THIRST OF STONES | |
The Imperial City of Archades |
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Gregoroth |
The Rozarrian Empire assembles a vast host under guise of martial exercises. |
Senator A |
Were Rozarria to invade, the battle would be hard 每 fought. |
Senator C |
Lord Vayne shall be made to answer for his actions. |
Gramis |
A convenient thing, justice. |
Senator C |
A most lamentable situation for us all. |
Senator B |
Oh? For Lord Vayne, perhaps, yet surely Lord Larsa will make for a fine emperor. |
Gramis |
Larsa so adores his brother, and he is yet young. |
Senator A |
But he will not remain young forever. |
Gramis |
Ah, yes# And who would set him at such tasks? |
Senator B |
What matter? |
Senator C |
You may put yourself at ease, Lord Gramis. |
Gramis |
By your will. |
Ashe# |
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The Royal City of Rabanastre |
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Basch |
So it was the Dawn Shard that brought down the Imperial fleet. |
Balthier |
You know your stuff. |
Basch |
Destructive power of such force 每 |
Ashe |
Nabudis. |
Basch |
The capital of Old Nabradia 每 |
Balthier |
More nethicite. |
Ashe |
That ridiculous war, the trap at the treaty 每 signing 每 all this because Vayne wanted power. |
Balthier |
Oh? They already do. |
Ashe |
Very well, then the path set before us is clear. |
Vaan |
You even know how to use it? |
Ashe |
I 每 |
Fran |
The garif may know. |
Ashe |
Dangerous though it be, what we need now is power. |
Fran |
They live beyond Ozmone Plain. |
Balthier |
Not exactly close. |
Ashe |
Compensation 每 |
Balthier |
Straight to the point, aren*t we. |
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Ashe |
This? |
Balthier |
No one*s forcing you. |
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Balthier |
I*ll give it back to you. As soon as I find something more valuable. |
I'll give it back. When you find me a better treasure, that is. | |
Vaan |
What do you mean ※something more valuable§? |
Balthier |
Hard to say. |
Hmmm, I guess you'll know when you see it. | |
What is it you want, Vann? What are you looking for? |
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Vaan |
Me? What am I looking for? |
Muthru Bazaar |
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Basch |
The garif are said to dwell in Kerwon. |
Balthier |
So they do. We*ll need to head south, past the Giza Plains. |
Basch |
It is the Rains now in Giza 每 the wadis will be swollen with the deluge. |
Balthier |
But those same waters may also lay open new routes to us. |
Ashe |
Regardless, we must go south, yes? |
Balthier |
First things first. You*re eager to be on your way, I know#but we should see that we*re prepared before setting out. |
Ashe |
I made my resolve two years ago. |
Balthier |
Man cannot live by resolve alone, Princess. |
Jahara 每 Land of the Garif |
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Banks of the Sogoht |
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Garif Warrior |
Who are you? This is garif land. No place for hume-children to play at games. |
??? |
They are wayfarers. They bring no harm. |
Garif Warrior |
You ventured upon the plains alone, War-chief? |
Garif War-chief |
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Garif Warrior |
If this is your wish, War-chief. |
Lull of the Land |
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War-chief |
Ah, I have not made introductions. I am Supinelu, War-chief of this village. |
High-chief |
Oh? What is this? More humes come to visit us? A little bigger this time, but no matter. |
War-chief |
The High-chief has given this#to me? |
Vaan |
I would meet this Great-chief. |
War-chief |
Yes#It is true. The Great-chief may know something that would aid you. Yet, arranging an audience may be quite difficult# |
Ashe |
I must learn more about the nethicite. I cannot turn back now. |
War-chief |
Do you have proof of your heritage? |
Ashe |
I#I do not. |
War-chief |
Hrm# |
The Elderknoll |
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Garif Warrior |
The Great-chief is ahead. Will you meet with him? |
Vaan |
Meet with the Great-chief. |
Uball-ka |
This nethicite 每 |
Ashe |
It was not I who used it. |
Uball-ka |
You do not know the workings of the Stone. |
Ashe |
What? |
Uball-ka |
In ages past, the gods made a gift of nethicite to my people. |
Ashe |
Cannot wield it? |
Uball-ka |
Though it shame me so to admit. |
Ashe |
Larsa? |
Ashe# |
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Ashe |
To Bur-Omisace? |
Larsa |
I say we ought leave tomorrow. |
Ashe |
A war? |
Larsa |
You know the Marquis Ondore leads a group of insurgents 每 |
Ashe |
For peace? |
Larsa |
Dalmasca would be the battlefield! |
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Ashe |
Rasler. |
Vaan |
You saw him, didn*t you. |
Ashe |
So you did see him, too. |
Vaan |
It*s strange. |
Ashe |
Basch told me about him. |
Vaan |
He enlisted, right at the end. |
Ashe |
To protect something. |
Vaan |
How can he protect anything when he*s dead? |
Ashe |
I will accompany you to Mt Bur-Omisace. |
Larsa |
I had hoped you*d say yes. |
Ashe |
My heart is not set. |
Larsa |
I had other reason to invite you. |
Ashe |
Who is that? |
Larsa |
An enemy, and an ally also. |
Vaan |
That Larsa likes his secrets. |
Ashe |
He does not mean ill by it. |
Vaan |
He*s not bad. |
Basch |
Holy Mt Bur-Omisace stands at the northern end of the Jagd Ramooda. |
Balthier |
Don*t get your hopes up. |
Basch |
And what is it you*re after, Balthier? |
Balthier |
Worried I*m out to steal the nethicite, eh? |
Basch |
Apologies. |
Balthier |
I*m only here to see how the story unfolds. |
Lull of the Land |
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War-chief |
So, you will leave. |
Ozmone Plain |
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Sunlit Path |
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Vaan |
I guess this one was success. |
Penelo |
Wow, I*m impressed, Vaan. |
Vaan |
I got a good feeling. |
Basch |
And an alliance between Dalmasca and the Empire? |
Ashe |
Reason tells me &tis the only course. We must avoid war with the Empire at all cost. |
Basch |
A shame perhaps for me and for you. |
Ashe |
And you can just accept this, can you? |
Basch |
After Vayne*s ruse I had abandoned hope for honor#yet never did I forget my knightly vows. |
Ashe |
My people hate the Empire. |
Basch |
There is hope. |
Vaan |
All right. |
Penelo |
Don*t encourage每 |
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Basch |
Hope for a future where we can join hands as brothers. |
Vaan |
Larsa, please, this is serious. |
Larsa |
Oh, oh, I*m ... I*m sorry. |
Penelo |
Don*t be Larsa, someone has to put him in his place. |
The Imperial City of Archades |
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Bergan |
The Senate may play at intrigue, but Lord Vayne will not be brought down easily. |
Drace |
Your Honor reminds me of Zecht two years since. |
Bergan |
I will not hear you malign Judge Zecht! |
Drace |
Vayne took two of his own brothers* lives. |
Bergan |
Ruthless, you say? |
Drace |
But could we bear him? |
Zargabaath |
So found His Excellency, Lord Gramis. |
Gabranth |
Your Honors, a summons! |
Zargabaath |
We come at once. |
Drace |
Lord Larsa has left for Bur-Omisace. |
Gabranth |
Just as His Excellency had hoped. |
Drace |
No matter the result, I am pleased with the young Lord*s progress. |
Gabranth |
Yes. The senators would be most pleased with a puppet for an emperor. |
Drace |
You*re right. |
Gabranth |
Aye. |
Golmore Jungle |
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The Needlebrake |
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Vaan |
What is it? |
Fran |
The jungle denies us our passage. |
Ashe |
What have we done? |
Fran |
We? No. |
Vaan |
What*s that mean? |
Balthier |
Making an appearance? |
Fran |
I am. |
Vaan |
Come on! I'm talking over here! |
Balthier |
I thought you*d left for good. |
Vaan |
Hey! |
Fran |
Our choices are few. |
Vaan |
Fran? Balthier! |
Fran |
This is as much for you as it is me. |
Balthier |
Oh? |
Fran |
You are ill at ease. |
Balthier |
Right. |
Vaan |
What are you doing? |
Fran |
Soon you will learn. |
Penelo |
I bet they*ll be glad to see you after so long. |
Fran |
I am unwelcome. |
Eruyt Village |
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Road of Verdant Praise |
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Fran |
In the village ahead you will find her: Mjrn. |
Fane of the Path |
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Vaan |
Hey, Mjrn lives here, doesn*t she? |
Jote |
You will leave at once. |
Vaan |
We*ll go as soon as we*ve seen Mjrn. |
Jote |
If you can find her. |
Vaan |
We*re not leaving until you let us see her. |
Fran |
I*ve heard the voice of the Wood. |
Jote |
Why do you ask? |
Balthier |
And you forsake them in turn? |
Jote |
It is the will of the village. |
Vaan |
We*ll let you worry about keeping your laws. |
Jote |
Our sister has left the Wood and gone west. |
Fran |
The viera may begin as part of the Wood, but the wood (it) is not the only end that we may choose. |
Jote |
The same words I heard 50 years ago. |
Road of Verdant Praise |
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Balthier |
Not bad, Vaan. |
Larsa |
The Henne Magicite Mines 每 maybe that*s what she meant. |
Balthier |
Is that a problem? |
Vaan |
Fran! |
Fran |
Yes? |
Vaan |
I was wondering 每 what Jote said, you know? |
Fran |
Your point? |
Vaan |
How old were you again? |
Balthier |
Nice, Vaan. |
Larsa |
Surprisingly rude. |
Penelo |
Try to grow up, please. |
Ozmone Plain |
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Sunlit Path |
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Imperial |
T-Traveler#have you a potion on you? |
Vaan |
[Give him a potion.] |
Imperial |
Thank you, thank you! I*m in your debt# |
Vaan |
[Borrow one.] |
Imperial |
Right. On your way, then. Oh, and you do know that some paths are only accessible by chocobo, right? |
The Shred |
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Larsa |
Researchers from the Draklor Laboratory. |
Balthier |
Research. |
Henne Mines |
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Staging Shaft |
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Larsa |
Look at the magicite. These mines much resemble the ones at Lhusu. |
Fran |
Is it her? |
Mjrn |
The stench of humes. |
Ashe |
What*s wrong with her? |
Mjrn |
Stay away! |
Ore Separation |
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Vaan |
That thing in side her. |
Mjrn |
Is it you? |
Balthier |
So you came here hoping to find something out, and got yourself caught. |
Mjrn |
They took me then, and set close beside me a stone. |
Fran |
We have seen this. |
Larsa |
Manufacted nethicite. |
Penelo |
Sure, it*s right here. |
Larsa |
This is a thing more dangerous again than I had imagined. |
Penelo |
I*d always thought of it as a sort of good luck charm. |
Ashe |
There is a place for all things, even danger such as this. |
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Vaan |
I hope you*re right about that. |
Eruyt Village |
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Fane of the Path |
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Jote |
I heard the Wood*s whispers. |
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Mjrn |
That cannot be all! |
Jote |
Ivalice is for the humes. |
Mjrn |
But that is wrong! |
Fran |
Do not do this. |
Mjrn |
But Fran 每 my sister! |
Fran |
I am no longer of you. |
Mjrn |
Sister 每 |
Fran |
No, Mjrn. Only one sister remains to you now. |
Jote |
I am sorry to make you do this. |
Fran |
She goes against the laws of the Wood. |
Jote |
The Wood longs for you. |
Fran |
A pleasant lie, that. |
Jote |
Be cautious. |
Be careful. What the forest hates is the Hume who took you away. | |
Fran |
I am as them, now. |