Grede: Forename, yes? I knew you at once.
M'naago: This is Grede. She's been waiting a long time to meet us...
Grede: I've heard stories about your fund and what you've done for the families of the fallen. It's good work you're doing, and Conrad would be proud.
Grede: And you must be Aya. I'm grateful to you beyond measure for what you did for my husband and for our homeland.
M'naago: There's no need to stand on our account! Please, take a seat.
Grede: Told you about my legs, did he? Well, I'm not too proud to say no.
Grede: He told me a lot about you too, M'naago. Enough that I'm half-tempted to call you Naago, even though he didn't. It's a pleasure to finally meet you.
Grede: We never had a child of our own, and yet...the way his face would light up when he spoke of you and your mischief, like a father boasting about his little girl...I couldn't help but think of you in that way too, sometimes.
M'naago: He was a father to us all, in a way, and we're all better for his guidance. I wish I could've done more to repay the favor when he was alive─or to you, now, but all I've got to offer is that gil and my gratitude...
Grede: You've all done so much more than you realize. You've changed people, spurred them to strive to be better. Like the young man who's been helping me. Ah, speaking of which...
Humble Youth: Missus Grede, I've went and bought those things you wanted...
M'naago: Wait, I know that voice...but from where?
M'naago: Specula Imperatoris! You were the one speaking for the Skulls! But how? I thought you all died in the main tower!
Hrudolf: You're... You've got good ears. Aye, you're right. I'm Hrudolf, and I was one of the Crania Lupi.
Hrudolf: Don't remember much of it, when the tower came down. Hit my head or something. All I remember was waking up beneath a pile of rubble, lucky to be alive.
M'naago: ...Fair enough. But tell me why you would come here.
Hrudolf: Where else could I go? Apparently the imperials were willing to kill me, and the Resistance weren't like to treat me any better, I reckoned. Best chance I had was to take off my uniform and join this lot.
Hrudolf: Had no idea what had happened, to be honest. Wasn't till later that I learned Commander Kemp himself had died in the battle.
Hrudolf: Didn't know much about the man, other than that he was the leader of the Resistance. That he had a wife named Grede who'd gone into hiding. That he died because he wanted me and my comrades to live.
Hrudolf: I owed him, so I sought her out and did what I could. It'd never make up for it, I knew, but it was better than nothing. A way to pass the time until you found me...
Grede: Earnest to a fault, isn't it? It's like the moment he took off the mask, he couldn't hold anything back.
Grede: After all the effort Conrad went through to save his life, I thought it'd be a shame for it to go to waste. So I accepted his help.
Hrudolf: I knew it couldn't last. That you'd find me, one day. I'm unarmed─I surrender. Do with me what you will.
M'naago: Got nothing to do. Way I see it, the Skulls died that day in the tower.
Hrudolf: But...but why would you...
M'naago: 'Cause sometimes you've got to try not hitting the other person back. Otherwise we'll all have bruised knuckles and bloody noses.
Hrudolf: I... I don't know what to say... Thank you.
Grede: I appreciate you agreeing to look the other way. Conrad would too, I'd like to think.
M'naago: He wanted to give them another chance. It's not my place to take it away...
M'naago: <sniffle> Godsdamned dust, getting in my eyes...
Grede: We honor the dead by living well. By carrying on their legacy, as in many ways you carry on Conrad's.
Grede: But we mustn't forget to spend time with the people dearest to us while we can. You still have both your parents, yes? You ought to go and see them. I'm sure they think about you every day.
M'naago: Yes, I...I'll do just that.
M'naago: It's on the way back, so if it's all right with you, I'd like to pay a visit to the Peering Stones.
M'naago: Thanks. It's been too long since I saw my mother and father...
Grede: It was very kind of you and M'naago to bring me this money, but I'd like to think there are other, better ways how it might be put to good use. But I'll see to that myself, worry not.
Hrudolf: Today might not have been the day, but I know I've got it coming. I'll be ready when it does.
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