ffxiv-datamining/csv/en/quest/045/StmBdr601_04586.csv

1	0	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_00	The bespectacled technician is enjoying the refreshing harbor breeze.
2	1	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_01	The bespectacled technician turns at your approach, marveling at the serendipity of your meeting. She explains that she and her team have just begun combing through the *Ragnarok*'s flight log data, only to discover the existence of a mystery transmission─an audio message of unknown origin. The technician invites you to join her at Thaumazein, insisting that one of the flight's original passengers should be present for the moment when they finally decipher the transmission's content.
3	2	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_02	Upon your arrival, you learn that engineers from Garlond Ironworks will be coming to assist with deciphering the message. Sure enough, you are soon joined by the inimitable Biggs and Wedge, who themselves are accompanied by Alpha and the scale model of Omega. After exchanging surprised greetings, Biggs shares his suspicion that, in its final moments, the original Omega may have somehow transferred its mind into its toylike counterpart. The contraption's newly added voice module removes all doubt, allowing the entity to confirm its identity, not to mention its ability to understand the transmitted missive. Omega's willingness to cooperate, however, is contingent upon you assisting with its investigation into certain anomalies surrounding the Final Days...
4	3	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_03	You agree to Omega's conditions, and it explains that there are three elements of the Scions' report which require clarification. The first of these concerns the pattern of those who succumbed to transformation during the Final Days. Motioning for Alpha to join you, it urges you to teleport your unlikely trio to Radz–at–Han.
5	4	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_04	Once in the city, Omega hypothesizes that survivors of the Final Days will display significant strength of heart. Reasoning that a residential ward should provide suitable subjects for interrogation, you set off to question the inhabitants of Kama. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
6	5	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_05	Your interviews have provided Omega with a trove of revelatory data. Seemingly overwhelmed by the input, the former weapon construct requests a quiet location to process the information it has heard. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
7	6	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_06	After evaluating its initial hypothesis against the gathered evidence, Omega is struck by the inaccuracy of its assessments. Determined to identify the root of this computational conflict, Omega insists that a larger sample size of subjects is required. You conclude that Djinabaha of Ruveydah Fibers should meet the parameters set forth by your mechanical companion. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
8	7	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_07	A puzzled-but-welcoming Djinabaha does his best to answer Omega's questions, though it seems his responses serve only to add to the machine's confusion. Reluctant to disturb the “deep philosophical musings” taking place, Djinabaha nevertheless ventures to ask a favor of you. He asks that you spare a moment to talk with a man by the name of Nashvan, who should be sorting inventory just outside the facility's eastern exit. ※You must be accompanied by Omega and Alpha to complete this task. Speak with either of them at the aetheryte plaza should you become separated.
9	8	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SEQ_08	You find the man in question, and are transported back to that tragic moment in time when both his son and Ahewann were lost to the terrors of the Final Days. Nashvan's tale of sorrow and subsequent return to society leaves Omega confounded once more, the ephemeral mortal spirit as much a source of mystery as it ever was. Perhaps a change of location and objective will help further Omega's education...
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25	24	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_00	Speak with the bespectacled technician.
26	25	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_01	Speak with Omega.
27	26	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_02	Speak with Omega and have it accompany you.
28	27	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_03	Speak with the residents of Kama while accompanied by Omega and Alpha.
29	28	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_04	Accompany Omega to the designated location and then speak with it.
30	29	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_05	Speak with Djinabaha while accompanied by Omega and Alpha.
31	30	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_TODO_06	Search for Nashvan while accompanied by Omega and Alpha.
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49	48	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_000	Hrngh! Ah, that's blown the cobwebs away. Time to return to work...
50	49	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_001	Goodness me, look who it is! How incredibly serendipitous that I would run into *you* of all people!
51	50	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_002	I was part of the team which designed the *Ragnarok*, you see, and we've recently begun the process of combing through the vessel's flight log data.
52	51	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_003	The primary objective of your journey to Ultima Thule was to save our star and countless others, of course, but it also provided us with an invaluable trove of information─records of places and events we could only dream of.
53	52	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_004	Your safe return gave us much to be thankful for.
54	53	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_005	As it so happens, one of the things we pulled from the log was a transmission of unknown origin. Something the ship must have intercepted during its flight...
55	54	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_007	We believe it to be an audio message, but even our most knowledgeable scholars have been unable to decipher its content─Professor Rurusha included.
56	55	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_008	We believe it to be an audio message, but even our most talented linguists have been unable to decipher the language.
57	56	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_009	For a while there, it seemed we must accept defeat. But today may be the day that we finally solve the mystery!
58	57	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_010	If you were so inclined, would you care to come along to Thaumazein? It seems fitting to have one of the *Ragnarok*'s original passengers present to hear history being made.
59	58	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_020	Ah, there you are! This is where we're to meet the engineers from Garlond Ironworks, who, I am told, potentially hold the key to unlocking our mystery transmission.
60	59	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_021	They should be along at any moment...
61	60	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_022	(-???-)Sorry we're late. We had some trouble finding the right─ Gods, is that you, Player!?
62	61	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_023	Yes! The woman herself! I ran into her at the harbor, and thought if anyone deserved to hear this message deciphered, it was Player Player.
63	62	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_024	No argument here. But bugger me if you don't have a knack for being in the right place at the right time...
64	63	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_025	This actually has more to do with you than you might think, so please, do stick around.
65	64	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_026	Shall we pick up from where we left off, then?
66	65	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_027	As I was saying, we think this transmission the *Ragnarok* intercepted is a message of some kind─albeit in a language entirely alien to our ears.
67	66	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_028	“Alien” being the operative word here. Considering we received the message out in the great expanse, its origin was likely some distant star.
68	67	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_029	Unfortunately, our list of off-world allies is presently rather short. Thus we were resigned to the fact that the meaning behind the message would remain beyond our understanding.
69	68	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_030	One of my colleagues, however, refused to give up. She remembered the Ironworks engineers who had been so helpful in the construction of the *Ragnarok*, and turned to them for insight into our seemingly impossible problem.
70	69	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_031	Do you know what Wedge said when he heard what was going on?
71	70	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_032	“We should have Omega listen to it. I bet it can tell us what the message means!”
72	71	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_033	Not the Omega you beat in the rift, of course. He's talking about the toy that trundles around with Alpha─the little model we made.
73	72	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_034	We originally designed it to follow a chosen target and not much else, but I've seen it act in ways that...well, it's like it has a mind of its own.
74	73	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_035	Then I got to thinking about those documents your lot sent the chief. The full report on the Final Days...
75	74	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_036	In the part about Omega's civilization, it said their people discovered how to convert the mind into data and store it outside the body.
76	75	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_037	Timing being what it was, I wonder if Omega didn't somehow transfer its consciousness into our model right before you put an end to the real one.
77	76	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_038	So! In an effort to get to the bottom of that, as well as take a crack at this indecipherable message, we decided to make some modifications.
78	77	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_039	With help from Labyrinthos technicians, we've upgraded our toy Omega with a fully functional vocalization module!
79	78	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_040	We played the transmission for Omega, and I think it's ready to share!
80	79	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q1_000_041	What will you say?
81	80	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A1_000_042	Are you in there, Omega?
82	81	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A1_000_043	Ahem... Hello?
83	82	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_044	Affirmative...if by “Omega” you are referring to my consciousness, rather than my entire former chassis, existing inside this considerably smaller frame.
84	83	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_045	...Hello. Your greeting is a standard method for initiating communication, but in this case, it was imperative that you first establish my true identity.
85	84	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_046	Without confirming I am Omega, any subsequent interaction must allow for the probability that you are wasting time addressing a mere toy.
86	85	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_047	Prediction. You will formulate several misconceptions. These, I shall preemptively dismiss based on the following facts...
87	86	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_048	One. Vocalization module aside, this chassis remains unmodified from the design constructed by the engineers Biggs and Wedge. I evaluate its combat capabilities to be on par with a mortal infant.
88	87	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_049	Two. The mechanism which allowed me to perform an emergency transfer of my consciousness was installed in my previous body. With the destruction of that body, I am rendered incapable of replicating such a feat.
89	88	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_050	Should this current material form be destroyed or cease to function, all cognitive awareness or presence I possess will also be lost.
90	89	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_051	Conclusion. I present no threat to you or your star, nor do my projections indicate the necessity to inflict harm.
91	90	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_052	In the fraction of a moment before my annihilation in the rift, I...reexamined my directives.
92	91	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_053	If I am to fulfill my purpose as an evolving construct, then I must continue my journey for improvement for as long as I exist. I must acquire this “heart” of yours. This “strength of soul.”
93	92	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_054	Well, there you have it. And it's not wrong about its “combat capabilities”─it'd be more likely to damage itself than the thing it was trying to attack.
94	93	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_055	But let's not forget the reason we brought you here in the first place. What about the transmission they played for you? Could you recognize the language?
95	94	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_056	Affirmative. It was transmitted in pan-galactic basic.
96	95	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_057	Pan...galactic...basic?
97	96	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_058	A common language in comparatively extensive usage throughout the worlds we have conquered.
98	97	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_059	Which means you can finally tell us what the message said! That *is* a language you understand, yes?
99	98	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_060	I understand it perfectly. I am fluent in over six million distinct dialectal codings. <blip>
100	99	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_061	My cooperation in this matter, however, is conditional.
101	100	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_062	Elaboration. Your chief Cid utilizes the floor as part of his unorthodox filing system, which allowed me to scan the report on the Final Days.
102	101	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_063	I am aware that my home star─the one you call “Alphatron”─was obliterated in the aftermath of Sir and Meteion's meeting.
103	102	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_064	The existence of dynamis has not previously factored into my projections, but I now comprehend the concept. In theory.
104	103	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_065	What fails to compute is why the Omicrons were not immune to its effects. Dynamis should have no influence on a race which possesses no “heart.”
105	104	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_066	And yet, Sir expressed to Meteion a desire to cease existing. Illogical.
106	105	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_067	I must pursue this anomaly further, until the full equation becomes clear to me. I must analyze all the elements of the Final Days, and deepen my understanding of the heart's intangible properties.
107	106	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_068	To expedite this process, I require an external interpretation of those sections of the report which continue to produce errors in my calculations.
108	107	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_069	I request the assistance of Player Player. As one who experienced the ravages of ultimate despair on multiple fronts, and displayed immeasurable “heart” in engineering my defeat, she is the optimal choice to fulfill this role.
109	108	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_070	So we either agree to your conditions, or you tell us nothing...
110	109	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_071	I'm sorry to put you in a spot like this, Player. If you have the time─and the patience─to spare, we'd all be grateful if you could humor the toy's demands.
111	110	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_072	Has Alpha dozed off? I suppose the subject *was* a bit technical...
112	111	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_073	<bloop> Rouse yourself, Alpha. You must listen to and consider these matters, even as I must.
113	112	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_074	Kweh...
114	113	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_075	Why don't you make a trip out of it? You know, actually visit the places that has the, uh...things Omega wants to ask about.
115	114	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_076	It'll make explaining stuff easier, for one, and also help keep Alpha awake and alert!
116	115	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_080	Omega has been an outright terror to us in the past, but it's almost strange how little it frightens me now.
117	116	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_081	It helps that it's trapped inside that tiny model, of course...and that it follows Alpha around like a puppy.
118	117	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_082	But most of all I remember the chief telling me how much it sounded like a lost child there at the end.
119	118	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_085	I bet the chief won't see this one coming! Once he gets over the shock, though, I don't think he'll want us to destroy Omega.
120	119	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_WEDGE_000_086	Nero, on the other hand... He'll want to use the model for some dangerous experiment. In fact, maybe we should put off making a report for now!
121	120	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_090	What a remarkable development. Biggs and Wedge told me much of your encounter with Omega before we began. And now that we have the Omicron's weapon talking, there are so many questions I am simply dying to ask.
122	121	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_091	Back when we were first exploring our options, we did actually consider playing the transmission to the inhabitants of Ultima Thule.
123	122	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_092	The problem is, we would be dealing with beings recreated through dynamis. Their communication is based on emotional energy, and anything lacking that vital component would likely fail to register.
124	123	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SCIENTIST04586_000_093	That rules out a recorded message. And so we focused on the resources we had to hand, never dreaming that the solution would all but fall into our lap!
125	124	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_095	Kweeeh... Kwe-kweh?
126	125	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_100	I see you have chosen the mutually beneficial option. Logical.
127	126	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_101	Setting aside the matter of Sir, there are three elements of the report on which I desire clarification.
128	127	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_102	The first of these concerns the progression of the Final Days in Radz–at–Han. I recognized no pattern in those who succumbed to the transformation, and those who did not.
129	128	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_BIGGS_000_103	That's a bit of a trek if you wanted to chat with the locals. How about we lend you an airship?
130	129	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_104	We do not require such outmoded technology. Player's teleportation spell is the most efficient option for long-distance travel.
131	130	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_105	This chassis is a model─essentially a toy. And Alpha, despite his organic composition, is indistinguishable from a stuffed doll.
132	131	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_106	Conclusion. We qualify as material possessions. Pick us up, and you can teleport the three of us to our destination.
133	132	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q2_000_107	Begin Omega's journey for answers?
134	133	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_110	Kweh, kwe-kweh!
135	134	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_120	<blip> Sensors indicate we have arrived in Radz–at–Han. Objective. Identify factors for resistance to involuntary transformation.
136	135	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_121	Hypothesis. Unaltered survivors of the Final Days will display significant strength of heart.
137	136	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_122	Confirming this theory will require the cooperation of live subjects. Where is the ward designated for residential habitation?
138	137	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_123	Understood. “Kama” set as our sub-destination. Please take the lead and select the subjects we are to interview.
139	138	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_124	Omega and Alpha are now accompanying you. Keep them at your side in order to proceed with quest objectives.
140	139	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_125	You can leave your quest companions behind by entering a different area, or by speaking with them and selecting the option to part ways.
141	140	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_126	If you wish to have your companions join you again, return and speak with them at the original location.
142	141	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q3_000_130	What will you do?
143	142	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_131	Talk.
144	143	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_132	Part ways.
145	144	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_133	Nothing.
146	145	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A3_000_134	**Discuss the stairs.
147	146	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_135	This body has no advanced navigational or geoscanning functionality. You must lead the way.
148	147	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_100_135	Please continue the questioning. These auditory sensors are inferior, but I am able to hear your conversations with sufficient clarity.
149	148	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_136	Kwe-kweh?
150	149	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A4_000_137	Are you sure you wish to part ways with your companions?
151	150	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_138	Acceptable. We will await your return at the aetheryte plaza. Please complete your task swiftly and efficiently.
152	151	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_139	Kweh!
153	152	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_140	Alpha sprints away in the direction of the aetheryte plaza.
154	153	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_141	<blip> Standby mode disengaged. Resuming mission.
155	154	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_142	Kweeeh, kwe-kweh!
156	155	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_143	Omega and Alpha have yet to arrive. Be sure they are at your side before attempting to continue.
157	156	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_144	Warning. Please avoid stairs whenever possible. My projections indicate high-risk probability for accidental slippage leading to catastrophic structural damage.
158	157	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_145	Stepped inclines also increase my energy consumption by sixty-three percent. In mortal terms, they “tire me out.”
159	158	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_146	Taking into account the difference in individual limb length, the design is inherently flawed. A convenient step height for one is an exhausting trial for another.
160	159	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_147	Were I to oversee the civic design of this settlement, I would construct a sloped conveyor belt which enabled automatic traversal. Zero personal energy expenditure.
161	160	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_148	Kweh-kweh, kwe-kweh!
162	161	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_149	Alpha chirps enthusiastically, apparently unfazed by the prospect of climbing the stairs.
163	162	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_150	Oh, hello again! You're the one who came to ask me about Khalzahl, aren't you? Was there something else...?
164	163	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_151	You should have Omega and Alpha accompanying you before initiating conversation.
165	164	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_152	Oh, hello again! You're the one who came to ask me questions about Khalzahl! I'm glad to see you looking well after all that unpleasantness...
166	165	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_153	I remember the burning skies and hearing the screams, but truth be told, I'm still confused as to what actually happened.
167	166	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_154	I only know it wasn't unusual for entire families to go missing. Many of my neighbors' houses lie empty even now.
168	167	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_155	Khalzahl's place is one of them. He had no close relatives to speak of, and I heard that it was members of the consortium who came to remove his belongings.
169	168	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_156	What a terrible thing to have to do...
170	169	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_157	<blip> Terrible? Khalzahl's passing was recorded in the report.
171	170	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_158	Clearing out his domicile and readying it for new habitation seems an appropriate reallocation of resources.
172	171	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_159	Dear me, what a clever little contraption. But of course I'm not against making use of his quarters─that would be wasteful.
173	172	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_160	It's simply that Khalzahl was always such a vigorous person. All that passion, all those dreams, suddenly gone...
174	173	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_161	I feel the same sorrow for everyone who was lost. Seeing the remnants of those vibrant lives packed away in boxes... That is what I mean by “terrible.”
175	174	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_162	Player, I require a moment to process this input. Let us move apart and discuss our findings.
176	175	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_163	That awful “end of days” business almost brought an end to Khalzahl's consortium.
177	176	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_MAHTI_000_164	It's heartening, though, watching those who survived work to carry on his legacy. Maybe it's time I put aside my own grief, and did something to help.
178	177	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_170	Hey, don't I know you...?
179	178	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_171	Hey, don't I know you...? Yes! After the beasts were taken care of! You told me to join everyone in the square.
180	179	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_172	Thanks to you, I was there when Vrtra gave his speech...and I found out who Varshahn really was.
181	180	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_173	It's a shame we don't get to play like we used to, but Mama says Vrtra has been busy putting the city back in order.
182	181	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_174	Maybe I can work for him one day, when I'm a man grown.
183	182	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_175	Vrtra... Midgardsormr's offspring, yes? And this child wishes to put himself at the wyrm's command, that he might make his own contribution to society.
184	183	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_176	A pattern emerges. I predict that the Hannish survivors are those who had ingested Vrtra's blood, and become his draconic minions.
185	184	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_177	Though dragons were no match for our civilization's might, their combat capabilities are not to be underestimated.
186	185	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_178	It is unlikely they would experience emotions of “dread” or “uncertainty” as exhibited by lesser beings in times of undue stress.
187	186	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_179	Dragons? I'm not a dragon! And I never “ingested” anyone's blood, either! Ew...
188	187	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_180	You are not of Vrtra's horde? So you possessed no hidden means to fight off the beasts. What of fear, then? You were...frightened?
189	188	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_181	Yes, I was frightened! I just hid and hoped they wouldn't find me! At least until she told me it was safe to come out.
190	189	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_182	I still see Varshahn around from time to time, you know. They say he uses that body to scout places where his “Vrtra body” can't fit.
191	190	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_HANNISHBOYB_000_183	He even talked to me once, but it was just too strange hearing grown-up words coming from Varshahn's mouth...
192	191	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_190	<sigh>
193	192	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_191	<sigh> Hm? Are you a traveler? Please, if you have a moment, I could use an outsider's perspective.
194	193	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_192	You see, I was one of those who sought to escape the madness plaguing the world by fleeing to the moon. Not that we ever went, in the end...
195	194	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_193	So here I am, recently returned from Sharlayan. Except now things are strained between my sister and I, since she chose to stay and I chose to leave.
196	195	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_194	I ask her to help me find work, and she suggests I look “somewhere that isn't Thavnair.” As if I wanted to abandon my home! Argh, it makes me so angry...
197	196	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_195	<blip> Your point is unclear. You elected to relocate to the star's satellite, thus your relative now perceives you in a negative light?
198	197	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_196	Your sibling's judgment is in error. Based on the information made available to Hannish citizens, your decision to withdraw to the moon was both logical and correct.
199	198	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_197	Conversely, the decision to remain in Radz–at–Han despite the low probability of survival defies explanation. Perhaps her reasoning pathways are faulty.
200	199	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_198	That... That's right! I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but I'm right, aren't I!?
201	200	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_199	...Or so I'd like to think. The problem is, I understand why my sister feels this way.
202	201	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_200	I almost decided against going myself. Even then, I wasn't sure that leaving behind everything I loved was the right choice. And with the way it all turned out, I... <sigh>
203	202	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_GLOOMYMAN04586_000_201	I know, I know, I should be having this talk with my sister. I'll go and see her once I get my thoughts in order. Thank you for listening to my troubles...
204	203	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_210	<blip> Input overload. I must have time and distance from the subjects to process this data.
205	204	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_211	Kwe-kweh, kweh-kweh...
206	205	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_220	<bloop> Alpha is absent.
207	206	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_221	Omega seems reluctant to continue without Alpha present. Be sure to have the chocobo with you.
208	207	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_222	<blip> Processing data. Evaluating hypothesis against accumulated evidence.
209	208	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_223	I offered an optimal analysis of each subject's testimony. Yet each time their responses conflicted with my assessment...
210	209	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_224	Without identifying the root cause of this conflict, I will be unable to properly define what constitutes “strength of heart.”
211	210	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q5_000_225	What will you say?
212	211	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A5_000_226	Perhaps the heart you seek lies in the conflict itself?
213	212	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A5_000_227	Perhaps we should continue the questioning.
214	213	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A5_000_228	Perhaps this matter is beyond you...
215	214	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_229	An interesting observation. It is possible my base criteria is in error.
216	215	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_230	In which case, it is imperative that I continue this learning process, and repair any fundamental misconceptions.
217	216	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_231	Acknowledged. A larger sample size will increase the probability of discovering an underlying pattern.
218	217	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_232	<blip> Your response implies an absolute understanding of the answer I seek. Impressive, considering you understand not a single word of pan-galactic basic.
219	218	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_233	We will forge on with the questioning. Continue to educate me with your enlightened perspective.
220	219	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_234	Next, I wish to interact with an individual who endured similar circumstances to Khalzahl prior to his transformation. Are you acquainted with any local merchants who had dealings with him?
221	220	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_235	<blip> Djinabaha of Ruveydah Fibers? Acknowledged. Sub-destination set.
222	221	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A6_000_240	**Discuss the hamsa.
223	222	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_241	Objective. Speak with Djinabaha of Ruveydah Fibers. What imperceptible qualities allowed him to survive where Khalzahl did not?
224	223	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_242	Kweh! Kweh-kweh!
225	224	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_243	Halt, Player. Do not proceed beyond the fence.
226	225	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_244	In this body, birds of that size represent lethal, unthinking threats. They will peck my casing apart, searching for meat that does not exist.
227	226	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_245	Conversely, Alpha can correctly identify my absence of nutritional content. If only he would apply that intelligence towards maintaining a regular feeding schedule─poor habits adversely affect his mobility.
228	227	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_246	Kwe-kweh, kweh-kweeeh!?
229	228	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_247	Alpha looks back and forth between Omega and the hamsa, showing visible concern.
230	229	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_250	Well, well, look who it is!
231	230	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_251	Well, well, look who it is! I must thank you again for your help in moving our textiles.
232	231	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_252	Recovering from those tragic events has been difficult, of course, but with everyone pulling together, we've managed to get things back up and running.
233	232	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_253	Djinabaha, I come with questions related to that tragedy─specifically, your survival of the Final Days.
234	233	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_254	Although you are similar to Khalzahl in many respects, he succumbed to the transformation and you did not. Why? What is the critical difference between you and him?
235	234	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_255	What!? I...I'm sure I don't know.
236	235	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_256	I'm not especially brave or courageous, if that's what you're asking.
237	236	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_257	Perhaps being focused on protecting our workshops kept me from spinning into a panic.
238	237	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_258	Still, I imagine Khalzahl would have been feeling that same sense of responsibility. Perhaps the weight of it all is what invited his demise.
239	238	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_259	You were of the same mind. Resolved to the same purpose.
240	239	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_260	Yet your strength of heart─of spirit─was not equal. If merely emulating the individual is insufficient, then some other unseen factor must be involved...
241	240	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_261	Ahem, not to interrupt these deep philosophical musings, but do you think I could ask you a small favor?
242	241	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_262	There's a man by the name of Nashvan who's been helping us out here while he gets back on his feet. I have a feeling he'd benefit from speaking with you...
243	242	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_263	Leave by the eastern exit, and you should find him just outside, organizing some new inventory items.
244	243	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A7_000_270	**Discuss the Thavnairian weave.
245	244	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_271	<blip> I am still dissecting Djinabaha's remarks. You are permitted to indulge his “favor” and seek out Nashvan while I continue to process this data.
246	245	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_272	Kweh, kwe-kweh?
247	246	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_273	The equipment being manufactured here, it is worn to perform specific duties, yes? Conceptually, it seems analogous to our practice of switching frames to better serve our mission objectives.
248	247	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_274	I, for example, did not begin existence with the Omega model. I was originally supplied with a standard-issue Omicron chassis, serial number M-017.
249	248	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_275	On this world, that alphanumeric combination would be considered my “given name.” Such designations are drawn from our nearly infinite register of celestial bodies to avoid the possibility of duplication.
250	249	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_276	Furthermore, the cluster known as M-017 is better expressed in your language as the “Omega” nebula─the same word I used to introduce myself to your kind.
251	250	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_277	Though you associate “Omega” with the advanced weapon construct, it is also *my* name, and I see no reason to change it no matter which frame I inhabit.
252	251	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_ALPHA_000_278	Kwe-kweh, kweh-eh!
253	252	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_279	Alpha puffs out his chest proudly, seeming to imply that his Ironworks uniform is the best attire anyone could wear.
254	253	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_DJINABAHA_000_280	Please, if you could spare a few moments for Nashvan...
255	254	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_SYSTEM_000_290	Nashvan is too absorbed in his task to notice you. Now is your chance to bring along Omega and Alpha to witness the exchange.
256	255	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_291	That's all our orders accounted for, and everything looks to be of good quality. Kamala will be pleased.
257	256	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_292	You... You were with the Scions! You were there...
258	257	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_293	Yes, I'm sure of it. I'll never forget that day!
259	258	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_294	You and your friends helped us escape when people began changing into beasts!
260	259	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_295	My own son, he was...afflicted. Then that huge monstrosity loomed right over him and... <sob>
261	260	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_296	I remember... My heart turning to ice. Freezing in place. The satrap came to my aid, but then he, too, was gone...
262	261	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_297	The memories run together in my mind, like flashes from a nightmare. Only the words of your comrade still ring clear. I repeated them over and over like a mantra as I fled for my life.
263	262	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_298	“You must run, for their sake and your own!”
264	263	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_299	It all seemed so surreal...which was probably what saved me from the transformation. The truth of it didn't begin to sink in until the worst of it was over.
265	264	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_300	I have not the words to describe how I felt then. The sorrow, the overwhelming sense of helplessness...
266	265	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_301	I may still be wallowing in misery if not for my old friend, Djinabaha. I'd lost my will to work, and he encouraged me with kind words and odd jobs. Now, somehow, I live again.
267	266	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_302	I am thankful to him, to the courageous Ahewann, and to you. If you see your comrades, please let them know their efforts were not in vain.
268	267	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_303	You said you lost your “will to work.” This signifies a cessation of efforts to maintain basic life functions, yes?
269	268	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_304	What changed to extract you from that stagnation? An offer of work from Djinabaha should mean little to one without the desire to accept it.
270	269	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_305	Was it some manner of mortal instinct? A primal need to survive and thrive?
271	270	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_306	Instinct? No...no it wasn't that. If anything, my instincts were telling me to lay down and welcome an end to the pain.
272	271	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_307	Every day I think of my boy's final moments. I think of how scared he must have been, how it must have hurt, and I want to scream my throat raw.
273	272	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_308	The satrap, too, still haunts my dreams. I see him being swallowed whole, and jolt awake in a cold sweat.
274	273	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_309	But something changed when Djinabaha came to me. I looked up and saw that, even without my son or Ahewann, the world around me continued to turn.
275	274	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_310	And because that fact grieved me so, I knew it fell to me to live on and remember them.
276	275	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_311	Strange, isn't it? What drives me to rise in the morning is the very sorrow which once crippled me.
277	276	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_312	Now, I really must return to my work. To lose this job after everything I just said would be a poor jest, indeed.
278	277	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_NASHVAN_000_313	May the Sisters keep you well.
279	278	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_314	Sorrow. The emotion generated by mortals when their ideals fail to materialize. This I have observed.
280	279	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_315	Yet when I listen to how Nashvan's sorrow served to rescue him from near-fatal despondency, his logic eludes me.
281	280	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_316	Am I incapable of perceiving the full measure of the heart's properties?
282	281	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_317	My best projections failed to predict our subjects' responses... And despite their almost equal occupational and mental parameters, Djinabaha and Khalzahl exhibited different reactions to the dynamis effect.
283	282	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_318	I am no closer to recognizing the pattern for involuntary transformations, and your ephemeral mortal spirits confound me as much if not more than they did before.
284	283	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_Q8_000_319	What will you say?
285	284	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A8_000_320	Have you considered that there *is* no pattern to the people afflicted?
286	285	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A8_000_321	The hearts of others were ever shrouded in mystery.
287	286	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_A8_000_322	Perhaps it's time we move on to the next element you wanted clarified.
288	287	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_323	<bloop> No...pattern? You imply that the transformation was not contingent on individual fortitude, but rather a random contribution of environmental factors?
289	288	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_324	...Such a theory would explain the otherwise conflicting data.
290	289	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_325	Very well. I shall accept this as a provisional conclusion to this part of my investigation.
291	290	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_326	I do, however, expect you to continue supplementing my education of heart-related matters.
292	291	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_327	<bloop> ...Even to you? This matter is more complicated than I initially calculated.
293	292	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_328	If those possessed of heart cannot fathom the behavior of their own kind, then my lack of understanding is inevitable.
294	293	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_329	My investigations here are exhausted. In lieu of a full conclusion, I will settle for storing this accumulated data for future analysis. Let us progress to the next element of the report, that you might continue my education.
295	294	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_330	<bloop> You are my appointed educator. If you consider further investigation here to be futile, then I will adhere to your judgment. A new location and new input may help provide fresh insight into previously unsolved problems.
296	295	TEXT_STMBDR601_04586_OMEGA_000_331	After my defeat at your hands, I was forced to acknowledge that the heart is a complex subject─one which I am ill equipped to study alone. Please continue your efforts to enlighten me, Player.