Right, so, the big news is that Ala Mhigo has agreed to join the Eorzean Alliance. |
| 72 | 68 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000660_LYSE | To make it official, and discuss where we all go from here, the leaders of the five nations are planning to hold a meeting, and we were hoping you might come too. |
| 73 | 69 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000670_LYSE | We've already seen what we can achieve when we work together, and the Alliance hopes to work even more closely in future. They think it's our best hope of keeping the Garleans in check─and I agree. |
| 74 | 70 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000680_HIEN | As do I. By coordinating our efforts in the east and west, we may be able to discourage them from committing their forces to a single front. |
| 75 | 71 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000690_HIEN | I accept your invitation. I must, however, ask for time to attend to some pressing matters here. |
| 76 | 72 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000700_HIEN | In light of recent events, the risk of imperial reprisals is greater than ever, and I would not leave Doma unguarded. Ere I depart, I must shore up her defenses. |
| 77 | 73 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000710_LYSE | Understood. I'll let the Alliance know. |
| 78 | 74 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000720_LYSE | We'll wait to hear from you before setting a date. The meeting's to be held at the royal palace in Ala Mhigo, incidentally. Do you remember the way? |
| 79 | 75 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000730_HIEN | Well enough. Please assure my hosts that I will not keep them waiting any longer than I have to. |
| 80 | 76 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000740_LYSE | Consider it done! And thank you for agreeing to come. If we all put our heads together, we're sure to find the best way forward. For everyone. |
| 81 | 77 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000750_YUGIRI | If we are to ready ourselves for invasion, we shall need manpower, provisions, and time. All of which are in notably short supply. |
| 82 | 78 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000760_HIEN | Candid as ever, Yugiri. And correct, I concede. Fortunately, I have an idea. |
| 83 | 79 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000770_HIEN | 'Tis plain no single nation can stand against the might of the Empire. |
| 84 | 80 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000780_HIEN | And it was only with the aid of others that Doma succeeded in winning her freedom. So I mean to take a leaf out of our Eorzean friends' book and form an alliance of our own. |
| 85 | 81 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000790_HIEN | In addition to those with whom we already share an understanding, I would reach out to Hingashi and Sui-no-Sato, and further afield, to the myriad peoples of Nagxia and Dalmasca. |
| 86 | 82 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000800_HIEN | I am under no illusion─not all will answer the call. Yet disparate though we may be, we are united in our desire for freedom. |
| 87 | 83 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000810_HIEN | If our neighbors could be made to see what is at stake─Ascian machinations and all─cooperation need not be so far-fetched a notion. |
| 88 | 84 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000820_YSHTOLA | ...It may even seem practical. |
| 89 | 85 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000830_YSHTOLA | Under the guidance of our former leader, Master Louisoix, we once strove to unite the fractious city–states of Eorzea. I daresay that experience shall be of use in your endeavor. |
| 90 | 86 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000840_HIEN | We should be glad of your wisdom. |
| 91 | 87 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000850_ALISAIE | For the record, I would have been in favor of this plan, even if it <Emphasis>hadn't</Emphasis> been my grandfather's, but I have to ask: how will we secure the time to carry it out? |
| 92 | 88 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000860_ALISAIE | Not that anyone has forgotten, but the Garleans have airships. Lots and lots of airships. Should they catch wind of our plan, they could send an armada to overwhelm us before our alliance had even begun to take shape. |
| 93 | 89 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000870_YSHTOLA | ...Not if we deny them access to the skies. |
| 94 | 90 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000880_YSHTOLA | During our time in the Burn, the Warrior of Light and I chanced upon some Allagan ruins. |
| 95 | 91 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000890_ALISAIE | Oh? |
| 96 | 92 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000900_YSHTOLA | As such ruins go, they were not particularly unusual, but something about the surrounding land struck me as odd. Faint though it was, its aetherial residue was uncannily similar to that of Azys Lla. Identical, in fact. |
| 97 | 93 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000910_YSHTOLA | For locations so far removed to share a single aetheric signature is all but impossible. I conclude therefore that the Allagans created the floating continent with land taken from the Burn. |
| 98 | 94 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000920_YUGIRI | While that is a most intriguing theory, I fail to see what relevance it has to Doma's defense. |
| 99 | 95 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000930_YSHTOLA | Azys Lla was enclosed in a powerful energy barrier, impenetrable even to an Agrius-class battleship. |
| 100 | 96 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000940_YSHTOLA | It occurred to me that those ruins may have enjoyed similar protection. I have no proof, but the Warrior of Light <Emphasis>did</Emphasis> report seeing a structure resembling other known Allagan field generators. |
| 101 | 97 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000950_YSHTOLA | It occurred to me that those ruins may have enjoyed similar protection. I have no proof, but the Warrior of Light <Emphasis>did</Emphasis> report seeing a structure resembling other known Allagan field generators. |
| 102 | 98 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000960_ALISAIE | All right, but even if we could put up such an energy barrier, it surely wouldn't extend beyond the limits of the Burn. So what's to stop the Garleans flying around it? |
| 103 | 99 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000970_HIEN | ...Fuel. The Dalmascan capital, Rabanastre, was a key imperial refueling point in the East. By laying waste to it as a lesson to the rest, the Empire greatly hindered its own operations in the region. |
| 104 | 100 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000980_HIEN | If an imperial fleet were to advance upon Doma, it would now have little choice but to travel as the crow flies─over the Burn. |
| 105 | 101 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_000990_ALISAIE | I see! |
| 106 | 102 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001000_YSHTOLA | A word of caution. Even assuming the generator still functions, raising a barrier of such a scale will require a prodigious amount of energy. |
| 107 | 103 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001010_YSHTOLA | And few places are so bereft of suitable crystals as the Burn. |
| 108 | 104 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001020_HIEN | Hm... A source of energy. |
| 109 | 105 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001030_HIEN | Tell me, did the Allagans make a habit of launching things into the sky? |
| 110 | 106 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001040_YSHTOLA | A curious question. Besides Azys Lla, I know of only one other notable instance: the red moon Dalamud, whose fall triggered the Calamity. |
| 111 | 107 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001050_HIEN | Just the two occasions, you say... Then I believe I may have a solution to our energy problem. |
| 112 | 108 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001060_ALISAIE | ...You do? |
| 113 | 109 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001070_HIEN | I <Emphasis>may</Emphasis>. To find out for sure, we would need to visit the Azim Steppe. |
| 114 | 110 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001080_HIEN | ...Which would, I now see, present the perfect opportunity to discuss an alliance with the Xaela tribes. How very neat! What say you, then? Shall we see whither this road leads? |
| 115 | 111 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001090_HIEN | Ahhh, I will never tire of this vista! The endless fields, the boundless skies... 'Tis a sight to make a man forget his cares. |
| 116 | 112 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001100_YSHTOLA | But not his purpose, I trust. |
| 117 | 113 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001110_YSHTOLA | Might this be a fitting moment to tell us what we are doing here? |
| 118 | 114 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001120_HIEN | Of course. During my time with the Mol, I learned some few myths of this land. One goes thus... |
| 119 | 115 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001130_HIEN | “In the distant past, when all seemed doomed, a wayfaring soul came unto the steppe. Venturing into the northern crag, he received of Nhaama a sliver of her essence─a shard of the shining moon─and with it clove the tainted land from the earth. |
| 120 | 116 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001140_HIEN | “The end thus averted, to these fields did the wayfaring soul return. And venturing once more into the nothern crag, he buried the shard, and made unto the heavens an offering of blood.” |
| 121 | 117 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001150_YSHTOLA | A tainted land cloven from the earth, and an offering of blood to the heavens... Azys Lla and Dalamud. |
| 122 | 118 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001160_HIEN | That was my thinking, yes. |
| 123 | 119 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001170_YSHTOLA | And you believe that yonder mountains hide an artifact possessed of sufficient power to raise Azys Lla up to the heavens. ...I suppose that might suffice. |
| 124 | 120 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001180_HIEN | Worth a closer look, would you say? |
| 125 | 121 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001190_YSHTOLA | I would. |
| 126 | 122 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001200_YSHTOLA | Such an abundance of aether! |
| 127 | 123 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001210_HIEN | Are we in luck? |
| 128 | 124 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001220_YSHTOLA | We are. This is an Allagan artifact, most likely built to regulate the flow of aether. |
| 129 | 125 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001230_YSHTOLA | I strongly suspect the ancients used it to stem the flow from here to the Burn. That would explain how they were able to untether what became Azys Lla from its surroundings. |
| 130 | 126 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001240_YSHTOLA | But were we to throw open the floodgates, the resultant deluge would surely be sufficient to raise our wall. And in restoring the flow, we may also restore life to the wasteland. |
| 131 | 127 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001250_YSHTOLA | Hm...? |
| 132 | 128 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001260_HIEN | What is it? |
| 133 | 129 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001270_YSHTOLA | While the device itself harbors a surfeit of aether, the opposite is true of the surrounding area... |
| 134 | 130 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001280_YSHTOLA | An effect of regulation, perhaps? A similar phenomenon seemed to be occurring in Doma... |
| 135 | 131 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001290_YSHTOLA | Whatever the explanation, the answer will not reveal itself here. We have seen what we needed to see. Let us return to Mol Iloh. |
| 136 | 132 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001300_SADU | Yes, this spot shall serve as well as any. I shall enjoy this, khagan! |
| 137 | 133 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001310_YSHTOLA | Is this truly necessary? Have you no peacable way of making decisions? |
| 138 | 134 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001320_SADU | Speak not of peace. You stand before proud warriors of the Dotharl. In the heat of battle do our souls burn brightest! |
| 139 | 135 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001330_SADU | We lay low the strong that we may rise higher! |
| 140 | 136 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001335_SADU | That is our way─the way of might! There is no other! |
| 141 | 137 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001340_YSHTOLA | ...Well, they do not want for conviction. |
| 142 | 138 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001350_HIEN | Indeed. It's what makes them such dangerous enemies...and such useful allies. |
| 143 | 139 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001360_SADU | Enough talk! It is time to fight! |
| 144 | 140 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001370_SADU | Yes! YES! Not since the Naadam has my soul burned so! |
| 145 | 141 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001380_SADU | Come! We have only just begun! |
| 146 | 142 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001390_MAGNAI | Enough. You were not granted leave to set the Steppe ablaze. |
| 147 | 143 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001400_HIEN | Well, well! The sun has come out to play! |
| 148 | 144 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001410_SADU | Begone, moonstruck Oronir! I am busy. |
| 149 | 145 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001420_MAGNAI | Fool of a Dotharl. Have you forgotten the face of your master already? The Sun will never set! From his seat on high, he reigns over all, now and forever! |
| 150 | 146 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001430_MAGNAI | Yet what should He find here but a battle to determine the fate of the Steppe─a battle waged without His blessing! This will not stand! |
| 151 | 147 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001440_MAGNAI | You, Doman. You who come to petition the warriors of this land forget that all Nhaama's children are wards of the Oronir. As first among my brothers, your petition is mine alone to judge. |
| 152 | 148 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001450_SADU | These words are as wind from a horse's backside. Plentiful. But your axe sings more sweetly. Let her speak for you. |
| 153 | 149 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001460_MAGNAI | Insolent child. You will learn your place. |
| 154 | 150 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001470_HIEN | Forgive me, Brother Magnai, but we have an arrangement with the Dotharl. We will not abide any interruptions. |
| 155 | 151 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001480_MAGNAI | So be it. The Sun will pass judgment on all. Daidukul─join me. |
| 156 | 152 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001485_SADU | The Sun is in good company. We may dance alone. |
| 157 | 153 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001490_MAGNAI | Beg not for mercy, for you will have none. Bear witness to the power and the glory of Azim! |
| 158 | 154 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001500_YSHTOLA | Constantly at each other's throats, like rabid...dogs. Gods, I'm turning into her. |
| 159 | 155 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001510_YSHTOLA | Ahem. I have not the patience for this. But if we must fight, let us at least be brief. Come! |
| 160 | 156 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001515_SYSTEM | In the coming battle, you will fight as Y'shtola. |
| 161 | 157 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001520_SADU | Ahhh, never have I felt such bliss in defeat! |
| 162 | 158 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001530_SADU | 'Twas a battle to burn soul and flesh to ash. We Dotharl will lend you our strength as promised. Nhaama's power is yours to wield. |
| 163 | 159 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001540_SADU | What does the Sun say to that? |
| 164 | 160 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001550_MAGNAI | Hmph. The Sun is not driven by base motives such as yours. But aye, they have been judged...and found worthy. |
| 165 | 161 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001560_MAGNAI | It is the way of the Oronir to accord recognition and respect to the strong. You have made sufficient proof of your strength. The Sun shall answer your call. |
| 166 | 162 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001570_HIEN | You have our thanks. We are glad to call you allies. |
| 167 | 163 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001580_MAGNAI | You. By what are you called? |
| 168 | 164 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001590_YSHTOLA | Y'shtola. Why? |
| 169 | 165 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001600_MAGNAI | Are you...? |
| 170 | 166 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001610_MAGNAI | Are you my Nhaama? |
| 171 | 167 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001620_YSHTOLA | I beg your pardon? |
| 172 | 168 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001630_MAGNAI | In battle, you shone with all the majesty of the full moon's light, your healing touch the embodiment of the Dusk Mother's love. |
| 173 | 169 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001640_MAGNAI | Long had I wondered if my Nhaama might not be a woman of the Steppe. Beholding you, I am all but certain! |
| 174 | 170 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001650_MAGNAI | Now, look into my eyes. Could it be...? Could you be...? |
| 175 | 171 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001660_YSHTOLA | I am...not interested, little sun. Try again when you have become a man. |
| 176 | 172 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001670_MAGNAI | Little...? |
| 177 | 173 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001680_SADU | No subtitles. Report if displayed. |
| 178 | 174 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001690_SADU | Little sun! Little sun! |
| 179 | 175 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001700_SADU | Does it pain you, little sun? Crave you salve to soothe the ache? Fire to sear the wound in your heart? |
| 180 | 176 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001710_YSHTOLA | We have wasted enough time here. Cirina waits for word of our success. |
| 181 | 177 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001720_HIEN | Did it work? |
| 182 | 178 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001730_YSHTOLA | It did. Aether may flow freely to the Burn once more. |
| 183 | 179 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001740_NANAMOULNAMO | Mistress Lyse. Commander Aldynn. It gives me great pleasure to formally welcome the city-state of Ala Mhigo to the Eorzean Alliance. |
| 184 | 180 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001750_RAUBAHN | The pleasure is ours, Your Grace. I know I speak for all Ala Mhigans when I say that we are glad of this chance to stand with our comrades of the Alliance. |
| 185 | 181 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001760_KANESENNA | And we for our part are glad indeed to be able to welcome friends both old and new... |
| 186 | 182 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001770_HIEN | Lord Hien of Doma, at your service. Pray accept my heartfelt thanks for your generous invitation. |
| 187 | 183 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001780_AYMERIC | Nay, 'tis we who must thank you for journeying so far. And 'twould be remiss of me not to acknowledge the part the Scions of the Seventh Dawn have played in bringing all of us together. |
| 188 | 184 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001790_AYMERIC | In times of great unrest, you and yours have been our constant companions, without whom we would not be here. |
| 189 | 185 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001800_NANAMOULNAMO | With apologies to Lord Hien and Mistress Alisaie, it occurs to me that we have not gathered in this way since that fateful day in Ul'dah. |
| 190 | 186 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001810_RAUBAHN | The day I lost my arm and my freedom... As I lay in my cell, never did I dream that I would one day be given the chance to represent my homeland at this council. |
| 191 | 187 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001820_RAUBAHN | I would not even be alive had you not plucked me from the jaws of death─you, Yugiri, and Alphinaud. Would that the lad could be with us... |
| 192 | 188 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001830_ALISAIE | I too owe my presence here to Alphinaud. In so many ways... Until such time as he returns, I mean to carry on his good work as best I can. |
| 193 | 189 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001840_NANAMOULNAMO | Come, friends─let us leave the past in the past, and turn our eyes to the future. My lord Hien, pray tell us how things stand in the East. |
| 194 | 190 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001850_KANESENNA | Having heard the rumors of dissent in Garlemald, I dared to dream of a peaceable solution... |
| 195 | 191 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001860_MERLWYB | Hm. The Empire will not so easily change its ways. |
| 196 | 192 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001870_MERLWYB | If the Garleans have a mind to take back Doma and Ala Mhigo, we'll be hard-pressed to stop them. Even with the might of six nations. |
| 197 | 193 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001880_MERLWYB | But while we lack the strength to fight the tide, a course may yet present itself if we read the winds aright. |
| 198 | 194 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001890_AYMERIC | The winds suggest but one course to me─one which leads from the sea unto the river and thence to the source of all our woes. |
| 199 | 195 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001900_NANAMOULNAMO | The Ascians. |
| 200 | 196 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001910_AYMERIC | Indeed. All here have felt their blighted touch. It was the Bringers of Chaos who nurtured the archbishop's tyrannical ambitions... |
| 201 | 197 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001920_AYMERIC | They who bestowed upon him the secrets of summoning, as they have so many others, before and since. And while they remain, we shall know no peace. |
| 202 | 198 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001930_RAUBAHN | Our objective is clear. The question is how to achieve it. That our enemy parades about in Zenos's skin poses problems in itself, but ere we get to them, how are we to infiltrate the Empire and get close enough to strike? |
| 203 | 199 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001940_THANCRED | While I see the wisdom in targeting the Ascians, an assassination attempt on Garlean soil would do little to aid our cause...even were it to succeed. It's time we used our enemy's preferred tactic: subterfuge. |
| 204 | 200 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001950_YSHTOLA | You have an idea? |
| 205 | 201 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001960_MERLWYB | Speak your mind, Master Thancred. None here know the enemy better than the Scions, and you mayhap best of all. |
| 206 | 202 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001970_MERLWYB | Whatever it is you propose, we will give it fair hearing. On that you have my word. |
| 207 | 203 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001980_THANCRED | Very well, Admiral. My proposal is thus. |
| 208 | 204 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_001990_THANCRED | We dispatch the shinobi to imperial territory. There, they sow the rumor that the crown prince perished in the battle for Ala Mhigo, and that the man parading around is in fact a corpse inhabited by a servant of darkness. |
| 209 | 205 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002000_RAUBAHN | Well...it does have the ring of truth about it. And were the Garleans to learn that their future ruler is a puppet, the Empire would be shaken to the core. |
| 210 | 206 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002010_LYSE | But─at the risk of sounding stupid─would they actually believe such an unlikely story? I didn't. |
| 211 | 207 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002020_THANCRED | Ordinarily not. But prior to his miraculous recovery, rumors of Zenos's death had already begun to circulate around the Empire. |
| 212 | 208 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002030_THANCRED | Ultimately, however, what the masses believe is not our chief concern. Our true objective is to create an opening for rival factions within Garlemald to exploit. |
| 213 | 209 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002040_HIEN | Just as a war of succession erupted in the wake of Emperor Solus's death! |
| 214 | 210 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002050_THANCRED | A war which raged until but recently, plunging the imperial house into disarray as nephew and uncle grappled for the throne. |
| 215 | 211 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002060_THANCRED | It is no coincidence that one of Varis's first acts as Emperor was to name Zenos heir apparent─family feuds being so tiresome when armies are involved. Not all welcomed his choice of successor, however. |
| 216 | 212 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002070_THANCRED | There is no shortage of individuals who aspire to the throne─who would jump at any chance to seize power. The news that Zenos is not only dead, but a puppet to diabolical forces, would be too enticing to ignore. |
| 217 | 213 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002080_HIEN | The Empire would not be quick to recover from a second war of succession. |
| 218 | 214 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002090_THANCRED | I am no stranger to infiltrating imperial territory. With a team of operatives gathered from among the Alliance's finest, the plan should have a reasonable chance of success. |
| 219 | 215 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002100_HIEN | Doma already has shinobi in place throughout the provinces. We stand ready to act, and act we must. What say you all? |
| 220 | 216 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002110_MERLWYB | I am for Master Thancred's proposal. We shine a light upon the Ascian and test the Empire's unity. |
| 221 | 217 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002120_MERLWYB | 'Twas his plot that scuttled Doma's negotiations, was it not? Why then, if we can eliminate him, there may yet be a chance for peace. |
| 222 | 218 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002130_MERLWYB | Let us wage this war of subterfuge, that we may one day lay down our arms. Gods know, we never will while the Ascians remain. |
| 223 | 219 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002140_MYSTERYVOICE | That way...sorrow... |
| 224 | 220 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002150_MYSTERYVOICE | History...must be changed... |
| 225 | 221 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE | What will you say? |
| 226 | 222 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE | Who is this? |
| 227 | 223 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE | I don't understand... |
| 228 | 224 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002160_MYSTERYVOICE | Ahead looms a Calamity. |
| 229 | 225 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002170_MYSTERYVOICE | Ahead looms Light, expunging all form and life. |
| 230 | 226 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002180_MYSTERYVOICE | Twin dooms only you can forestall. Only you. |
| 231 | 227 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002190_RAUBAHN | What's the matter!? |
| 232 | 228 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002200_ALISAIE | There's...there's a voice... |
| 233 | 229 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002210_MERLWYB | Spies in our midst!? |
| 234 | 230 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002220_KANESENNA | Nay. I sense no such presence. |
| 235 | 231 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002230_MYSTERYVOICE | Let expanse contract, eon become instant... |
| 236 | 232 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002240_MYSTERYVOICE | Throw wide the gates that we may pass! |
| 237 | 233 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002250_YSHTOLA | Is it over? |
| 238 | 234 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002260_AYMERIC | Master Thancred! |
| 239 | 235 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002270_KANESENNA | Twelve forfend... |
| 240 | 236 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002280_KANESENNA | Bear him to a private chamber. Have every healer make ready. |
| 241 | 237 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002290_KANESENNA | Swiftly! |
| 242 | 238 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002300_RESISTANCEHEALER | Master Thancred remains in slumber. Though his vital signs appear stable, he is unresponsive. |
| 243 | 239 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002310_LYSE | What could have done this? And why just him and not the others? |
| 244 | 240 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002320_RESISTANCEHEALER | I'm afraid we could not identify the cause, my lady. Our examinations revealed no wounds, nor the presence of any poisonous substances... |
| 245 | 241 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002330_LYSE | Gods, that only makes it worse. You're to let us know the moment there's any change, all right? |
| 246 | 242 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002340_ALISAIE | Thank you for coming. Knowing Thancred, he would apologize for being otherwise engaged at so crucial a juncture. |
| 247 | 243 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002350_KANESENNA | In gifting us a course of action, Thancred sowed the seed of all that is to follow. We have but to nurture it as best we can. To him I would say rest easy, that he may wake to enjoy the fruits of our labors. |
| 248 | 244 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002360_KANESENNA | Now, the matter of the mysterious voice must not be forgotten. Will you tell me exactly what happened? |
| 249 | 245 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002370_YSHTOLA | Alisaie and I heard a voice in the moments before Thancred collapsed. It was accompanied by a severe headache─as if something were clutching at our minds. Did you experience the same thing? |
| 250 | 246 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002380_ALISAIE | ...So, in between the voice and the pain, you felt as if you were somewhere else entirely? |
| 251 | 247 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002390_KANESENNA | Your testimony confirms my suspicion. That which you experienced was, I believe, your soul being plucked from your flesh. <Emphasis>Called</Emphasis>. |
| 252 | 248 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002400_YSHTOLA | Called? |
| 253 | 249 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002410_KANESENNA | I myself examined Thancred. |
| 254 | 250 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002420_KANESENNA | Reach out as I may, I could not sense in him the spark of life that is his soul. |
| 255 | 251 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002430_KANESENNA | That Thancred alone was stricken so is likely due to his heightened sensitivity to the effects of aether─a consequence of his prior possession by the Ascian Lahabrea. |
| 256 | 252 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002440_KANESENNA | The owner of the voice, whoever it may be, reached out to you─called your souls─and in so doing caused you and yours such pain. |
| 257 | 253 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002450_ALISAIE | But...if that's true, where exactly are we being called <Emphasis>to</Emphasis>? |
| 258 | 254 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002460_KANESENNA | I know not. Yet one thing is plain: whoever waits for you on the other side is possessed of a power unlike any I have ever known. |
| 259 | 255 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002470_YSHTOLA | Forgive us, Lyse, but may we leave Thancred in your care for a time? |
| 260 | 256 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002480_LYSE | As if you had to ask. I may not be a Scion anymore, but I'm no less a friend. |
| 261 | 257 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002490_LYSE | Don't worry, I'll see to it that Thancred's well looked after. Just focus on solving this mystery, all right? |
| 262 | 258 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002500_YSHTOLA | Thank you, Lyse. |
| 263 | 259 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002510_YSHTOLA | As the Elder Seedseer says, 'tis no ordinary individual we are dealing with. Nor can we discount the possibility of Ascian involvement. |
| 264 | 260 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002520_ALISAIE | Whoever or whatever is behind this, the sooner we find out the better. |
| 265 | 261 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002530_ALISAIE | Urianger! Gods it's good to see you! |
| 266 | 262 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002540_URIANGER | Would that our meeting were under happier circumstances. I judged the voice sufficient cause for concern even before you sent word of its effect on our comrade... |
| 267 | 263 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002550_YSHTOLA | You heard it too, then? |
| 268 | 264 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002560_URIANGER | Aye. And all but certainly at the selfsame instant. Alas, pained as I was, I could make little sense of what few words did then reach mine ears. |
| 269 | 265 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002570_YSHTOLA | Who do you think is responsible? Could this be the Ascians' doing? |
| 270 | 266 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002580_URIANGER | That I cannot say. Not when so little is known. |
| 271 | 267 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002590_URIANGER | Ere I indulge in speculation, I would examine Thancred with mine own eyes. |
| 272 | 268 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002600_ALISAIE | To Ala Mhigo, then─without further delay! |
| 273 | 269 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002610_YSHTOLA | One other thing. During my visit to the Far East, I observed a strange phenomenon. |
| 274 | 270 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002620_URIANGER | Thou referest, I presume, to the localized reduction in aetheric density? |
| 275 | 271 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002630_YSHTOLA | Well, that spares me the trouble of an explanation. Yes. I noted precisely that at two apparently unconnected locations. I take it the phenomenon is not limited to the Far East? |
| 276 | 272 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002640_URIANGER | Indeed not. Of late, our agents charged with surveiling the beast tribes have spoken of little else. In every corner of the realm, they tell of places in which the aether hath grown thin. |
| 277 | 273 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002650_URIANGER | Naturally, my suspicions first turned to primal activity, but the areas thus affected betray no evidence of summoning. I must confess to being quite perplexed. |
| 278 | 274 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002660_YSHTOLA | If the same phenomenon is being observed in multiple locations on opposite sides of the world, we may safely discount regional factors. Needless to say, this warrants further investigation. |
| 279 | 275 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002670_URIANGER | Indeed. I shall make it my task to─ |
| 280 | 276 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002680_URIANGER | The voice... It calleth to me once more... |
| 281 | 277 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002690_YSHTOLA | I...I hear it too! |
| 282 | 278 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002700_MYSTERYVOICE | Only you... Only you... |
| 283 | 279 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002710_ALISAIE | Ah! Unnngh! No...! |
| 284 | 280 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002720_ALISAIE | Y'shtola... Urianger... |
| 285 | 281 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002730_MYSTERYVOICE | Throw wide...the gates... |
| 286 | 282 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002740_ALISAIE | No! NO! This can't be happening! |
| 287 | 283 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002750_ALISAIE | Y'shtola! Urianger! Open your eyes! |
| 288 | 284 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002760_ALISAIE | Open your eyes, I beg you... |
| 289 | 285 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002770_ALISAIE | Say something...anything... Not again... Please! Not again! |
| 290 | 286 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002780_MAELSTROMOFFICER | Here he is, my lady. |
| 291 | 287 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002790_ALISAIE | Ga Bu...it's been too long. |
| 292 | 288 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002795_GABU | ... |
| 293 | 289 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002800_MAELSTROMOFFICER | I'm afraid there has been no change. If he can see or hear us, he has given no sign... |
| 294 | 290 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002810_ALISAIE | I see. You're still fighting. |
| 295 | 291 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002820_ALISAIE | I'm proud of you. |
| 296 | 292 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002830_ALISAIE | We promised that we would come and visit you together, didn't we. Alphinaud and I. I'm sorry that we haven't managed that yet. |
| 297 | 293 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002840_ALISAIE | You know, with the three of us like this, does it not remind you of that night? Of the stars beyond count, twinkling in the heavens? |
| 298 | 294 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002850_ALISAIE | I was feeling pretty low back then. Powerless. But I knew that my brother was close by if I needed him. And that the others would be waiting for me back at the Rising Stones. |
| 299 | 295 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002860_ALISAIE | Not like now. |
| 300 | 296 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002870_ALISAIE | I've seen my share of trouble since coming to Eorzea. |
| 301 | 297 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002875_ALISAIE | ...Been reminded again and again of my limitations─of how little I can change about this world. And I've come to know the sorrow of parting all too well. |
| 302 | 298 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002880_ALISAIE | But to have the people I hold dear struck down before my eyes, and be powerless to help them...? That─ That I cannot bear. |
| 303 | 299 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE | What will you say? |
| 304 | 300 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE | You still have me. |
| 305 | 301 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE | You don't have to bear this burden alone. |
| 306 | 302 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002890_ALISAIE | And for that I am grateful. I don't know what I'd do without you. |
| 307 | 303 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002900_ALISAIE | ...No. I don't. You're right. It's pure arrogance to imagine I can solve everything by myself. You'd think I'd have learned that by now. Thank you. I don't know what I'd do without you. |
| 308 | 304 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002910_ALISAIE | Well, that's more than enough brooding for one day. |
| 309 | 305 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002920_ALISAIE | Come on. We have friends to save. |
| 310 | 306 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002925_SYSTEM | Meanwhile, in the imperial palace... |
| 311 | 307 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002930_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)The Populares no longer present an obstacle. Now is the time to bring the Empire's might to bear. |
| 312 | 308 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002940_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)A word from Your Radiance is all it takes. But <Emphasis>one word</Emphasis>, and the imperial army will fall upon Ala Mhigo as a pack of bloodthirsty wolves and tear that feeble nation apart. |
| 313 | 309 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002950_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)Have you no words for me? |
| 314 | 310 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002960_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)Despite the lengths I go to─an emissary, playing the part of a fool. |
| 315 | 311 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002970_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)When first I took this face, I swore to use all of my knowledge, all of my power, to further the cause of the Empire. My deeds stand testament to my commitment. |
| 316 | 312 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002980_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)And with this adamant flesh at my disposal, I could destroy the eikon-slayer as easily as one might swat a fly. Why do you hesitate? |
| 317 | 313 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_002990_ROBEMAN | No subtitles, reported if displayed. |
| 318 | 314 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003000_ROBEMAN | (-Zenos-)Our enemy is resourceful. Though victory is certain now, it will not remain so indefinitely. Deliberate if you must, but be quick about it. We will speak again when you have unburdened yourself of doubt. Until then, I take my leave...Father. |
| 319 | 315 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003010_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)I should be the one to sigh. |
| 320 | 316 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003020_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)I played my part to perfection. I had earned my rest. And then, thanks to Lahabrea's crowning act of idiocy, our favorite emissary sees fit to summon me back. |
| 321 | 317 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003030_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)Elidibus was ever a worrier. A most tiresome trait, would you not agree? |
| 322 | 318 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003040_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)What, have you no words for me either? No matter. I've long grown weary of this mummery. |
| 323 | 319 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003050_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)Now, my dearest grandson. Let me remind you of your place, in the simplest of terms. |
| 324 | 320 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003055_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)... |
| 325 | 321 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003060_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)You do not make judgments─you administer them. Swiftly and to the letter. Naught else is your concern. |
| 326 | 322 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003070_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)Elidibus may be an insufferable bore, but he is no fool. His choices as emissary seldom err. |
| 327 | 323 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003080_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)If aught threatens the balance 'twixt Light and Dark, it falls to you to remove it. |
| 328 | 324 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003090_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | (-???-)Be it by your own hands or by your armies, you have ample means at your disposal. |
| 329 | 325 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003100_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | That is why this empire exists─why <Emphasis>I</Emphasis> built it. |
| 330 | 326 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003110_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | Oh dear. Have I touched a nerve? You always were an easy one to read. |
| 331 | 327 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003120_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | I pity you, I do. As they say, ignorance is bliss. And I know how much happier you would be not knowing the things you know. |
| 332 | 328 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003130_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | The founding father was an Ascian! And he created the Empire solely for the purpose of sowing the seeds of chaos! |
| 333 | 329 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003140_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | Don't take it personally. I merely do my duty. |
| 334 | 330 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003150_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | To bring about a Calamity requires no small amount of power. And there is no surer way to obtain such power than by collecting powerful pawns. |
| 335 | 331 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003160_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | To that end, I have labored long and hard, and I must say I am quite pleased with my handiwork─paltry though it seems in comparison to Allag. |
| 336 | 332 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003170_VARIS | You fiends are overfond of your own voices. |
| 337 | 333 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003180_VARIS | Mark me, Ascian. Man is the master of his own destiny! |
| 338 | 334 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003190_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | No subtitles, report if displayed. |
| 339 | 335 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003200_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | Such a waste of time and energy. Both yours and mine. |
| 340 | 336 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003210_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | Lest you forget, you are Emperor now. If you wish to spout drivel about man's destiny, save it for the masses. It will serve to give them a sense of purpose...and you pliant pieces for the game. |
| 341 | 337 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003220_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | Oh, do stop sulking, boy. You of all people should understand. |
| 342 | 338 | TEXT_VOICEMAN_04400_003230_SOLUSZOSGALVUS | Ours is a struggle to restore both mankind and the world to their rightful state. Viewed thus, our goals are one and the same. |