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I'll draw one of them away. You can deal with the other.}} | I'll draw one of them away. You can deal with the other.}} | ||
|width=33%|{{Loremquote|Ryne|link=y|Good idea. I'll draw one away while you handle the other.}} | |width=33%|{{Loremquote|Ryne|link=y|Good idea. I'll draw one away while you handle the other.}} | ||
− | {{Loremquote|Ryne|link=y|Fighting them together here would make a lot of noise, which might attract beasts or other eaters... | + | |width=33%|{{Loremquote|Ryne|link=y|Fighting them together here would make a lot of noise, which might attract beasts or other eaters... |
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But if we fought them separately and quietly, we might not have to worry about that. | But if we fought them separately and quietly, we might not have to worry about that. |
Latest revision as of 03:23, 25 March 2020
«A Helping Hand |
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Hmmm...
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Done tending to the crops already?
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Very good. It should not be long before your room is ready.
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Runar!
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In the woods... <pant> <pant> Sin eaters. I fear they may have the touch.
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Where!?
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In the grove to the southwest. For a mercy, they've yet to wander any closer to Slitherbough.
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Then we have no need to engage. Inform the guard that no one is to set foot outside the village until they have moved on.
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But sir, what of Toddia's heartstone?
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It must be retrieved before the service.
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Of all the times for sin eaters to appear...
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Are you just going to leave them alone?
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Under normal circumstances, we would not hesitate in striking the beasts down. But if they indeed have the touch, I will not risk them corrupting one of our own.
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What was that you said about a stone?
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A few days past, Toddia, a child of the Night's Blessed, was slain by the sin eaters.
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We succeeded in retrieving her body, but in our haste, we failed to notice her necklace was gone.
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Strung to it was a pendant of jade─her heartstone. All of the Night's Blessed are given such a stone at birth. It is the most valuable possession one can own.
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It is custom to present the heartstone of the deceased at their funeral, as an offering to the heavens. But now...
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What if... What if I could find it for you?
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I have experience fighting sin eaters. And the Light's...corruption does not touch me like it does others.
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Master Matoya called you Minfilia, did she not? Are you truly the Minfilia? Descended from the Oracle?
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Even so, I dare not ask you to risk your life for the Blessed.
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I understand how you feel, but I can't stand by knowing that your people are in need and I can help. Please, let me do this.
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Very well. But if the danger proves too great, you must retreat. I could never forgive myself if we were forced to hold a second service.
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<gasp> I nearly forgot about Thancred. What if he returns before I do?
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Don't worry. I'll come with you. | Thancred doesn't need to know. | ||
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Go swiftly, and may the shadows keep you both.
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Do not be reckless. We would be glad to have her heartstone returned to us, but it is not worth both of your lives.
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Please, I beg of you. We must have that gem.
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It should be around here somewhere, I think.
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There! The sin eaters!
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I was hoping there would only be one...
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There's no way we can search for the stone without dealing with them first.
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Let's get to it, then! | Perhaps we should split them up. | What do you propose we do? | |||
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Forename. <pant> <pant> There you are.
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It's done. Though, I fear I was a bit careless. I'll do better next time, I promise.
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I... I'm fine. You needn't worry about me. More importantly, we have to find that heartstone.
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They said it was made of jade, right? I'll search over there in the brush.
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It must be here somewhere.
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Did you have any luck?
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It's beautiful! This has to be it.
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...You know, Thancred always said you were a man of many talents, and I think I'm beginning to understand what he meant.
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I have much to learn if I'm to be even half the hero you are.
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The hero she was...
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Ah, I'm sorry. Forget I said anything.
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We should hurry back to Slitherbough. Runar and the others are probably worried.
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Thancred, I can explain.
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Well? Out with it, then.
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Thank goodness you are safe. I had begun to fear the worst.
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By all that is dark, you found it!
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We can proceed with her service as planned.
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These blessed gems serve not only to protect us in life, but to guide our spirits unto the sunless sea in the hereafter.
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Even should we be felled by the sin eaters, so long as these gems are recovered, our souls are ensured peace in the dark.
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