ffxiv-datamining/csv/cut_scene/060/VoiceMan_06000.csv

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4	0	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000010_THANCRED	They've almost finished loading our cargo. We should be ready to depart right on schedule, or so I'm told.
5	1	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000020_YSHTOLA	Excellent. 'Tis nice to have a smooth beginning to one's journey, at the very least.
6	2	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000030_THANCRED	It's funny...
7	3	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000040_THANCRED	Master Louisoix came here on a ship very much like this one.
8	4	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000050_THANCRED	And now, years later, the street urchin he befriended that day is bound for his mentor's homeland. With his mentor's grandchildren, no less.
9	5	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000060_URIANGER	Aye, 'tis upon reflection that every twist of time's river and fate's whims are brought into sharp relief.
10	6	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000070_URIANGER	Thou hast matured much in the intervening years. Wert thou not caught attempting to relieve Master Louisoix of his purse scant moments after he made landfall upon this dock?
11	7	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000080_ALISAIE	Oh really? Now that's a tale I'd like to hear!
12	8	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000090_ALPHINAUD	Will this be your first visit to Sharlayan, Ser Estinien?
13	9	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000100_ALPHINAUD	...Ser Estinien?
14	10	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000110_ESTINIEN	...
15	11	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000120_ESTINIEN	Are we strangers newly met? Why this stiff formality?
16	12	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000130_ALPHINAUD	I...ah...merely meant it as a professional courtesy, since we are now colleagues in an official sense...
17	13	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000140_ESTINIEN	I'd rather you dispense with the “sers,” especially in private company.
18	14	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000150_ESTINIEN	Or I'll be forced to respond in kind. “Little Lord Alphinaud.”
19	15	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000160_ALPHINAUD	You've made your point, Estinien. Painfully well.
20	16	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000165_ESTINIEN	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
21	17	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000170_ESTINIEN	Better.
22	18	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000180_GRAHATIA	Are you all right, Tataru? You seem positively distraught.
23	19	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000190_TATARU	Distraught? Me? Don't be silly! I think it's lovely that they get to see their homeland.
24	20	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000200_TATARU	It's just...we're trying to thwart the schemes of an army hells-bent on destroying the world.
25	21	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000210_TATARU	And once again I have to stay behind and worry that this is the last time I'll get to see my friends...
26	22	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q1_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
27	23	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A1_000_001_NONE_VOICE	I'll bring them back safe and sound. I promise.
28	24	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A1_000_002_NONE_VOICE	No sense worrying about the things we're powerless to change.
29	25	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000220_TATARU	I'll hold you to that!
30	26	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000230_TATARU	Well that's hardly comforting!
31	27	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000240_HOARYBOULDER	Ah, good, you're still here!
32	28	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000250_ALISAIE	Hoary! Coultenet! What brings you all this way?
33	29	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000260_HOARYBOULDER	We're to assist the Maelstrom and the kobolds with a lunar primal operation, so we thought we'd see you off before heading to the tower.
34	30	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000270_HOARYBOULDER	F'lhaminn and the others wish you all a safe journey, and promise that they'll look after things here until you return.
35	31	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000280_HOARYBOULDER	We will too, of course! Aye, we your fellow Scions of the Seventh Dawn will do our part to ensure the end of the world won't happen on our watch!
36	32	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000290_LINERCREW	We're set to sail! All aboard for Sharlayan!
37	33	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000300_THANCRED	It's time.
38	34	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000310_ALPHINAUD	Then we must delay no longer. We will contact you the moment we learn aught of value. Wish us luck.
39	35	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000320_TATARU	Have a safe journey! And please, <Emphasis>please</Emphasis> be careful!
40	36	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000330_EMETSELCH	And so you venture forth unto the unknown.
41	37	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000340_EMETSELCH	A fate beyond the horizon that cannot be divined. A future undefined and in flux.
42	38	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000350_EMETSELCH	In uncertain times, naught but the simplest words of wisdom will suffice.
43	39	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000360_EMETSELCH	That which lives is destined to die. Love leads to loss. Every beginning has an end.
44	40	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000370_EMETSELCH	Treasure every moment, every step of your descent.
45	41	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000380_EMETSELCH	And there in the depths where souls and stars rest─find your truth.
46	42	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000390_HYDAELYN	Hear...
47	43	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000400_HYDAELYN	Feel...
48	44	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000410_HYDAELYN	Think...
49	45	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000420_GRAHATIA	The day has barely dawned, my fellow earlier riser.
50	46	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000430_GRAHATIA	Though we're hardly alone in that. Envious of those still sleeping soundly, no doubt.
51	47	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000440_GRAHATIA	Called out to you, you say? Hmm. I've heard nothing myself.
52	48	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000450_GRAHATIA	In any case, I daresay the sea air will do you good. Why not join the others on deck? Sharlayan should be coming into view at any moment.
53	49	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000460_HYDAELYN	(-???-)My voice yet reaches you. I am glad.
54	50	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000470_HYDAELYN	(-???-)Hear, feel, think...
55	51	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000480_HYDAELYN	And thus do we meet face-to-face at last. My Warrior of Light, guided by the Crystal.
56	52	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q2_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
57	53	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A2_000_001_NONE_VOICE	Why now, Hydaelyn?
58	54	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A2_000_002_NONE_VOICE	I can trust your words no longer.
59	55	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000490_HYDAELYN	After your sojourn in the First, I believe you have your answer...
60	56	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000500_HYDAELYN	You have visited the First. You...have every right to say that.
61	57	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000510_HYDAELYN	You have gained an understanding of what I truly am. What Hydaelyn has always been. A primal.
62	58	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000520_HYDAELYN	Zodiark was created to forestall the apocalypse which threatened the ancient world. And I was brought forth to bind Him.
63	59	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000530_HYDAELYN	Yet seven times now, those who would orchestrate a return to that bygone era have rejoined a shard to the god I had sundered.
64	60	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000540_HYDAELYN	The greater His strength grows, the swifter does mine own diminish. The power to draw your mind into the rift betwixt is no longer mine to wield.
65	61	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000550_HYDAELYN	Yet though it taxes me sorely, I dare not leave these words unsaid.
66	62	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000560_HYDAELYN	Even bereft of my guidance, you and your companions have accepted the burden of this star's troubled past. A conjunction has begun to form; an intertwining of your time and mine.
67	63	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000570_HYDAELYN	Wheels shudder and turn. Conflict looms─monumental─which will decide the fate of this world and all life upon it.
68	64	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000580_HYDAELYN	When you truly understand what is at stake, and your journey has prepared you to surmount the insurmountable...
69	65	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000590_HYDAELYN	Then shall I honor the promise made in another time. Another age.
70	66	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000600_LINERCREW	Cast yer peepers to the fore, folks! Sharlayan's just over yonder!
71	67	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000610_HYDAELYN	I will not keep you further. Your traveler's heart must yearn to behold this unfamiliar land.
72	68	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000620_HYDAELYN	We shall meet again...and soon.
73	69	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000630_ALISAIE	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
74	70	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000640_ALISAIE	What a fine morning. Oof. Still a bit stiff, though.
75	71	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000650_ALPHINAUD	And a good morning to you, too. Taken a look at the island already?
76	72	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000660_ALISAIE	Then let's go, let's go! Might still be room in the prow if we're lucky.
77	73	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000670_THANCRED	Ah! The sleepers have arisen!
78	74	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000680_THANCRED	There she is. Good ol' Sharlayan.
79	75	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000690_ALPHINAUD	Oh, I see it!
80	76	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000700_ALISAIE	Home. Home at last. Well...maybe not in Father's eyes...but we'll manage on our own, if we must.
81	77	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000710_ESTINIEN	You do know you're not alone in this, don't you?
82	78	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000720_URIANGER	Indeed, 'tis as Ser Estinien sayeth. Forget not the comrades who boarded this ship at your side, I prithee.
83	79	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000730_ALPHINAUD	Thank you, my friends. We are ever grateful for your steadfast support.
84	80	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000740_YSHTOLA	Upon arrival, we will be disembarking into the heart of Sharlayan proper.
85	81	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000750_YSHTOLA	There is no greater concentration of wisdom in all the world. I am confident that, somewhere within that center of knowledge and learning, we will find the answers we seek.
86	82	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000760_EMETSELCH	Sharlayan, the solitary island nation of the northern seas.
87	83	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000770_EMETSELCH	Where under the watchful gaze of Thaliak, patron deity of scholars, academics hoard all manner of knowledge and secrets.
88	84	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000780_EMETSELCH	Once, they deigned to accept foreign students into a distant colony maintained in the Dravanian hinterlands.
89	85	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000790_EMETSELCH	How swiftly they abandoned it once the first Garlean boot set hostile foot on Ala Mhigan soil.
90	86	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000800_EMETSELCH	So averse to the prosecution of war, these men of wisdom. Your would-be allies...
91	87	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000810_THANCRED	I thought they'd never let us off the ship... What's next, then? Entry applications?
92	88	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000820_YSHTOLA	Hopefully they find no cause to deny us.
93	89	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000830_ESTINIEN	Hasn't Sharlayan all but severed relations with foreign powers? Those of us without direct ties─myself included─may be refused outright...
94	90	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000840_YSHTOLA	'Tis true that, as a nation, Sharlayan only forms trade agreements with a select few neutral countries.
95	91	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000850_YSHTOLA	But from a practical standpoint, an island cannot afford to be overly strict with its borders. Especially not if that island's people are wholly devoted to the accumulation of knowledge.
96	92	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000860_YSHTOLA	If one submits the proper paperwork, with satisfactory evidence of identity and intent, then foreigners may be granted entry.
97	93	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000870_ESTINIEN	...“May.”
98	94	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000880_YSHTOLA	Quite. So let us be absolutely clear on these points before we proceed.
99	95	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000890_YSHTOLA	The immigration officer will ask for your affiliation and your purpose of visit. Considering Sharlayan's views on intervention, I strongly suggest we avoid any mention of the Scions.
100	96	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000900_YSHTOLA	Krile has laid the groundwork for us to act as associates of the Students of Baldesion, and our ostensible reason for being here is to aid in their order's restoration.
101	97	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000910_YSHTOLA	G'raha Tia, it might expedite our progress should an actual Student be seen at the head of our little group. Would you mind leading the way?
102	98	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000920_GRAHATIA	Of course. The immigration offices were this way, as I recall. Shall we?
103	99	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000930_GRAHATIA	Greetings! We've just arrived, and are eager to make our way into the city. Would you be so kind as to process our entry applications?
104	100	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000940_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Certainly. I see by your mark you are an Archon?
105	101	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000950_GRAHATIA	I am. G'raha Tia of the Students of Baldesion, at your service.
106	102	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000960_GRAHATIA	I was assigned to an Eorzean survey team, but have returned to assist with the reformation of my order. My associates here will provide additional support.
107	103	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000970_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Very good. I have paperwork detailing your group and its scheduled arrival for today.
108	104	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000980_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	And it seems some few of your companions are also Archons. If you'll step forward, we can process those applications first.
109	105	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_000990_YSHTOLA	Y'shtola Rhul.
110	106	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001000_ALISAIE	See how it glows? That list is aetherically linked with the citizen registry kept in the main repository.
111	107	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001010_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	I've confirmed your status as Archons and amended your travel records accordingly. Welcome home.
112	108	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001020_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Now, who do we have here...?
113	109	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001030_ALPHINAUD	Alphinaud Leveilleur.
114	110	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001040_ALISAIE	And Alisaie Leveilleur.
115	111	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001050_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Your applications have also been approved. Having said that...
116	112	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001060_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	The streets are abuzz with talk of how House Leveilleur's lord disowned his young progeny.
117	113	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001070_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	And while such personal circumstances constitute no reason to deny you entry, I urge you to avoid...exacerbating your present situation. Times are quite troubled enough already.
118	114	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001080_ALPHINAUD	We shall keep that in mind.
119	115	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001090_GRAHATIA	These last two are not Sharlayan natives, but you will find their credentials are in order. An application was made in advance...
120	116	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001100_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Hmph. Name and occupation?
121	117	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q3_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
122	118	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A3_000_001_NONE_VOICE	<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>. Adventurer by trade.
123	119	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A3_000_002_NONE_VOICE	<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>. Artisan.
124	120	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A3_000_003_NONE_VOICE	<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>. Champion of Eorzea.
125	121	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001110_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	An “adventurer...” Well, I suppose that is considered a valid calling in your native Eorzea, and it does indeed match the profile provided. You may enter.
126	122	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001120_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Indeed... Your profile describes you as an “adventurer,” but one also trained in the rather more constructive pursuits of procurement and production. You may enter.
127	123	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001130_GRAHATIA	And it is a title well earned, I can assure you!
128	124	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001140_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	An “adventurer” by trade is what your documentation indicates. No mention of this particular title─self-appointed, I take it? Either way, your employer seems willing to vouch for your character, so I shall─albeit reluctantly─grant you entry. “Champion.”
129	125	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001150_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	And you, sir?
130	126	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001160_ESTINIEN	Estinien Varlineau. Formerly of the Order of the Knights Dragoon in Ishgard.
131	127	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001170_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	“Formerly,” at least. And what, pray tell, is your “profession” now?
132	128	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001180_KRILE	(-???-)If you'll allow me!
133	129	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001190_KRILE	My associate is a mercenary, hired for his strength at arms! Surely you are aware of the dangers we often face on our forays into the wilderness?
134	130	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001200_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	Mistress Baldesion. If you insist on sponsoring his entry, then so be it.
135	131	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001210_IMMIGRATIONCONTROLSTAFF	But while I appreciate that desperate times call for desperate measures, I find your choice of company concerning. Be advised that even a single misstep may have severe repercussions for your organization.
136	132	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001220_KRILE	I have every confidence in my chosen company, dear and trusted comrades that they are. But I thank you for your concern.
137	133	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001230_ALPHINAUD	Krile, it is good to see you.
138	134	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001240_KRILE	Likewise! Long voyage notwithstanding, you all seem none the worse for wear.
139	135	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001250_KRILE	There is much to discuss, but this is hardly the place. Let's be on our way, shall we?
140	136	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001260_KRILE	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
141	137	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001270_KRILE	Welcome, friends, to Sharlayan!
142	138	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001280_ESTINIEN	As your “mercenary,” I should hope my welcome includes a generous salary.
143	139	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001290_KRILE	I had to say something, Ser Taciturn!
144	140	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001300_URIANGER	Pray forgive me. I was delayed...
145	141	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001310_YSHTOLA	It's fine, Urianger. We're all here now.
146	142	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001320_KRILE	Let's get down to business then, shall we?
147	143	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001330_KRILE	Come what may, we must prevent the Telophoroi's plans from coming to fruition. At present, I see two paths for gathering the information which may aid us in achieving that goal.
148	144	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001340_KRILE	The first involves an investigation into the change which has come over Sharlayan, not to mention the recent, inscrutable behavior of the Forum.
149	145	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001350_KRILE	As most of you know, the ninety-nine members of the Forum are elected from the general populace. This alone guarantees a plethora of opinion with regards to foreign policy.
150	146	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001360_KRILE	The Bibliothecs, for example, are a group of conservatives which would have Sharlayan focus on recording history, while remaining entirely uninvolved in the making of it.
151	147	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001370_KRILE	And at the other extreme, we have advocates for proactive diplomacy and direct intervention. My grandfather, Galuf, was one such member, as was Archon Louisoix.
152	148	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001380_KRILE	Yet despite our diverse factions and philosophies, the recent vote to deny Eorzea's request for assistance was unanimous.
153	149	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001390_KRILE	Even more concerning was the fact that many cited other, more pressing duties as justification for their recalcitrance.
154	150	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001400_GRAHATIA	Fourchenault's refusal in Gridania had those same undertones. 'Twas as if, having stared unblinking into the face of impending doom, he'd simply turned away to pursue something more important. But what could that possibly be?
155	151	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001410_KRILE	A mystery, indeed, and one which I ask for your help to solve. Our future may depend on it.
156	152	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001420_KRILE	As for our second potential path, it concerns a request made directly to the Students of Baldesion.
157	153	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001430_KRILE	Our organization was founded primarily to study strange and unexplained phenomena the world over. Mysterious relics and ruins, arcane disturbances, and so forth.
158	154	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001440_KRILE	Compared to our more isolationist Sharlayan colleagues, we have strong connections overseas─namely with scholars and academics who share our passion for the unknown.
159	155	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001450_KRILE	The request in question comes from one such acquaintance─Nidhana, an alchemist residing in distant Thavnair.
160	156	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001460_KRILE	Her missive describes the sudden appearance of a tower, and the subsequent summoning of what I can only assume is a lunar primal.
161	157	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001470_KRILE	In response to this threat, the satrap of Radz-at-Han─the individual who governs the city-state─has instructed the alchemists to find a means to deal with the spire.
162	158	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001480_URIANGER	The artisans of that land are heirs to an ancient tradition─one rather unlike that of their Ul'dahn counterparts.
163	159	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001490_URIANGER	'Tis possible─nay, probable─that they have gleaned truths unattainable by Eorzea or her Far Eastern allies.
164	160	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001500_KRILE	They do, in fact, appear to have a strategy in mind, though it will require further research. To that end, they have requested an introduction to a capable warrior shielded by the blessing of Light.
165	161	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001510_YSHTOLA	Assuming we divide our forces to pursue both of Krile's lines of inquiry, then having you join the group heading to Thavnair would seem the obvious choice.
166	162	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001520_YSHTOLA	But the investigation in Sharlayan is of vital importance as well. Equal, I think, to the Thavnairian one, given that the fate of the world may hinge on the results of both.
167	163	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001530_KRILE	Yes, it is quite the quandary.
168	164	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001540_KRILE	Though it is a great imposition─and an altogether-too-common one─our efforts would be more likely to succeed were you to lead the charge on both fronts.
169	165	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001550_KRILE	You are indeed our champion. As to which task to tackle first, we will defer to your decision. Let us next decide how everyone else might best be assigned.
170	166	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001560_KRILE	As for myself, I shall continue what I've begun in Sharlayan. I should also like to steal the services of an Archon or two.
171	167	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001570_YSHTOLA	And thereby gain access to a greater range of reading material. I will help with that.
172	168	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001580_GRAHATIA	Allow me to offer my assistance. I have some small amount of experience in the field of research.
173	169	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001590_ALPHINAUD	Alisaie and I would also like to help, if you would have us.
174	170	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001600_ALISAIE	Anything to understand even a fraction of what our father and the Forum might be thinking.
175	171	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001610_KRILE	Of course, the more the merrier!
176	172	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001620_THANCRED	Right, the rest of us will make the journey to Thavnair.
177	173	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001630_THANCRED	Thoughts? Objections?
178	174	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001640_ESTINIEN	I passed through Thavnair on my way to infiltrate the Empire, and though I'm not qualified to give a guided tour, I did gain a sense of where things lie.
179	175	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001650_THANCRED	I'll be happy to have you along then. So for this group, it will be you, me, and Urianger.
180	176	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001660_KRILE	Give me a moment afterwards, and I'll supply you with all the details of Nidhana's request.
181	177	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001670_KRILE	Consider this hall our rendezvous point once our respective tasks are complete. May our investigations prove fruitful!
182	178	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001680_ALISAIE	When our father disowned us, I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
183	179	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001690_ALISAIE	It wasn't until much later that his words began to sink in. That I began to feel the weight of what it meant.
184	180	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001700_ALISAIE	Do you remember when the decision was made to come to Sharlayan?
185	181	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001710_ALISAIE	G'raha said that the Forum was determined to keep us in the dark, and that Father's venomous “performance” was part of that strategy. To keep us at arm's length.
186	182	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001720_ALISAIE	Perhaps it was. Father argued with Grandfather on many occasions, but never with such...dismissive contempt.
187	183	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001730_ALISAIE	And...when he demanded what justifies the sacrifices we make in war...I honestly didn't know what to say.
188	184	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001740_ALISAIE	Neither did Alphinaud, I know, but...never, for one moment, did I believe we had made the wrong choice. So all I could do was fume silently.
189	185	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001750_ALISAIE	It was only afterwards that I realized how childish I had been. How being stubborn and self-righteous must run in the family.
190	186	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001760_ALISAIE	If I could've just mustered a civil response, then things might've turned out differently...
191	187	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001770_ALISAIE	They must be ferrying goods to Labyrinthos.
192	188	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001780_ALISAIE	A vast complex beneath the island.
193	189	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001790_ALISAIE	Sharlayan is famous for archiving knowledge from around the world. Well, that knowledge is not preserved exclusively in dusty tomes and desiccated samples.
194	190	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001800_ALISAIE	Our “living” library─comprised of all manner of flora and fauna─is housed and studied within that underground facility.
195	191	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001810_ALISAIE	...Still, that did seem to be an unusually large shipment. When I lived here, it was rare to even see such cargo transported by boat.
196	192	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001820_ALISAIE	Wait. Didn't you hear something in the Last Stand about the gleaners coming and going more than usual?
197	193	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001830_ALISAIE	I think they're the ones we saw manning those boats. And gleaners answer to the Forum...
198	194	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001840_ALISAIE	If the appearance of the Telophoroi prompted this sudden burst of activity, then Labyrinthos may hold a clue as to what the Forum is planning!
199	195	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001850_EMETSELCH	Deep beneath the scholars' city shines a false sun within a fabricated sky.
200	196	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001860_EMETSELCH	In any age exist those who consider the floor an extension of their bookshelves, and this vault's architects surely belonged to that special breed.
201	197	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001870_EMETSELCH	If the stack grows too high, start a new one. If no room remains, then make more rooms.
202	198	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001880_EMETSELCH	A simple solution at first. And then, bit by bit...a profound transformation.
203	199	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001890_EMETSELCH	Knowledge buried beneath knowledge─a growing, creeping labyrinth from which there is no escape.
204	200	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001900_KRILE	Not what you expected? I must admit, the artifice is very convincing.
205	201	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001910_KRILE	But I assure you that we are beneath Sharlayan itself. The breeze you feel, the flowing waters you hear─all created by the hand of man.
206	202	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001920_YSHTOLA	The island is volcanic, you see, and once upon a time this great hollow must have been a reservoir for magma.
207	203	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001930_YSHTOLA	It was discovered some four hundred years ago, at which point it was repurposed as a storage facility for scrolls and samples and such. Renovations have continued with nigh on no interruption to this day, with the lower levels still undergoing expansion.
208	204	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001940_ALISAIE	Aren't those people gleaners?
209	205	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001950_ALPHINAUD	Aye, judging by their dress. They are said to work alone, as a rule, but 'twould seem that rule is being enthusiastically broken today.
210	206	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001960_ALPHINAUD	It may be as you suspected─that they are engaged in a task apart from the norm.
211	207	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001970_ALISAIE	Let's spread out and get some answers, then!
212	208	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001980_KRILE	Ugh...
213	209	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_001990_KRILE	Did you call to me just now?
214	210	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002000_KRILE	No? How odd. I must be a bit dizzy from the descent.
215	211	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002010_KRILE	I-I'll be fine, I'm sure. Let's get to work, shall we?
216	212	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002020_ERENVILLE	A fair shot.
217	213	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002030_ERENVILLE	Nicely done! Let me truss this one up, and I'll make my way over to you.
218	214	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002040_KRILE	There you are. Any new revelations?
219	215	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002050_ALISAIE	So you met with that gleaner again, this time to...capture a hornbill?
220	216	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002060_ALISAIE	I understand catching and bringing in creatures from the outside, but what's the point of chasing after ones already here?
221	217	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002070_ERENVILLE	Oh, it's a simple thing, really.
222	218	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002080_ERENVILLE	Occasionally, we remove specimens no longer needed for study, or those we've had difficulty raising. But we can't simply turn them loose.
223	219	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002090_ERENVILLE	Safely returning such creatures to their native habitats is another facet of a gleaner's duties.
224	220	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002100_ERENVILLE	But not in this case, I'm afraid. I've been asked to bring the bird “below.”
225	221	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002110_YSHTOLA	The restricted section in the lower levels of Labyrinthos. Open only to a select few researchers handpicked by the Forum.
226	222	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002120_YSHTOLA	The projects down there are the subject of rumor and hearsay. Forbidden magicks. Advanced technologies that can never be allowed to fall into outside hands. Even Archons are not privy to the truth.
227	223	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002130_YSHTOLA	Those who are─the researchers involved in this secretive work─are not permitted to walk freely in the city, and are instead required to live in isolated quarters.
228	224	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002140_ALPHINAUD	What could a facility subject to such strict security protocols possibly need with a hornbill? An...an experiment?
229	225	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002150_ERENVILLE	Possibly. I wasn't afforded an explanation.
230	226	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002160_ERENVILLE	But judging by the requisition list given to me and my colleagues, I doubt it's for any kind of advanced research.
231	227	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002170_ERENVILLE	I'd be more inclined to believe we were making preparations to migrate to the south. Meracydia or thereabouts.
232	228	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002180_ALISAIE	What? Why would you say that?
233	229	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002190_ERENVILLE	Much of the flora and fauna we were asked to procure could serve as reliable sources of sustenance.
234	230	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002200_ERENVILLE	They're comparatively hardy species, too. Able to endure harsh climates. And among them are specimens known to be effective in improving soil quality and purifying water.
235	231	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002210_ALISAIE	When you put it that way, migration does sound like a reasonable assumption.
236	232	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002220_ERENVILLE	That's all it is, though─an assumption. Through our tasks, we gleaners glimpse only bits and pieces of the Forum's plans.
237	233	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002230_ERENVILLE	Our prime concern is that our requisitions, be they living or otherwise, are properly preserved for the knowledge of future generations.
238	234	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002240_ERENVILLE	Now, I really must be going. I regret that I cannot reward you as you deserve.
239	235	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002250_YSHTOLA	Perhaps you might reward us after a fashion, then? It is imperative that we reach the lower levels.
240	236	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002260_YSHTOLA	And seeing as you are already set to descend with your assigned cargo, mayhap we could accompany you as your...assistants?
241	237	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002270_ERENVILLE	I am afraid that won't be possible. Once the animals have been prepared for transport, we send them down separately via the lift.
242	238	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002280_ERENVILLE	I will, of course, follow after to make my report, but I can hardly pass you off as porters when there is nothing left to carry.
243	239	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002290_YSHTOLA	...Indeed. Pray forget I said anything.
244	240	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002300_ERENVILLE	How do you feel about climbing? If you've strength and the courage to brave it, then there is another way down.
245	241	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002310_ERENVILLE	This path leads to the thirty-third facet─a mineshaft excavated during one of our expansions of Labyrinthos.
246	242	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002320_ERENVILLE	While I cannot guarantee that the passage is safe to traverse, it should provide access to the Medial Circuit below.
247	243	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002330_KRILE	I never even knew such a place existed! Thank you, this is the perfect solution.
248	244	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002340_ERENVILLE	You're quite welcome, but consider yourselves warned. If the going proves too treacherous, you'd do well to turn back. I bid you good day.
249	245	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002350_ALISAIE	Well, turning back is hardly an option, not when we've come this far. Let's go and take a look at this mineshaft.
250	246	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002360_BOTANISTMAN	(-???-)Hard to look away, isn't it?
251	247	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002370_BOTANISTMAN	But they're more than pretty flowers. “Heartblooms” are attuned to ambient emotion.
252	248	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002380_BOTANISTMAN	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
253	249	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002390_BOTANISTMAN	You don't seem convinced. But believe me, it's true.
254	250	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002400_BOTANISTMAN	This ashen grey, for instance. It mirrors the anxiety and urgency of those working nearby as they rush to fulfill sudden orders.
255	251	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002410_BOTANISTMAN	Intense feelings like those spur the petals to change color. Bright, glowing hues in the presence of joy. Dark, subdued shades for frustration or despair.
256	252	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002420_BOTANISTMAN	Yet even with the collected wisdom of Sharlayan at our disposal, we've yet to identify the underlying principle of this empathic effect.
257	253	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002430_BOTANISTMAN	And there are other mysteries besides. Although the flower is extraordinarily long-lived, its low reproductive rate has made it difficult to find younger populations growing in the wild.
258	254	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002440_BOTANISTMAN	With too few sightings to map its distribution, and no closely related species to track, we've been unable to pinpoint its land of origin.
259	255	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002450_BOTANISTMAN	To further complicate matters, every culture even dimly aware of its existence has given it a different name and mythos. Our attempts to study it via the historical record have been an exercise in frustration.
260	256	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002460_BOTANISTMAN	As an avid botanist myself, I should one day like to unravel the heartbloom's secrets...but I'm afraid other duties must take precedence. I will leave you to your thoughts.
261	257	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002470_YSHTOLA	Have you learned aught of interest?
262	258	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002480_YSHTOLA	A flower that reacts to one's feelings? Strange... I must say, I have never heard of such a thing.
263	259	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002490_ALISAIE	This is all very fascinating, but as it stands, we've failed to gain any significant insight into the Forum's undertaking.
264	260	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002500_ALPHINAUD	Indeed... While there is certainly enough activity to support Erenville's supposition that a priority has been placed on improving food production...
265	261	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002510_ALPHINAUD	Unfortunately for our investigation, these workers were never informed as to how their duties serve the master plan.
266	262	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002520_ALISAIE	Ugh. If only we could interrogate the Forum members directly.
267	263	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002530_ALISAIE	Isn't that the entrance to the Archeion?
268	264	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002540_ALISAIE	Look, there... I think that's Erenville.
269	265	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002550_ALPHINAUD	A little difficult to tell from here, but...but I think you're right. He did say he was coming down to make his report.
270	266	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002560_YSHTOLA	Erenville receives his orders from the Forum. Would it not follow, then, that the superior to whom he reports is a Forum member─or at least a close associate?
271	267	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002570_ALPHINAUD	You mean to eavesdrop on their conversation!? What of the risks?
272	268	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002580_YSHTOLA	Ours alone to bear. We won't interfere with Erenville's work, nor will he be implicated as an accomplice.
273	269	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002590_YSHTOLA	If you're not comfortable taking part, I can do this alone.
274	270	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002600_ALPHINAUD	Nay. I said myself that I wished to know Father's intentions. And no answers will be forthcoming should we simply ask nicely.
275	271	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002610_ALISAIE	We can apologize later should it come to it. Right now, we need every crumb of information we can get our hands on. Consequences be damned.
276	272	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002620_YSHTOLA	It might be best if you came along as well. In fact, we should all...
277	273	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002630_YSHTOLA	Krile?
278	274	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002640_KRILE	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
279	275	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002650_KRILE	Oh! Yes! That certainly sounds like a plan!
280	276	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002660_YSHTOLA	I'm glad you agree...
281	277	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002670_ALISAIE	Quickly, Erenville is on the move. We need to get closer before we lose him!
282	278	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002680_KRILE	Almost. I can almost reach you...
283	279	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002700_REQUESTEDLEGISLATOR	I trust you will find your compensation to be more than satisfactory. We wish to make clear that we are pleased with the efficiency and thoroughness of your work.
284	280	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002710_REQUESTEDLEGISLATOR	So much so that we have come bearing new tasks in need of your competent hand.
285	281	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002720_ERENVILLE	Another lengthy list.
286	282	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002730_ERENVILLE	If I may speak frankly. The gleaners have been pushed to the point of collapse by your unending demands.
287	283	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002740_ERENVILLE	We are not familiars to be exploited. We are Sharlayan scholars, and we deserve an explanation for this unseemly treatment. What warrants such urgency?
288	284	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002750_REQUESTEDLEGISLATOR	...In an age long past, Sharlayan was charged with a momentous duty.
289	285	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002760_REQUESTEDLEGISLATOR	And now that word of the Final Days hangs heavy in the air, the time has come for us to fulfill that charge.
290	286	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002770_REQUESTEDLEGISLATOR	I can say no more, but I promise you this: all will be revealed in due course. And when it has, you will understand that your toil was in service to the greatest good.
291	287	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002780_ERENVILLE	Then I will do your bidding. For now.
292	288	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002790_ERENVILLE	But unless you wish the gleaners to rise up in protest, I advise you to offer tangible improvements for our working conditions. Your promised revelation does nothing to address present circumstances.
293	289	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002800_REQUESTEDLEGISLATOR	A fair point. Your concerns will be conveyed to the Forum.
294	290	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002810_ERENVILLE	I hope that was informative. You may consider my debt to you repaid in full.
295	291	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002820_ERENVILLE	While I do have my reservations about the Forum, I want to believe that they have our best interests at heart.
296	292	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002830_ERENVILLE	Which is why I'm reassured that you're busy sniffing out the truth of things. We can ill afford to place all our eggs in one basket─this master plan of theirs─without first understanding the risks involved.
297	293	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002840_ALISAIE	Wait, how did you know it was us?
298	294	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002850_ERENVILLE	If you mean to impersonate a toad, try studying the real thing. And don't try to fool an expert.
299	295	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002860_KRILE	For you. The spell will keep it from wilting.
300	296	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002870_KRILE	She said you would need it for the journey ahead.
301	297	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002880_KRILE	Will you speak with Her now? I cannot hope to match Minfilia's clarity, of course, but...
302	298	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002890_KRILE	(-Hydaelyn-)...Thank you.
303	299	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002900_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)...Thank you.
304	300	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002910_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)Do not worry. She has lent me her body for only a moment.
305	301	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002920_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)Just as I could not save the First from the Flood of Light, it has become arduous for me to interact with the physical world without assistance.
306	302	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002930_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)Though I might converse with you for a time, the incorporeal form I assumed on the ship would be incapable of casting even the simplest enchantment.
307	303	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002940_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)It is in the depths of the aetherial sea─the place to which all life returns─where my influence is greatest.
308	304	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002950_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)After Minfilia's sacrifice on the First, it was to the sea, here in the Source, where I ferried her soul. I wished that gentle spirit to find rest in the world she loved so well.
309	305	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002960_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)Her...and another who may yet have a part to play. Though that will depend on you.
310	306	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002970_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)Take the flower. Walk free. For you are free─to go where you wish. To believe what you will.
311	307	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002980_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)That bloom will be your guide. Test and proof of your conviction.
312	308	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_002990_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)In darkness seek joy. Surrender not to sadness, and see beyond despair. Walk free, and bear the light for others to follow.
313	309	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003000_HYDAELYN	(-Hydaelyn-)Together, raise it aloft and let it shine. Till the end, blinding and radiant.
314	310	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003010_KRILE	That was...all too brief. Already She seems so far away...
315	311	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003020_KRILE	My apologies if I startled you. Ever since we began our descent into Labyrinthos, I had sensed another's will, straining to reach out.
316	312	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003030_KRILE	Even with my particular talents, though, I was unable to make a connection at first. So weak and tenuous it was...
317	313	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003040_KRILE	Once I took hold of that wispy thread, imagine my surprise to discover it was Hydaelyn Herself! Needless to say, it seemed wise to learn what we could before letting go.
318	314	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003050_KRILE	Her answers were more cryptic than I would have liked... But at least She left us with a guide of sorts─that unusual flower.
319	315	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003060_KRILE	Yes, we are definitely making progress!
320	316	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003070_ALISAIE	You can't be serious! We've done nothing wrong!
321	317	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003080_KRILE	Master Fourchenault!? What business has the Forum with us?
322	318	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003090_YSHTOLA	Obstruction and suppression, apparently.
323	319	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003100_FOURCHENAULT	Mistress Baldesion. Our records show you facilitated the Scions' entrance into Sharlayan by claiming them as assistants for your organization.
324	320	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003110_FOURCHENAULT	We are aware of your “investigations.” After alerting the major institutions to the presence of potential troublemakers, we received word from an Archeion custodian.
325	321	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003120_FOURCHENAULT	A group operating under the auspices of the Students skulking about Labyrinthos and engaging in clandestine behavior.
326	322	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003130_ALPHINAUD	“Clandestine”? We may not have entered Sharlayan as Scions, but we did naught to conceal our identities.
327	323	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003140_ALPHINAUD	Our only purpose in this city is to seek the truth. I can think of no reason why our actions should warrant the Forum's intervention.
328	324	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003150_FOURCHENAULT	'Tis not our way to discourage the pursuit of knowledge. But the timing of such pursuits must be considered, not to mention their potential impact.
329	325	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003160_FOURCHENAULT	With the world in chaos, we, the true caretakers of wisdom, have committed ourselves to an undertaking that demands the utmost discretion.
330	326	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003170_FOURCHENAULT	And we will not risk its success by turning a blind eye to disruptive foreign elements in our midst.
331	327	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003180_YSHTOLA	What, then, is to be our fate? Will you put us on a ship back to Eorzea?
332	328	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003190_FOURCHENAULT	The Forum will convene to examine your case. The results of said inquiry will determine your future in this city.
333	329	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003200_FOURCHENAULT	As for your absent companion, he has already been detained.
334	330	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003210_ALISAIE	G'raha!? But why? Is reading a crime now, too!?
335	331	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003220_FOURCHENAULT	Reading is encouraged. Celebrated, even. Not, however, of the volumes shelved in the restricted section of the library.
336	332	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003230_YSHTOLA	Refusing to comply will only make matters worse. Let us instead treat this as an opportunity to open a dialogue with the Forum.
337	333	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003240_FOURCHENAULT	Silence is often one's best defense. I would advise against prolonging the proceedings with frivolous discourse.
338	334	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003250_FOURCHENAULT	But enough─this is not the place for debate. The Rostra awaits.
339	335	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003260_GRAHATIA	Forgive me. I was careless...
340	336	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003270_YSHTOLA	We would have been detained regardless. This way, at least, we manage to stay together.
341	337	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003280_YSHTOLA	I trust your time within the forbidden archives was well spent?
342	338	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003290_BARNIER	The Forum will come to order!
343	339	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003300_BARNIER	This inquiry is now in session. As Speaker Elect, I will be presiding over the day's proceedings.
344	340	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003310_BARNIER	Master Fourchenault. Would you be so kind as to restate the matter which compelled you to summon your colleagues with such urgency?
345	341	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003320_FOURCHENAULT	As you are all aware, we recently denied Eorzea's request for Sharlayan assistance.
346	342	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003330_FOURCHENAULT	Since then, certain individuals dissatisfied with our decision have taken it upon themselves to interfere with our work.
347	343	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003340_FOURCHENAULT	They entered our nation masquerading as associates of the Students of Baldesion, but these malcontents are better known as the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
348	344	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003350_FOURCHENAULT	These militants wield influence with both the Eorzean and Eastern alliances, and are inextricably involved with the crises presently afflicting the world at large.
349	345	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003360_FOURCHENAULT	Loose in our city, these warmongers sought to meddle with and expose matters of state secret. What are they if not a dire threat to be expelled!?
350	346	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003370_LEGISLATORA	You have tarnished the good name of the Students. Galuf would be ashamed...
351	347	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003380_KRILE	Galuf Baldesion was never one to forsake his fellow man.
352	348	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003390_KRILE	Even if this nation closed every door and retreated from the world, he would have found a way to help the Scions─help every soul of this star─fight back against the coming doom.
353	349	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003400_YSHTOLA	A terrible enemy stands poised to lay waste to all we hold dear. In the face of such madness, Eorzea reached out to Sharlayan, a respected ally, in the hopes of forming a united front.
354	350	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003410_YSHTOLA	Was your curt dismissal truly the best you could offer?
355	351	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003420_YSHTOLA	Or are you so preoccupied with your “momentous duty of an age long past” that even the end of the world is unworthy of your attention?
356	352	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003430_GRAHATIA	Whence came this revelation?
357	353	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003440_YSHTOLA	From the mouth of a Forum member within fortuitous earshot.
358	354	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003450_YSHTOLA	From the mouth of a Forum member within fortuitous earshot.
359	355	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003460_GRAHATIA	Then it seems your findings support my own...
360	356	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003470_GRAHATIA	The reason I visited the restricted shelves was to study records of the Forum's policy-making process. To better understand the historical trends underlying their most major decisions.
361	357	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003480_GRAHATIA	At first glance, the positions of neutrality in war and the accumulation of knowledge above all else appear constant and consistent─the unchanging pillars of Sharlayan society.
362	358	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003490_GRAHATIA	And once upon a time, I might have left it at that. These days, however, I am more attuned to the subtleties of governance, and so I noticed something...odd.
363	359	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003500_GRAHATIA	From a particular point in time, the purpose of these policies shifted.
364	360	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003510_GRAHATIA	No longer was knowledge preserved for the benefit of society. Rather, society was to be gradually reshaped to ensure the preservation of knowledge.
365	361	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003520_GRAHATIA	The most conspicuous and telling change was the one which befell Labyrinthos. Once little more than an oversized storehouse, an enormous allocation of funds saw it transformed into an advanced research and archival facility.
366	362	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003530_GRAHATIA	I also discovered a fascinating account on the finances of our Dravanian colony.
367	363	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003540_GRAHATIA	The settlement attracted students from far and wide, and the connections and tuition fees thus acquired were funneled into further improvements for the archives.
368	364	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003550_GRAHATIA	Now, there is no question that our nation's progress is tied to the acquisition of wisdom. Nevertheless, the vast resources diverted for this purpose borders on the obscene.
369	365	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003560_GRAHATIA	But returning to the matter of when─our change in course appears to have been made some two hundred and seventy years ago...
370	366	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003570_YSHTOLA	The very same period when Sharlayan scholars in the hinterlands began a formal study of the aetherial sea!
371	367	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003580_YSHTOLA	You found something, did you not? And whatever it was gave rise to your oh-so-important duty...
372	368	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003590_LEGISLATORB	Mind your tongue, Archon! If you had seen─!
373	369	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003600_FOURCHENAULT	Yes, we are bound by a duty we cannot ignore.
374	370	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003610_FOURCHENAULT	Knowing this, what would you have us do? Abandon our vital work, and join you on the field of battle?
375	371	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003620_FOURCHENAULT	We will never choose the way of the sword. We will fulfill our mission not through strife and bloodshed, but survival.
376	372	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003630_FOURCHENAULT	Come what may, we shall live on. We must.
377	373	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003640_YSHTOLA	Do as you must then. But we Scions will fight─until the heavens fall, until our last breath.
378	374	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003650_FOURCHENAULT	Such misguided zeal...
379	375	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003660_ALPHINAUD	Father, I... Master Fourchenault.
380	376	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003670_ALPHINAUD	I fail to understand the stance you have elected to take. But by the same token, I have yet to find a compelling argument to counter the challenge you put to us in Gridania.
381	377	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003680_ALPHINAUD	Still, in the midst of my uncertainty...
382	378	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003690_ALPHINAUD	I must trust in myself to do what is right. As others have chosen to trust in me.
383	379	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003700_ALPHINAUD	So I will continue as I always have, weighing the consequences of my every action, and allowing my hope for the future to inform my decisions.
384	380	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003710_MONTICHAIGNE	That's quite enough! Have you all forgotten the reason for this assembly?
385	381	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003720_ALISAIE	Scholarch Montichaigne. He's the head of the Studium, and an old friend of my grandfather's.
386	382	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003730_MONTICHAIGNE	Honestly, every discussion devolves into some interminable debate. Terrible habit. Let's return to the topic at hand, hm?
387	383	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003740_MONTICHAIGNE	By their own admission, these Scions have resolved to fight alongside the Eorzean nations against the doom which swift approaches.
388	384	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003750_MONTICHAIGNE	But there exists no evidence of an attempt to incite our citizens to do the same.
389	385	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003760_MONTICHAIGNE	Furthermore, while our decision may well've been the correct one, we cannot simply bull our way through these disagreements without inviting doubts or objections.
390	386	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003770_MONTICHAIGNE	Put yourselves in their place! Who among you would leave a tome unopened if an elder forbid you read it with no reason given?
391	387	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003780_MONTICHAIGNE	No, if we're to quell further discontent, then we must conclude this matter with a fair and even hand.
392	388	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003790_BARNIER	Order! We will have order!
393	389	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003800_BARNIER	Master Montichaigne raises some valid points. Keeping such concerns in mind, I propose we enforce the following measures.
394	390	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003810_BARNIER	Until further notice, the Students of Baldesion are to cease any and all activities within the domain of Sharlayan.
395	391	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003820_BARNIER	You will also refrain from any further investigation into the Forum's decisions and duties. Failure to comply with these restrictions will result in the immediate expulsion of your Scion associates.
396	392	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003830_BARNIER	Let us put this judgment to a vote. All in favor, raise your hand!
397	393	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003840_BARNIER	I count fifty-one for, and forty-eight against. The proposal is passed.
398	394	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003850_BARNIER	Students, Scions, you have heard the Forum's judgment. Pray abide by it or face the consequences.
399	395	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003860_BARNIER	Honored members, I thank you for your time. This inquiry is concluded!
400	396	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003870_EMPLOYEEMAN	Welcome home, my lady.
401	397	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003880_EMPLOYEEWOMAN	Welcome home, my lady.
402	398	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003890_ALISAIE	What? What are you gawping at?
403	399	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q4_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
404	400	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A4_000_001_NONE_VOICE	House Leveilleur in all its grandeur!
405	401	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A4_000_002_NONE_VOICE	Scion headquarters must seem squalid indeed...
406	402	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A4_000_003_NONE_VOICE	Just admiring the craftsmanship.
407	403	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003900_ALISAIE	Oh gods, please don't! It makes me feel like a spoiled princess.
408	404	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003910_ALISAIE	I'll have you know I'm quite fond of the Rising Stones!
409	405	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003920_ALISAIE	Oh, I...I suppose I never gave the décor much thought. I'm glad that you approve. I think.
410	406	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003930_AMELIANCE	Lord Fourchenault is not to hear of this visit.
411	407	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003940_AMELIANCE	And I should also like the children to have their gifts ere my husband makes his return.
412	408	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003950_EMPLOYEEMAN	As you wish, my lady.
413	409	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003960_EMPLOYEEWOMAN	Master Alphinaud, Mistress Alisaie, if you would accompany me upstairs...?
414	410	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003970_ALPHINAUD	We shan't be long.
415	411	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003980_AMELIANCE	The twins have been sending letters home from time to time, recounting their latest adventures.
416	412	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_003990_AMELIANCE	I am sure they withhold certain details, of course. If only to keep me from worrying...
417	413	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004000_AMELIANCE	Yet a mother worries all the same. In the early days especially, I tried to support them as best I could, sending the Scions coin and other such donations.
418	414	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004010_AMELIANCE	Fortunately, they have found the strength to overcome adversity time and time again. Their words grow more confident with every letter, their depictions more vivid.
419	415	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004020_AMELIANCE	The triumphs and defeats. The joys and sorrows. 'Tis clear that they have come to find value in every experience.
420	416	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004030_AMELIANCE	But of those they treasure most, it would seem that meeting you might be the most impactful. Why, since that fateful day, I do believe there has not been a single missive in which you were not mentioned by name!
421	417	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004040_AMELIANCE	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
422	418	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004050_AMELIANCE	'Tis plain they care for you. And I am glad they have such a steadfast companion watching over them.
423	419	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004060_AMELIANCE	Under normal circumstances I would offer you tea, but alas, these are anything but. In any event, why don't you keep me company whilst we await my children's return? Perhaps you might regale me with a tale or two of your exploits?
424	420	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004070_ALISAIE	When you mentioned gifts, I wasn't sure what to expect.
425	421	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004080_ALISAIE	Mother, I...
426	422	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004090_AMELIANCE	Oh, look how well it fits you! And the style is to your liking?
427	423	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004100_ALISAIE	It's perfect─exactly what I would have chosen! But please, tell me you had something different made for Alphinaud...
428	424	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004110_AMELIANCE	Naturally! You are hardly little children anymore.
429	425	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004120_AMELIANCE	And while I shall miss dressing you in those precious matching outfits, I must respect the individuals you have grown to become.
430	426	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004130_AMELIANCE	See for yourself!
431	427	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004140_ALPHINAUD	Thank you for the splendid clothes, Mother. Stylish, comfortable, and eminently practical!
432	428	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004150_AMELIANCE	I am so glad you like them. They are, however, missing one final touch.
433	429	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004160_EMPLOYEEWOMAN	If you would allow me, Master Alphinaud...
434	430	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004170_ALPHINAUD	Wait, are these...!?
435	431	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004180_AMELIANCE	...A sage's tools of the trade. They belonged to your father.
436	432	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004190_AMELIANCE	Though he may as well be chained to his desk these days, as a student, he was often called upon to venture into the field.
437	433	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004200_AMELIANCE	He wielded those armaments, both to heal and to harm, in no few battles. None so fierce as those you two have braved, perhaps, but battles nonetheless.
438	434	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004210_AMELIANCE	Thus did I pull them out of storage─to show you that he was not always the man who stands in vehement opposition to you now.
439	435	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004220_AMELIANCE	And also because it would be a terrible waste of ridiculously expensive, House Leveilleur-commissioned artistry.
440	436	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004230_AMELIANCE	I am told these devices are quite difficult to master, but someone of your extensive experience should soon have them darting about with grace and aplomb.
441	437	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004240_AMELIANCE	May the wisdom in that crystal serve you well. And please, try to find common ground with your father, that you might come and go without need for this awful subterfuge.
442	438	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004250_ALPHINAUD	We will, Mother, I promise!
443	439	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004260_AMELIANCE	My final gifts to you, before you run off, are an observation and a suggestion.
444	440	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004270_AMELIANCE	Firstly, Fourchenault has ever been a serious man, but it was only after you were born that he truly lost himself in his work.
445	441	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004280_AMELIANCE	I may not know the Forum's inner workings, but I know your father's. The timing of that change in him holds some significance.
446	442	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004290_AMELIANCE	Secondly, do not seek to best your father with words.
447	443	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004300_AMELIANCE	Far better that you simply show him─let him discover the merit of your actions <Emphasis>after</Emphasis> they cannot be undone!
448	444	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004305_ALPHINAUD	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
449	445	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004307_ALISAIE	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
450	446	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004310_ALISAIE	Oh, Mother...
451	447	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004320_ALPHINAUD	We shall take your wisdom to heart. Thank you again for these gifts, and farewell for now!
452	448	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004330_AMELIANCE	Safe travels, my children. Eat well, stay warm, and keep your friends close.
453	449	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004340_KYTTE	Right, we're all set!
454	450	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004350_KYTTE	Just the four of you, was it?
455	451	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004360_ESTINIEN	Three. I am already attuned to the crystal in Thavnair.
456	452	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004370_KYTTE	You are? Oh. I would have preferred more test subjects...
457	453	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004380_KYTTE	Oh well, never mind. If our three travelers could line up here, please?
458	454	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004390_KYTTE	Yes, right there is fine! Take a deep breath, and I'll soon have you soaring through the aether.
459	455	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004400_KYTTE	Oh, and one last thing!
460	456	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004410_KYTTE	You might experience a teensy-weensy touch of violent aetherial sickness. Good luck!
461	457	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004420_THANCRED	Wha─?
462	458	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004430_EMETSELCH	Thavnair, home to city-state Radz–at–Han.
463	459	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004440_EMETSELCH	Rising from the southeast waters of the Bounty, this isle of plenty served as the battleground for a conflict between two peoples.
464	460	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004450_EMETSELCH	Their cultures bled into one another until a unique amalgamation was distilled from the chaos, in a process not unlike their precious alchemy.
465	461	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004460_EMETSELCH	Once solidified as a single nation, an adamant stance of neutrality would hold invaders at bay. For a time.
466	462	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004470_EMETSELCH	Now across this vibrant isle creeps a fog of malice. What choice do you have...
467	463	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004480_EMETSELCH	...what chance...
468	464	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004490_EMETSELCH	...against such an insidious foe?
469	465	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004500_ESTINIEN	I've seen fairer faces after a bout of bad shellfish.
470	466	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004510_ESTINIEN	Let me bring you something to drink. That should help settle your bellies.
471	467	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004520_THANCRED	There was a note...with Krile's instructions...
472	468	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004530_THANCRED	Don't let Estinien roam the markets alone... He's alarmingly bad with coin...
473	469	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004540_THANCRED	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
474	470	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004550_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)Mmm...
475	471	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004560_ESTINIEN	What happened here?
476	472	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004570_THANCRED	Their dress marks them as alchemists. I see no evidence of injury or poison.
477	473	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004580_URIANGER	Thinkest thou they but slumber?
478	474	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004590_THANCRED	I believe so. Whether it is by <Emphasis>choice</Emphasis> is another question entirely.
479	475	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004600_VARSHAHN	(-???-)Oh, we have guests.
480	476	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004610_VARSHAHN	(-???-)You must excuse the poor welcome. Long days and longer nights have taken their toll, as you can see...
481	477	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004620_VARSHAHN	I am Varshahn. Servant to the satrap. My task was, in fact, to wake these good men and women. If you will allow.
482	478	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004630_VARSHAHN	People of the Great Work! I come bearing new scales!
483	479	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004640_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)Mmm... Scales...?
484	480	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004650_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)We have new scales!?
485	481	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004660_VARSHAHN	Yes, my friends. Gather round. I have them right here.
486	482	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004670_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKA	Oh, happy day! Now I can continue my experiment!
487	483	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004680_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKB	Many thanks!
488	484	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004690_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKC	One for me!
489	485	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004700_ESTINIEN	Those are dragon scales.
490	486	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004710_VARSHAHN	Yes─such materials are vital to their most pressing research.
491	487	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004720_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)And we are fortunate to have them. Our experiments are so close to bearing fruit...
492	488	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004730_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)Soon we will have a talisman capable of nullifying the aetheric emissions from that accursed tower!
493	489	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004740_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)Did...did I say something wrong? Are you not here with Varshahn? Wait, who <Emphasis>are</Emphasis> you people?
494	490	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004750_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)Of course! You're the one Krile sent─the “Warrior of Light” we've been waiting for!
495	491	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004760_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKA	This is a day of celebration! Praise be to Cinduruva!
496	492	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004770_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKB	The winds have shifted. I feel it! The end to our toil is near!
497	493	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004780_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKC	I feel it, too. My head hasn't been this clear in days...
498	494	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004790_ESTINIEN	Tell me, how did you acquire those scales?
499	495	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004800_VARSHAHN	Curious that it concerns you so.
500	496	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004810_VARSHAHN	But worry not. They were freely given by the dragon with whom our satrap has forged a lawful pact.
501	497	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004820_ESTINIEN	...That is well.
502	498	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004830_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKA	You must be quite familiar with dragonkin, yes?
503	499	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004840_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKB	Is this their congealed blood I see on your weapon?
504	500	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004850_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKC	Hrm... Speaking of dragon blood...you yourself have been infused with it, have you not?
505	501	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004860_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKC	I should like to draw a phial or two, if so!
506	502	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004870_ESTINIEN	Now, see here...!
507	503	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004880_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKA	Come along, come along! I must <Emphasis>insist</Emphasis> that you visit our laboratory!
508	504	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004890_ESTINIEN	Cease your shoving, or so help me...!
509	505	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004900_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)Oh dear, your poor companion. What with the new scales and your timely arrival, my colleagues are a little giddy with excitement.
510	506	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004910_NIDHANA	(-Arkasodara Alchemist-)No harm will come to him, I promise! Meanwhile, shall we find a quiet place to talk?
511	507	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004920_NIDHANA	As you may have guessed, I am Nidhana─the alchemist who sent the request to your Mistress Krile. We have workshops across the nation collaborating on this research project, but it is here─at the Great Work─where I collate our results.
512	508	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004930_NIDHANA	Come with me, all of you, and I can explain the crux of the situation.
513	509	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004940_NIDHANA	Yes, that would be Radz–at–Han. Hardly anyone has been allowed in or out since our troubles with the tower began.
514	510	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004950_NIDHANA	The fearful citizens huddle inside the city walls, and commerce has all but ground to a standstill. I pity the satrap the trials he must be facing.
515	511	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q5_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
516	512	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A5_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What can you tell me of the satrap?
517	513	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A5_000_002_NONE_VOICE	Do you trust the satrap?
518	514	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004960_NIDHANA	Well, he... He is the most important person in Radz–at–Han.
519	515	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004970_NIDHANA	Completely! Without the satrap and his line, Radz–at–Han would not exist.
520	516	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004980_NIDHANA	Long ago, this island was home to two tribes of Matanga─the Gajasura, and the Arkasodara.
521	517	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_004990_NIDHANA	When the Au Ra came to these shores, it was the Arkasodara with whom they joined forces. Together, they defeated the warlike Gajasura, forcing them to flee Thavnair altogether.
522	518	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005000_NIDHANA	Peace and prosperity reigned for a time, until a clan of Hyur from the mainland decided they wanted the island for themselves.
523	519	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005010_NIDHANA	It was a direct ancestor of the present satrap who arbitrated that conflict, and welded the warring factions into the nation we know today.
524	520	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005020_NIDHANA	And ever since, a member of that esteemed lineage has inherited this somewhat unique position. You see, by and large, the state is run by the people, but when problems arise, it is the satrap who mediates a solution.
525	521	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005030_NIDHANA	The stability provided by the satrap is what has allowed Radz–at–Han to thrive all these years.
526	522	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005040_NIDHANA	And it was the satrap himself who entrusted us with this duty. We will not fail him, nor our countrymen!
527	523	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005050_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKA	What is the delay with the vessel!? I told you, I need to adjust those ratios!
528	524	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005060_FANDANIEL	I come all this way to admire one of my splendid towers, and what do I find? Fools attempting to ward off its tempering influence with magic trinkets.
529	525	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005070_FANDANIEL	I seem to recall a similar experiment in ages past. What <Emphasis>was</Emphasis> that man's name...?
530	526	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005080_FANDANIEL	“O” something... Oween?
531	527	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005090_FANDANIEL	Another body, another time. Who could be expected to remember every trivial detail...
532	528	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005100_AMON	Another body, another time. Who could be expected to remember every trivial detail...
533	529	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005110_AMON	Hmmm. Allowing them to construct such handy talismans would be counterproductive to my plans...
534	530	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005120_AMON	And yet, I find myself deathly curious. How <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> they manage this feat with the limited knowledge and resources at their disposal?
535	531	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005130_AMON	Complications be damned. For we cannot escape the nature of our souls. And I, as ever, am my own worst enemy.
536	532	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005140_THANCRED	I see our taskmasters have allowed you a moment's respite as well.
537	533	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005150_THANCRED	You have to hand it to these alchemists─they are determined to see this endeavor of theirs succeed.
538	534	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005160_THANCRED	I've never been one for blind optimism, but I sincerely get the sense they're close to a breakthrough.
539	535	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005170_ESTINIEN	They had better be, or all this effort was for naught...
540	536	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005180_URIANGER	The peoples of Eorzea, of the Far East, of Thavnair... Children of this star united in common cause against a dire threat.
541	537	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005190_URIANGER	Yet ere they succumbed to suicidal madness, were not the Telophoroi born of Her body, as were we?
542	538	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005200_URIANGER	They who cling to life and the promise of the morrow's dawn, 'gainst they who desire death and an ending of their own orchestration.
543	539	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005210_URIANGER	The victors of this war alone will hold the right to answer the question of existence. Of its meaning, and its worth.
544	540	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005220_THANCRED	Poetic and ominous to a fault. That said, if it's an existential debate in nature, then our arguments might not be as persuasive as you'd think.
545	541	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005230_THANCRED	Fandaniel wants to die, and take everyone with him in an orgy of pain and suffering. An utterly vile and unforgivable idea.
546	542	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005240_THANCRED	And yet, when spat upon by fate and wailing in the deepest pit of despair, who among us can say they have not entertained similar thoughts?
547	543	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005250_THANCRED	There are nights black as pitch. Bereft of hope. When no words of comfort can reach you, and it's all you can do to grit your teeth and choke back the bile.
548	544	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005260_ESTINIEN	The more you see and suffer life's injustices, the more difficult they become to bear.
549	545	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005270_ESTINIEN	Vengeance is nurtured in similar soil. Though your anger has a broader focus, the sentiment is much the same: a fervent desire to destroy others; to see them drown in torment, as you have.
550	546	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005280_THANCRED	That about sums it up. The will to endure is not always as strong as the urge to burn it all down and salt the earth, survival be damned. It's a struggle─often close and brutal.
551	547	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005290_URIANGER	Indeed... Well. I, for one, shall pray survival proveth more appealing in the end.
552	548	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005300_THANCRED	As will I. Besides, our chances are much improved when we've the company of others committed to the cause of life. Our vengeful dragoon here is proof of that.
553	549	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005310_THANCRED	What is it? What did you see?
554	550	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005320_THANCRED	Fandaniel? Are you sure? If he knows we've been working on a countermeasure...
555	551	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005330_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKA	It holds...the vessel holds! This is the one.
556	552	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005340_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKB	At long last!
557	553	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005350_NIDHANA	Look! We have finally created a talisman strong enough to withstand our experiments!
558	554	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005360_NIDHANA	We've named it a “warding scale”─for the time being. With this in your possession, your soul should be completely shielded from corruptive aether.
559	555	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005370_URIANGER	Afforded such protection, any one of us may approach the towers without fear. Thou hast mine admiration─'tis an invention of historical significance.
560	556	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005380_NIDHANA	I thank you for your kind words! But I would prefer you keep them unsaid until we test the talisman's efficacy in the field.
561	557	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005390_NIDHANA	It is for the next stage of our plan that we summoned you in the first place: to accompany me to the Tower of Zot.
562	558	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005400_NIDHANA	Should the scale prove effective─as I very much hope it will─then you'll have little to do. But should the effect be weaker than anticipated, I must ask that you restrain me. Or knock me senseless.
563	559	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q6_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
564	560	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A6_000_001_NONE_VOICE	Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
565	561	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A6_000_002_NONE_VOICE	Oh, you needn't ask.
566	562	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005410_NIDHANA	Either way, we are fortunate to have you with us.
567	563	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005420_ALCHEMISTOFTHEGREATWORKC	Nidhana, I... Are you certain you wish to do this?
568	564	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005430_NIDHANA	If others are to trust our creations, then we must have faith in them first. And as the senior researcher, it falls to me to lead by example.
569	565	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005440_NIDHANA	But...should I fail to return, then learn what you can from this attempt and apply it to the next. Our work must continue. Is that clear?
570	566	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005450_THANCRED	We'll keep an eye on the place while you're away.
571	567	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005460_THANCRED	Assuming Fandaniel is lurking about, there's no telling what mischief he has in mind for us─or you. Be on your guard.
572	568	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005470_NIDHANA	Shall we be on our way? I'll have one of the soldiers at the hatchery prepare us a boat, and we can set out from the northern shore. I'll see you there.
573	569	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005480_NIDHANA	We should soon cross the threshold of the tower's influence...
574	570	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005490_NIDHANA	Any moment now...
575	571	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005500_NIDHANA	It's working!
576	572	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005510_NIDHANA	And you─you are still yourself? Then I'd like to see how it fares closer to the tower, if we could.
577	573	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005520_NIDHANA	So far, so good. The scale's protection appears to be holding. If we can just make it to the tower's entrance...
578	574	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005530_NIDHANA	A few more steps!
579	575	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005540_NIDHANA	Praise be to the Sisters! We made it! And the scale has proven itself to be everything we hoped it would be.
580	576	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005550_NIDHANA	Now we can focus on production. Once we've equipped and returned with an entire survey team, this menace will soon give up its secrets!
581	577	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005560_NIDHANA	What─!?
582	578	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005570_NIDHANA	Aaah!
583	579	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005580_NIDHANA	Let me go! ...Let me <Emphasis>go</Emphasis>! Rrrgh!
584	580	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005590_FANDANIEL	Oh, do calm down. You'll only hurt yourself thrashing about like that.
585	581	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005600_NIDHANA	Stop! You can't do this! Please!
586	582	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005610_FANDANIEL	A little late for heroics, I'm afraid.
587	583	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005620_FANDANIEL	Hmm...the similarities are striking.
588	584	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005630_FANDANIEL	My, my, such <Emphasis>hostility</Emphasis>. Never before has my artistry so displeased.
589	585	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005640_FANDANIEL	My patrons of old would've positively squealed in delight! Though, between you and me, I find gushing praise exhausting.
590	586	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q7_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
591	587	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A7_000_001_NONE_VOICE	Patrons of old?
592	588	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A7_000_002_NONE_VOICE	What are you talking about?
593	589	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005650_FANDANIEL	Allow me to tell you a story. Surely you've yet to hear the one about Fandaniel, the sundered Ascian.
594	590	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005660_FANDANIEL	I inherited the position─and the soul─of the Fandaniel who sat on the Convocation in the time of the Final Days. Theoretically speaking.
595	591	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005670_FANDANIEL	Practically speaking, that fact is of no consequence! I was born and lived as...well. Me.
596	592	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005680_FANDANIEL	Eventually I was recruited into the Ascians and imbued with the former Fandaniel's knowledge and memories, but I never felt that they were truly a part of who I am.
597	593	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005690_FANDANIEL	How to explain? Perhaps if I told you who I was before my Ascian embrace. Although that chapter, too, is a past I've long since discarded.
598	594	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005700_FANDANIEL	I have it on good authority you've poked your nose into an Allagan ruin or two, yes?
599	595	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005710_FANDANIEL	Then I expect you've heard of me. The old me.
600	596	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005720_FANDANIEL	Amon, at your service.
601	597	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005730_AMON	Amon, at your service.
602	598	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005740_AMON	Imagine a nation of unbridled prosperity.
603	599	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005750_AMON	Every need, met; day after day of unbroken, unshakable peace.
604	600	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005760_AMON	Existence, fulfilled.
605	601	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005770_AMON	And ripe for decay.
606	602	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005780_ALLAGMAN	You are a genius without peer, Amon. How ever do you conceive of such delightful experiments?
607	603	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005790_ALLAGMAN	That fool was beside himself with panic when he awoke with the head of a bull! Even his cries for help emerged as so much guttural lowing!
608	604	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005800_ALLAGMAN	Oh, the memory of it... Haha, my poor sides! My friends and I were so consumed by laughter we struggled to breathe!
609	605	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005810_AMON	No more than entertainment for bored wastrels ignorant of its worth. My all-consuming work...
610	606	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005820_AMON	But it was not their only indulgence.
611	607	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005830_AMON	For they were ever hungry for stimulation. Slaves to the slightest hint that amusement was afoot.
612	608	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005840_AMON	Our nation was ailing...but I would see the poison purged.
613	609	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005850_AMON	I resurrected a legend─our first and greatest emperor.
614	610	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005860_AMON	And just as I had planned, he set our wayward empire back on the path of conquest.
615	611	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005870_AMON	An inexhaustible ambition carried us onwards, always onwards.
616	612	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005880_AMON	Yet he who delivered to us such glory was not to be satisfied.
617	613	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005890_XANDE	Heed me, Amon.
618	614	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005900_XANDE	No matter how vast one's empire, or full one's treasure vault, all is rendered meaningless by death.
619	615	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005910_XANDE	In the end, all is lost...
620	616	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005920_EMETSELCH	You know as well as I that the emperor stands to lose this war. And so I have come to claim you.
621	617	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005930_EMETSELCH	For while your methods leave something to be desired, we cannot deny the results of your work.
622	618	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005940_EMETSELCH	And as fortune would have it, the seat of Fandaniel─your rightful seat─lies vacant and waiting. Take your place amongst your peers, rather than die a pointless death amidst the ashes of your doomed nation.
623	619	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005950_EMETSELCH	Send one of your clones to the Crystal Tower that you might see for yourself.
624	620	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005960_EMETSELCH	See what lies ahead...
625	621	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005970_AMON	The fall of the empire affirmed the truth. Majestic and tragic...as the emperor foresaw.
626	622	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005980_AMON	Scheme as you like, build as you will. Nothing endures.
627	623	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_005990_AMON	What is life, but a brief jaunt ending in emptiness?
628	624	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006000_FANDANIEL	(-Fandaniel-)So easily distracted! Why, I almost left without saying farewell.
629	625	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006010_FANDANIEL	(-Fandaniel-)As for your friend, you needn't worry─these pawns are far more useful to me alive as fuel for the primals.
630	626	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006020_FANDANIEL	(-Fandaniel-)Ah ah ah! If you attempt to pull them free, they <Emphasis>will</Emphasis> die, so─enjoy tackling that conundrum with your comrades!
631	627	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006030_FANDANIEL	(-Fandaniel-)We shall meet again! Not in one of these minor spires, oh no, but somewhere more suitably grandiose. Your favorite playmate is ever so eager to see you.
632	628	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006040_EMETSELCH	A vast rock squats upon Thavnair, and to its stony surface clings the city of Radz–at–Han.
633	629	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006050_EMETSELCH	Ye who enter here are subject to the scrutiny of gods─the gate's most watchful eye.
634	630	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006060_EMETSELCH	The orb which beholdeth the truth of all things.
635	631	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006070_EMETSELCH	Pass beneath its hot and piercing gaze, bearing down like a second midday sun.
636	632	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006080_EMETSELCH	The fragrant haze a mixture of sweet incense and acrid smoke. The cries of merchants mingled here with lively melodies accented by dancers' feet.
637	633	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006090_EMETSELCH	Travelers seduced by vivid sound and colors were once swallowed up by patchwork streets.
638	634	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006100_EMETSELCH	But no such scenes to savor now. To what somber present does that divine eye bear witness?
639	635	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006110_VARSHAHN	Here we are: Meghaduta.
640	636	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006120_VARSHAHN	It seems a shame to bring you here directly. Under normal circumstances, it would have been my pleasure to show you the sights.
641	637	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006130_THANCRED	And it would have been our pleasure to see them. Alas, it seems our tour of the city will have to wait.
642	638	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006140_VARSHAHN	I am afraid so. Come, we should head inside.
643	639	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006150_VARSHAHN	Your Excellency, may I present our honored visitors.
644	640	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006160_AWAHEEN	(-His Excellency-)Ah, splendid, most splendid!
645	641	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006170_AWAHEEN	Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ahewann, satrap of Radz-at-Han.
646	642	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006180_AWAHEEN	Our alchemists tell me your assistance was invaluable in the creation of the warding scale.
647	643	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006190_AWAHEEN	Such deeds ought to be recognized in person, thus did I have young Varshahn convey you here forthwith. On behalf of my people, may I express to you our sincere gratitude.
648	644	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q8_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
649	645	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A8_000_001_NONE_VOICE	But Nidhana, she was taken...
650	646	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A8_000_002_NONE_VOICE	Not everything went to plan.
651	647	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006200_AWAHEEN	A regrettable incident, indeed.
652	648	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006210_AWAHEEN	I assume you speak of Nidhana? A regrettable incident, indeed.
653	649	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006220_AWAHEEN	Her colleagues insist that we honor her wishes, and trust in the talisman─that it will be instrumental in saving Nidhana and the others.
654	650	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006230_AWAHEEN	I am eager to hear your opinion on the matter, so let us not stand on ceremony. Come, sit.
655	651	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006240_ESTINIEN	I think not.
656	652	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006250_ESTINIEN	This charade has gone on long enough. Show yourself.
657	653	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006260_AWAHEEN	Forgive me, but were you expecting musicians perhaps? There are no performers waiting in the wings at present, but arrangements could be made if you'd prefer─
658	654	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006270_VRITRA	(-???-)Nay, he hath the right of it─the time for artifice is past. Raise the curtain.
659	655	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006280_AWAHEEN	As you wish.
660	656	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006290_VRITRA	(-???-)You travel as assistants to the Students of Baldesion, but you are known to me.
661	657	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006300_VRITRA	(-???-)Even here have we heard of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn.
662	658	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006310_VRITRA	I am Vrtra, and for years uncounted hath this isle served as mine abode.
663	659	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006320_URIANGER	Vrtra! Of the first brood, sibling to Hraesvelgr and Nidhogg!
664	660	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006330_VRITRA	Aye, mine elder brothers. Of Midgardsormr's spawn, I was last to hatch.
665	661	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006340_THANCRED	Well, isn't this a surprise! We were told Radz–at–Han had an alliance with a dragon, not that a great wyrm sat in the satrap's own hall...
666	662	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006350_AWAHEEN	A necessary subterfuge, as the true tale of our nation's history illustrates most effectively.
667	663	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006360_AWAHEEN	In the beginning, the rock upon which our city is built was home to Vrtra, and Vrtra alone.
668	664	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006370_AWAHEEN	In time, the ancestors of the Matanga came to the island and established a foothold, but never did they dare disturb the wyrm's lair.
669	665	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006380_AWAHEEN	Next to arrive were the Au Ra. Adopting the example of their Arkasodara allies, they too treated Vrtra with reverence and respect.
670	666	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006390_AWAHEEN	And for many years, an understanding between our forefathers and the great wyrm endured...
671	667	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006400_AWAHEEN	...Until marauding Hyurs from the mainland came, threatening to shatter our peace and tranquility.
672	668	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006410_AWAHEEN	When it seemed all would be drowned in blood, Vrtra himself came forth and quelled the rising conflict.
673	669	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006420_AWAHEEN	A peaceful accord was reached, and oaths sworn in Vrtra's name. Thus began the dragon's governance of the fledgling state which was to grow into Radz–at–Han.
674	670	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006430_THANCRED	But... If Vrtra is still here, then your position as satrap is just...
675	671	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006440_AWAHEEN	...A “charade”? Yes, and one which my family has performed faithfully for generations.
676	672	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006450_VRITRA	Many envy the great wyrms their power. Were it known that I ruled here, then the fires of war would burn without end.
677	673	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006460_VRITRA	I would not be the flame which consumeth my people. Those few who joined me in laying our country's foundations were, perforce, sworn to secrecy.
678	674	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006470_ESTINIEN	Your eye. It was taken?
679	675	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006480_VARSHAHN	'Tis here. Buried within this semblance of flesh.
680	676	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006490_VARSHAHN	The body before thee is but a simulacrum, constructed by the finest artisans of Radz–at–Han. With mine eye nestled within, it doth serve as an inconspicuous vessel for my will.
681	677	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006500_ESTINIEN	Ah. That would explain why I felt the presence of a dragon upon our first meeting.
682	678	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006510_VARSHAHN	I am woven with wards fashioned to deceive such arcane senses.
683	679	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006520_VARSHAHN	Though 'twas short-lived, it seemeth thy fusion with my brother hath left thee much altered, Estinien Wyrmblood.
684	680	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006530_VARSHAHN	From the very first, we sensed the nature of one another. Yet did neither one of us bare his fangs.
685	681	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006540_VARSHAHN	That is all I need know of thee for now.
686	682	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006550_VRITRA	With my secret thus revealed, I have for you a proposal. Not as a wyrm of the first brood, but as the ruler of Radz–at–Han.
687	683	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006560_VRITRA	With all haste must we take in hand the finished talismans and breach this foul spire. Thence, should it lay within our power, dispel its wicked influence.
688	684	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006570_VRITRA	Yet even with the assurance of the warding scales, the narrow confines of the tower doth limit the size of our force.
689	685	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006580_URIANGER	And thus denied strength in numbers, thou must choose thy soldiers with care.
690	686	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006590_VRITRA	Just so. Yet though our Radiant Host is formidable, I see a surer path before me.
691	687	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006600_VRITRA	Thou and thy comrades have contended with a multitude of primal beings. Most recently thou didst cast down false gods in Paglth'an and Carteneau, I am told.
692	688	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006610_VRITRA	'Tis upon that strength I would call. The Scions have proven themselves most capable, and I ask that you serve as the tip of our spear.
693	689	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006620_VRITRA	Talismans would, of course, be provided for each of thy companions.
694	690	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006630_VRITRA	And should you agree to this undertaking, more will be provided to make use of as you see fit.
695	691	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006640_THANCRED	There's no denying it's a dangerous proposition, but the rewards may far outweigh the risk. Just think of what we might accomplish if we could equip all our allies with warding scales.
696	692	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006650_THANCRED	I worry, however, that even the four of us may be too few for what you have in mind. Might we regroup with our friends first to discuss the matter?
697	693	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006660_VRITRA	'Tis no trifling task that I have laid before you. Go, steel your hearts and hone your plans─such time as you require shall we spend in crafting your protective charms.
698	694	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006670_THANCRED	It seems a quick trip back to Sharlayan is in order...
699	695	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006680_VRITRA	Wilt thou not lend thine aid?
700	696	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006690_ESTINIEN	Whether your request be made as a great wyrm or the ruler of Radz–at–Han, I see no reason to refuse. Nor will I.
701	697	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006700_VRITRA	I am in thy debt.
702	698	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006710_KRILE	Your time in Thavnair has certainly been eventful.
703	699	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006720_KRILE	In my opinion, carrying out Vrtra's request and assaulting the Tower of Zot should be our highest priority.
704	700	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006730_YSHTOLA	I agree. While I still have questions concerning the Forum and their grand undertaking, we have all but exhausted our avenues of investigation.
705	701	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006740_YSHTOLA	Simply pressing them any harder on the subject will almost certainly result in our expulsion. Therefore I suggest we explore the aetherial sea connection by way of a letter to Master Matoya, then make our way to Thavnair.
706	702	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006750_ALPHINAUD	I wonder... Even with the protection these talismans afford us, what can we hope to achieve once inside the tower?
707	703	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006760_ALPHINAUD	According to Arenvald and Fordola's report, they were unable to free the Amalj'aa. Worse, their attempts triggered the tower's defenses, which led to a summoning of Lunar Ifrit.
708	704	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006770_YSHTOLA	What does it tell us that the spires even have such defenses?
709	705	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006780_YSHTOLA	Simply pulling a prisoner from the wall is fatal, thus the direct approach is doomed to failure from the outset. Any further measures to dissuade such actions seem...unnecessary.
710	706	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006790_YSHTOLA	Unless, of course, there <Emphasis>is</Emphasis> a way to free the prisoners without killing them. Then it stands to reason that any intruders would be met with overwhelming force.
711	707	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006800_URIANGER	The towers appeared throughout the world in but the twinkling of an eye. 'Twas by magical means these structures were raised, I surmise.
712	708	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006810_URIANGER	A spire thus conjured must needs be maintained, and I suspect an arcane catalyst─some manner of “core”─doth lie hidden within.
713	709	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006820_URIANGER	Destroy the core, and the tower ceaseth to be...thus liberating the captives without harm!
714	710	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006830_YSHTOLA	So we can hope. And I would prefer to enter the tower with a working theory than with no plan at all.
715	711	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006840_THANCRED	Assuming Y'shtola's reasoning is correct, the chances of the defenses remaining dormant are small to none.
716	712	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006850_THANCRED	Any primals will have to be dealt with, and defeating one will likely only lead to the summoning of another. Our every victory will only compound the prisoners' suffering.
717	713	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006860_GRAHATIA	May we not then divide our forces?
718	714	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006870_GRAHATIA	Those proficient in healing will focus on sustaining the captives. That duty can be covered by Urianger, Krile, Y'shtola, and myself.
719	715	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006880_GRAHATIA	The remaining Scions will proceed with the search for the core. Admittedly, this strategy puts both parties at greater risk, but it should bolster our chances of saving the Arkasodara by a considerable margin.
720	716	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q9_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
721	717	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A9_000_001_NONE_VOICE	Are you sure Alphinaud is in the right group?
722	718	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A9_000_002_NONE_VOICE	What of Alisaie? She knows a healing spell or two.
723	719	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A9_000_003_NONE_VOICE	Aren't you forgetting someone!?
724	720	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006890_GRAHATIA	If you're to fight primals, then you'd best have at least one healer with you.
725	721	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006900_ALPHINAUD	And I am more than happy to fulfill that role. I've found wielding a sage's armaments to be rather intuitive, and look forward to testing them against a more challenging foe.
726	722	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006910_GRAHATIA	That she does, but I think Alisaie herself would assert that she's at her best when she's charging unto the breach.
727	723	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006920_GRAHATIA	And from what I recall from the Grand Cosmos, there's a spring in her step when she fights by your side.
728	724	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006930_ALISAIE	Ye gods, will you never let me hear the end of that? Rest assured that I will do what is asked of me regardless of who I happen to be standing next to at any given time!
729	725	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006940_GRAHATIA	Of course not! As our most talented healer, we need you leading the van, fighting primals on the front lines.
730	726	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006950_KRILE	It seems we have a plan; all that remains is to carry it out. I will inform Radz–at–Han of our movements, so let us make our preparations and regroup near the tower.
731	727	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006960_THANCRED	The military post in what's left of the Hamsa Hatchery should serve as a convenient staging point.
732	728	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006970_KRILE	That sounds perfect! And remember: the experimental aetheryte at the Confluence is there for those who need it, so there's no excuse for being late!
733	729	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006980_KRILE	Is everyone all right!?
734	730	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_006990_GRAHATIA	We fortified the captives with what magicks we could. Have the defenses been disabled? All appears quiet for the moment...
735	731	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007000_KRILE	The lower floors were disturbing enough, but this place feels...wrong. The aether is heavy and thick. Like wading through a quagmire...
736	732	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007010_URIANGER	I believe we stand in the tower's beating heart. What sayest thou, Y'shtola...?
737	733	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007020_YSHTOLA	I see it. Aether siphoned from the land runs up through the spire, flowing to a single point...
738	734	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007030_YSHTOLA	This is the core we seek.
739	735	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007040_YSHTOLA	Yet something is...off. As large as this structure is, it siphons far more aether than is required to sustain it.
740	736	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007050_YSHTOLA	'Tis as if the core is feeding on the energy. Consuming it. I need to take a closer look...
741	737	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007060_YSHTOLA	...Curious. There is something there, embedded inside the core.
742	738	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007070_YSHTOLA	A man's limb...
743	739	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007080_ESTINIEN	This is what we came to destroy?
744	740	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007090_YSHTOLA	Yes. If you would be so kind?
745	741	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007100_ESTINIEN	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
746	742	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007110_ALPHINAUD	And that should be the end of it!
747	743	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007120_ALISAIE	Ugh, what now!?
748	744	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007130_URIANGER	My theory that the tower might come crashing down following the core's destruction doth appear to be correct.
749	745	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007140_ALISAIE	Bully for you! And how are we supposed to survive the fall!?
750	746	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007150_GRAHATIA	What of the prisoners below...!
751	747	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007160_YSHTOLA	The floor beneath our very feet dissolves. Brace yourselves!
752	748	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007170_GRAHATIA	I pray I'm not too late!
753	749	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007180_ALISAIE	What happened? Where are we?
754	750	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007190_ALPHINAUD	By my reckoning, we're still on the island where the tower stood but...'tis as if it never existed.
755	751	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007200_ALPHINAUD	Hardly a scratch. But how...?
756	752	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007210_KRILE	G'raha wove a levitation spell at the last moment. Large enough to catch everyone, it would seem.
757	753	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007220_THANCRED	That explains the lack of obvious injuries.
758	754	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007230_KRILE	The expenditure of so much aether has taken its toll. He will need plenty of rest, but should otherwise be none the worse for wear.
759	755	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007240_THANCRED	Then the immediate problem is what to do with our new friends here.
760	756	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007250_THANCRED	They'll be much changed for their time in the tower. Even if their bodies are intact, I doubt we could say the same for their minds.
761	757	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007260_ALISAIE	Angelo and I will take care of that.
762	758	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007270_THANCRED	I have every faith in you, Alisaie, but there are just too many for you to treat alone.
763	759	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007280_YSHTOLA	We'll send at once to Eorzea for more porxies, and call on the local mages to lend a hand.
764	760	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007290_VARSHAHN	Hail, Scions!
765	761	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007300_VARSHAHN	We were watching the tower, when it simply...disappeared. What happened here?
766	762	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007310_URIANGER	The threat is banished, and thy people delivered. They are, however, in need of treatment, and we of a secure locale and helping hands to assist us in its provision.
767	763	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007320_VARSHAHN	You shall have all this and more. Come, let us convey these unfortunate souls to the city.
768	764	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007330_THANCRED	...Are we the last to arrive? I hope we've not kept you waiting!
769	765	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007340_AWAHEEN	Not at all. Your comrade is feeling better, I trust?
770	766	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007350_GRAHATIA	Much better, thank you. Hannish remedies are certainly potent─in more ways than one.
771	767	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007360_AWAHEEN	One becomes accustomed to the taste, although I hope you never have cause to do so. Pray take your ease.
772	768	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007370_GRAHATIA	Full glad I am to see you all unharmed.
773	769	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007380_VRITRA	Valiant Scions. For your heroism, you have my boundless gratitude.
774	770	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007390_VRITRA	You cast down that dire tower and set free its hapless captives. You cleansed their souls of its corrupting influence.
775	771	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007400_VRITRA	No words of thanks will suffice. In place of platitudes, I offer a bounty of warding scales.
776	772	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007410_VRITRA	Pray accept your due reward, along with the goodwill of Radz–at–Han.
777	773	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007420_AWAHEEN	Alchemists throughout the land were put to work in the forging of your talismans. The finished ones have been collected, and now await you at the High Crucible of Al-Kimiya.
778	774	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007430_AWAHEEN	Present this letter when you are ready to take them into your possession.
779	775	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007440_ALPHINAUD	We are humbled by your generosity. Know that the inventive wisdom of Radz–at–Han will be vital in restoring serenity to our star.
780	776	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007450_ALISAIE	Every single one of those scales came from you, didn't they? You must still be in such pain...
781	777	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007460_VRITRA	'Tis of no moment. A mere annoyance compared to the dreadful suffering inflicted upon this land and its people.
782	778	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007470_ALPHINAUD	Albeit brief, my involvement in the Dragonsong War afforded me a glimpse of the myriad sorrows which consumed both dragon and man.
783	779	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007480_ALPHINAUD	Though you were half a world away, such tragedies as befell your kin must have affected you deeply.
784	780	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007490_ALPHINAUD	And yet you chose to live among men.
785	781	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007500_VRITRA	In the age when that conflict first bloomed, my choice had already been made.
786	782	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007510_VRITRA	In some distant place, man slew dragon, and dragon slaughtered man. Yet no hate could I muster for those smiling faces which did look to me for guidance.
787	783	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007520_VRITRA	Not even my brother's righteous rage could rally me to his cause. I huddled here, secret and still, hoping against hope that which I had built would remain untouched by the chaos and carnage.
788	784	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007530_YSHTOLA	'Twould seem we share the same desire for peace, great Vrtra. To that end, I wonder if we might trouble you with another question.
789	785	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007540_YSHTOLA	The Telophoroi are intent on recreating the Final Days, an apocalyptic event which we know to predate the sundering of the star.
790	786	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007550_YSHTOLA	As the longest lived among us, know you aught of this terrible cataclysm?
791	787	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007560_VRITRA	Nay. When war and strife drove my sire from his home, he crossed the great expanse with only our unhatched eggs as company.
792	788	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007570_VRITRA	He alighted upon a shattered Source, its thirteen reflections long since scattered beyond the rift.
793	789	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007580_VRITRA	Of events preceding his arrival, he knoweth naught save that which Hydaelyn hath deigned to disclose.
794	790	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007590_YSHTOLA	I see... So again, 'tis the inscrutable Hydaelyn to whom we must look for answers.
795	791	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007600_VRITRA	Seek you to divine the will of this star? If so, I have a tale which may afford you some small comfort.
796	792	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007610_VRITRA	'Tis a story from my youth, many, many years ago... To my sire, I once posed the question, “Of all the stars in the sky, why didst thou settle upon this one?”
797	793	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007620_VRITRA	To which Midgardsormr did reply, “'Twas the last bastion of hope.”
798	794	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007630_VRITRA	He believed, so long as Hydaelyn endured, so too might dragonkind.
799	795	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007640_VRITRA	Solemn and portentous were his words. What deeper meaning they held, I could not─dared not─pursue. 'Tis a stone I've left unturned ever since.
800	796	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007650_VRITRA	Yet take you solace in the knowledge that, whatsoever Hydaelyn doth strive towards, 'tis an ideal which hath earned my sire's conviction.
801	797	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007660_YSHTOLA	Thank you, Vrtra. You've given us warm reassurance in a world gripped by cold uncertainty.
802	798	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007670_THANCRED	While I'm sure we all have a great many questions, I think it's time we collect the talismans and be on our way. Our fight against the Telophoroi is far from finished.
803	799	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007680_KRILE	We must take our leave, but please do inform us if we can provide any further assistance.
804	800	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007690_VRITRA	Prithee, a moment.
805	801	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007700_VRITRA	There is one whom my sire hath judged worthy of honor and respect─the one known to men as Eorzea's champion. This hero of renown and rumor...'tis thee.
806	802	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q10_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
807	803	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A10_000_001_NONE_VOICE	Midgardsormr and I have crossed paths, yes.
808	804	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A10_000_002_NONE_VOICE	I've not spoken with your father in some time...
809	805	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A10_000_003_NONE_VOICE	I only wish he could be here with us now...
810	806	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007710_VRITRA	I knew it to be so. From man and dragon alike have I learned of thine exploits.
811	807	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007720_VRITRA	In accordance with the covenant he forged with Hydaelyn, the stewardship of this star hath ever been his purpose. Silence in the face of thine actions is the greatest sign of his approval.
812	808	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007730_VRITRA	I know of his clash with Omega, and the long slumber which was his price.
813	809	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007740_VRITRA	Yet even closed in sleep, my father's eyes are far from blind. He is watching over thee; watching over this world.
814	810	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007750_VRITRA	'Twas a revelation most pleasing that thou─a child of man─had gained Midgardsormr's trust. But alongside mine elation runneth a rivulet of dread.
815	811	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007760_VRITRA	For upon thy life's reel wind too many threads. Of fate. Power. Weal, enmeshed with woe.
816	812	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007770_VRITRA	Amidst this tangled knot, thou shalt know no rest. 'Tis an endless confluence of forces; a struggle without surcease.
817	813	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007780_VRITRA	More terrible still is the attrition wrought upon thy companions, as they are swept up in the storm of thine existence.
818	814	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007790_VRITRA	Take heart and protect them well. They will be your strength and your salvation. The hope thou wilt need come the end.
819	815	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007800_VRITRA	Even cowering behind my curtain, I know the suffering of the powerful. I have watched my siblings driven mad by loss.
820	816	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007810_VRITRA	Thus do I exhort thee to spare no effort to keep thy loved ones safe.
821	817	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007820_ALPHINAUD	Ah, apologies. We hadn't meant to interrupt.
822	818	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007830_ALISAIE	It's just that we <Emphasis>do</Emphasis> have a history of suddenly collapsing, and when you didn't follow us out...
823	819	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007840_VRITRA	'Tis I who must apologize. I have detained your champion overlong with idle chatter.
824	820	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007850_VRITRA	Go. At war's end, I pray I welcome thee back into my hall, where together with thy joyful comrades you may toast your triumph.
825	821	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007860_ALISAIE	These are the talismans we were promised?
826	822	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007870_YSHTOLA	Yes, and I made a quick count: there are far more than we could have hoped for.
827	823	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007880_YSHTOLA	Enough to outfit an entire company of soldiers, in fact. Considering the involved process, that they were able to manufacture so many in such a short span of time is nothing short of a miracle.
828	824	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007890_ALPHINAUD	Once we have distributed them to our allies in Eorzea and the Far East, we'll have a fighting chance to bring down the other spires─just as we did with the Tower of Zot.
829	825	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007900_YSHTOLA	Or, we could use them to invade Garlemald proper, and strike directly at the Telophoroi's base of operations...
830	826	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007910_YSHTOLA	Of course, we would need to consult with various Alliance leaders before such a drastic measure could even be contemplated.
831	827	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007920_YSHTOLA	To which end I could set out forthwith and present the idea to each of our allies in person.
832	828	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007930_URIANGER	Pray allow me to undertake some few of those journeys. I find myself restless, and in need of purposeful duties.
833	829	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007940_THANCRED	I can head eastward. Bozja and Dalmasca are just a short hop from here, and Doma's shinobi network should come in handy for passing on the word.
834	830	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007950_YSHTOLA	We shall share the burden, then.
835	831	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007960_YSHTOLA	Meanwhile, I think it best that you and the others take the talismans back to the Baldesion Annex. We must keep them safe and secure until we've decided upon a course of action.
836	832	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007970_NIDHANA	Please, I must speak with you!
837	833	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007980_THANCRED	Nidhana!? You're awake!
838	834	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_007990_NIDHANA	Yes. When I spoke with the carer at my bedside, she told me that one of the Scions─a young woman─had cleansed me of the tower's corruption.
839	835	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008000_NIDHANA	It seems I've been asleep ever since the treatment... But when I awoke and learned you were all still here, I knew I had to come.
840	836	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008010_ALISAIE	As you said, Nidhana was captured only recently.
841	837	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008020_ALISAIE	Such a brief exposure is swiftly cured, so I tended to her before we gathered at Meghaduta.
842	838	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008030_NIDHANA	And I am truly grateful that you did! I cannot thank you enough...
843	839	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008040_NIDHANA	All of you─for everything you've done. Destroying the tower, rescuing our people...you've saved Thavnair from an awful fate!
844	840	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008050_URIANGER	Yet who hath truly saved whom?
845	841	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008060_URIANGER	Due in no small part to thine inspirational courage, the alchemists were successful in reproducing warding scales of proven efficacy.
846	842	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008070_URIANGER	Replications of thy work now stand ready to travel across the seas, unto the hands of those who might wield them against this rising evil.
847	843	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008080_NIDHANA	The talisman? Is this true!?
848	844	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008090_NIDHANA	I was so groggy from sleep, I didn't even think to ask.
849	845	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008100_NIDHANA	Our great work, sent across the seas...
850	846	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008110_NIDHANA	It was worth it. It was all worth it!
851	847	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008120_KRILE	Look at that! Its color is completely changed!
852	848	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008130_NIDHANA	What do you have there...?
853	849	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008140_NIDHANA	How unusual. I wonder if the effect is a reaction to akasa.
854	850	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008150_KRILE	I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that term.
855	851	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008160_NIDHANA	Akasa? It is one of the unseen energies defined by Hannish alchemical theory.
856	852	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008170_NIDHANA	Though a gross oversimplification, some describe it as an essence influenced by feelings.
857	853	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008180_ALPHINAUD	You imply that it is distinct from aether?
858	854	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008190_NIDHANA	Foreign scholars often conflate the two, but we see them as separate concepts.
859	855	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008200_NIDHANA	Aether is an energy which permeates the land. It exists within animals, objects, even the air we breathe, affecting all through which it flows.
860	856	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008210_NIDHANA	Akasa, on the other hand, exists in a domain beyond our reach. A gift bestowed from on high─or torn from the heavens, in some traditions.
861	857	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008220_NIDHANA	Akasa can neither be created, nor destroyed. It is beyond our power to purposefully alter or manipulate.
862	858	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008230_NIDHANA	The only thing observed to influence it is an abundance of...I want to say “spiritual emotion.”
863	859	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008240_NIDHANA	As a veteran of the battlefield, surely you've experienced moments of desperation or exaltation when you've transcended the usual limits of your capabilities?
864	860	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008250_NIDHANA	That is a manifestation of akasa, the invisible essence harnessed by heart, mind, and unyielding spirit!
865	861	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008260_YSHTOLA	I really must hear more about this theory! Our disciplines are based entirely upon the idea that aether is the fundamental form of all energy.
866	862	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008270_NIDHANA	I'm glad my haphazard explanation has piqued your interest.
867	863	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008280_NIDHANA	But even for us, akasa is a somewhat abstract field of study. A lack of practical application lends itself poorly to formalized research.
868	864	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008290_NIDHANA	Which is why my analysis of your flower can amount to little more than idle speculation. I am sorry...
869	865	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008300_KRILE	Nonsense, you have nothing to be sorry for. Your insight is much appreciated!
870	866	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008310_ALPHINAUD	Shall we depart for Sharlayan, then? I will see to it that the talismans arrive at the annex.
871	867	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008320_THANCRED	And we will be in touch once our talks are concluded. I suggest you rest while you can─from here onward, sleep is bound to be in short supply.
872	868	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008330_VRITRA	Take heart and protect them well.
873	869	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008340_ALISAIE	Good, you're here! You haven't eaten yet, have you?
874	870	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008350_ALISAIE	We've brought quite a spread if you're interested. Only the finest dining from the Last Stand!
875	871	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008355_GRAHATIA	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
876	872	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008356_GRAHATIA	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
877	873	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008357_ALISAIE	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
878	874	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008358_GRAHATIA	No subtitles. Report if displayed.
879	875	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008360_ALPHINAUD	Lest you wonder, we invited Estinien as well.
880	876	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008370_ALPHINAUD	But he refused with a rather grim-faced “No, thank you.” I suspect Sharlayan cuisine is not to his liking...
881	877	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008380_KRILE	Oh, I don't know about that. Perhaps our lone wolf just needed some time apart.
882	878	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008390_ALISAIE	What, to perfect his brooding stare!?
883	879	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008400_ALISAIE	Next time, I'll drag him out by the ear, sit him down in front of a Sharlayan feast, and see that he eats every last bite.
884	880	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008410_ALPHINAUD	An excellent idea. Of all people, warriors must take proper meals and rest if they are to maintain a healthy constitution.
885	881	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008420_KRILE	Poor Estinien, beset on all sides.
886	882	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008430_GRAHATIA	Speaking of one's physical condition, Mistress Krile, I hear you recently played literal host to Hydaelyn Herself...
887	883	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008440_KRILE	And what an experience that was. Tiring, yes, but no lasting harm done.
888	884	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008450_KRILE	If anything, I should have liked to speak with Her longer... I've not felt a hint of Her presence since.
889	885	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008460_ALISAIE	Hydaelyn instructed you to carry that flower, yes?
890	886	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008470_ALISAIE	'Twill be your guide─“test and proof of your conviction.” And then something about seeking joy in darkness, was it?
891	887	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008480_ALISAIE	Come to think of it... Isn't that what happened with Nidhana, back in Radz–at–Han?
892	888	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008490_ALPHINAUD	The flower did seem to radiate a joyful glow. As if reflecting the elation we all felt. The relief of a people with renewed hope.
893	889	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008500_GRAHATIA	Indeed. And in turn, I felt buoyed by that radiance. 'Twas akin to spotting a beacon, and knowing we were on the right path.
894	890	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008510_GRAHATIA	I know we've not yet triumphed over the Telophoroi, or learned the full breadth of the Forum's plans...
895	891	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008520_GRAHATIA	But even within the midst of our struggles, we find small moments of joy to sustain us.
896	892	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008530_GRAHATIA	Rare and hard-won, perhaps. But it is this pursuit of happiness that gives us the strength to carry on, day after day...
897	893	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008540_GRAHATIA	Hey! That's mine!
898	894	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008550_ALISAIE	To the swift, the spoils! Though I recall that levitation spell of yours was quick enough.
899	895	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008560_GRAHATIA	Only barely. And even at my best, I'm still too slow to wield it effectively in battle.
900	896	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008570_GRAHATIA	Mayhap I simply require more practice with this new magick...
901	897	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008580_ALPHINAUD	You unearthed it from the depths of Noumenon, I presume?
902	898	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008590_GRAHATIA	Aye, and from a veritable mountain of arcane tomes, at that. 'Twas...necessary to facilitate my solitary explorations.
903	899	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008600_ALISAIE	Or, to put it simply, you used it to sneak around the forbidden archives.
904	900	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008610_GRAHATIA	Ah, yes, well...after a fashion...
905	901	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008620_GRAHATIA	They're tall, you see...
906	902	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008630_GRAHATIA	The shelves─they're too tall for me! And I could hardly move the library's platforms without attracting attention now, could I!?
907	903	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008640_ALPHINAUD	Ohhh...
908	904	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008650_ALISAIE	Ohhh...
909	905	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008660_KRILE	Ohhh...
910	906	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_Q11_000_001_NONE_VOICE	What will you say?
911	907	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A11_000_001_NONE_VOICE	Are we pushing on until dawn?
912	908	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A11_000_002_NONE_VOICE	Shall we call it a night?
913	909	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_A11_000_003_NONE_VOICE	You do know these are “my” quarters...?
914	910	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008670_ALPHINAUD	I'm not that ambitious. But 'tis pleasant to idle away the hours every once in a while.
915	911	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008680_ALISAIE	One last cup of tea, then. Dickon said this brew helps relax the mind before bed...and gave us some leaves for free!
916	912	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008690_KRILE	Why else did you think we were here? Surrender to thy fate, O champion!
917	913	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008700_AMON	Ah, enjoying the bracing cold, I see. Do you not own a warm coat or a cloak? Something in fur or fashioned from the skins of your enemies, or...? Well, never mind that.
918	914	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008710_AMON	I come to you once more as the bearer of bad news.
919	915	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008720_AMON	Our tower in Thavnair has been toppled, and I need not tell you by whom.
920	916	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008730_AMON	Given how many we have at our disposal, the loss of a single spire is hardly fatal to our plans. It does, however, slow the rate at which we siphon aether.
921	917	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008740_AMON	If they continue to preoccupy themselves with the towers, then all will be well. But should our foe prove bold enough to strike at us here, then the timing becomes...questionable.
922	918	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008750_ZENOS	Our foe is bold enough. Of that, I can assure you.
923	919	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008760_AMON	Yes, very well, then... I suppose I must prepare a proper welcome.
924	920	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008770_AMON	Honestly, talk of your nemesis is the only thing you seem to enjoy. Does nothing else spark your interest?
925	921	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008780_ZENOS	Hmm... No. All else is...equal.
926	922	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008790_ZENOS	Equally tedious. Equally disappointing. The world is a tepid bog into which we sink, too weak to thrash as the mud clings to our eyes and fills our throats till we blissfully choke.
927	923	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008800_ZENOS	But then came the light. Blinding and pure and hot─so very hot. Enough to set my soul aflame.
928	924	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008810_ZENOS	I basked in the afterglow...until the void yawned once more. And then I knew the muck would never claim me again. There was naught for me ahead, so I drew the curtain on all that had come before.
929	925	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008820_ZENOS	Burn, burn. Let the whole star burn. I will have my contest. I will reclaim my moment.
930	926	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008830_AMON	How wonderful that the emptiness of death has not dissuaded you from committing your life to its pursuit once more.
931	927	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008840_AMON	I don't know whether to envy you or pity you...
932	928	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008850_ZENOS	You question my disinterest, but what of yours? Despite your noisome antics, I sense you take little pleasure in this endeavor.
933	929	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008860_AMON	Mercy, my lord... Such pointed barbs from one who barely acknowledges my existence.
934	930	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008870_AMON	Nevertheless, you are mistaken, for I do find this part somewhat enjoyable.
935	931	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008880_AMON	You see, when I was mortal, I would always have the same dream.
936	932	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008890_AMON	It was a fragmented thing. Disjointed. All the faces incomplete. The setting, too, was unknown to me, so I thought it simply a fantasy of my sleeping mind.
937	933	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008900_AMON	Until one day, I realized it was showing me the truth─much as your dream of the Final Days enlightened you.
938	934	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008910_AMON	And soon, very soon, the rest of the world will see the truth of my dream too.
939	935	TEXT_VOICEMAN_06000_008920_AMON	Yes, I think that is something we can both enjoy.