Ah, . Fellow master of the dark arts. And yet that is but one of the many faces you wear.
SIDURGU
Slayer of Gods. Rider of Dragons. Savior of Ishgard. A hero by any measure who stood against Nidhogg on the Steps of Faith when others fled.
SIDURGU
A hero who walks in light and fights for great causes...and a knight who walks in darkness and fights for the forgotten. A contradiction, some might say.
SIDURGU
Rubbish, I say, but you tell me. Do you yet walk the path?
Q
What will you say?
A
So long as innocents suffer, I will not forsake the abyss.
A
If I must forsake the abyss to serve the Light, then so be it.
SIDURGU
...I thought not. Then let us speak as comrades.
SIDURGU
Ishgard has seen much change in recent days, and many proclaim it to be the dawning of a new era of peace and prosperity. An enlightened age...yet as we both know, the brighter the light, the deeper the shadows.
SIDURGU
As dark knights, we must remain vigilant for injustice, and be ever ready to defend the weak and downtrodden. Now more than ever.
SIDURGU
It has been a while since we patrolled the streets of our fair city─felt the cobbles beneath our boots and so forth. A tour from the top might be in order. Why don't we start at the Last Vigil?
SIDURGU
...I was not aware that they were mutually exclusive, but you would know better than any. Go well, friend.
SIDURGU
I should be glad if there is no call for us to draw our swords this day, but do not doubt that there are still evil men in this city... In any event, we shall join you at the Last Vigil anon.
RIELLE
(...If you ask me, it's just an excuse to spend time together.)
SYSTEM
As you look on Fortemps Manor, you but reflect upon your time in Ishgard. The comrades with whom you traveled, and those lost along the way...
SIDURGU
Hm? You seem distracted... Ah, right. You were a ward of House Fortemps.
Q
What will you say?
A
Once upon a time...
A
No longer.
SIDURGU
No, I suppose not...
SIDURGU
Huh? Damndest thing, but I swear I heard something in your pack break...
SIDURGU
Bloody hells, is that your soul crystal!? What happened to the other half?
MYSTE
(-???-)Forgive me. It seems I am the one responsible...
SIDURGU
...I do not know you, boy. Name yourself.
MYSTE
...Myste, my lord.
SIDURGU
...Hm. I'm no lord, and you're no Myste. Don't think I wouldn't know a bastard of the Brume by sight.
MYSTE
I have a power. A power which I can use to help those in need.
MYSTE
Alas, this power requires a tremendous quantity of aether. I thought to draw on natural sources nearby, but in so doing, I stole a portion of that contained within your crystal...
MYSTE
Forgive me... Please, forgive me... I will return it to you, I promise, but I must first ask that you allow me to use a portion!
RIELLE
...Myste, was it? Who do you want to help?
MYSTE
Anyone. Everyone. Look around you. Is not this world filled with sadness and despair? If I can free but a single person from their burdens...
RIELLE
He means well enough. Why don't we help him find someone in need and give him a chance to use his power?
SIDURGU
Oh, bloody brilliant! Let's believe the mysterious boy with the mysterious power who mysteriously stole a portion of 's soul crystal. What could possibly go wrong?
SIDURGU
Well, it's your crystal, . Either we deal with the boy here and now, or we go along with his plan. And since you're not reaching for your sword, I gather it's the latter?
SIDURGU
Congratulations, boy. You get your wish. We're not like to find any poor unfortunate souls here, so I suggest we head to Foundation. And if we find no one suitable there, you are to return what you stole at once. Understood?
MYSTE
Yes, my lord! Thank you for placing your trust in me!
MYSTE
I remember when I first came to this place. So full of delusion and despair. All the more reason for me to do what little good I could...
CARPENTER
Coin in the coffer, milady! Until you pay what's owed, you'll get naught more from me an' me boys!
MILLIE
You have my assurances that the remaining funds will be delivered soon. Surely that is enough to convince you to resume work?
CARPENTER
I've got a score of clients clamoring for me services─clients willing to pay in full, in advance. I'd be a fool to put you ahead of 'em.
MILLIE
I understand that, I do, but it has been an eternity since we first brokered this arrangement! And many of the clients of whom you speak have come to you but recently. I know this to be true!
CARPENTER
<sigh> ...It's one thing to aid the scholasticate, milady, but you...you've got to understand me position here. Bloody politics, it is.
CARPENTER
...No man lifts a chisel till we're paid in full. I'm sorry, but that's the way it's got to be. A blessed evening to you.
MILLIE
Oh...I beg your pardon. I did not notice you standing there.
MILLIE
...As you may have overheard, I am funding the restoration of the statue of Saint Valeroyant. And, as you may have guessed, it is not going well, on account of my insufficient funds and my family's growing infamy...
MILLIE
My cousin is...was...Ser Ignasse de Vesnaint of the Heavens' Ward.
MILLIE
He served the archbishop faithfully, together with his sworn brothers. Great, goodly men who were complicit in terrible crimes, if Ser Aymeric and this Warrior of Light are to be believed...
MILLIE
Ignasse was distraught when he learned the statue had been destroyed by the Dravanians. He took it upon himself to champion its restoration...but because of these tales, others are reluctant to involve themselves.
MILLIE
I do not know nor care if Ser Aymeric speaks the truth. Ignasse was my cousin and a man of the Fury, and I will honor him by completing his legacy.
MILLIE
Or so I once believed. Perhaps it is indeed beyond me...
MILLIE
Forgive me, cousin. I tried...
MYSTE
We found someone, didn't we? I knew it. I knew we would...
MYSTE
I can help her. Yes, yes...I will make it right. I have the power.
MYSTE
Come! Let us not keep this poor woman waiting!
MYSTE
Is this she? The one you would have me help?
MILLIE
Is this child a friend of yours? The way he stares at me is somewhat...
MYSTE
Do you wish to see your cousin again?
MILLIE
I... Well, yes, I would love to see Ignasse again. More than anything. But I know I will not. He walks in Halone's halls, I am certain.
MYSTE
Think of him. Think of his face, of his smile. Of his laugh. Remember every moment you shared, every memory, and hold that image of him in your mind's eye... And then go to a quiet place you shared where no one will come. Wait for me there.
MILLIE
I really don't understand what this is all about, but...since you seem so earnest, I will trust in you and do as you ask...
MILLIE
There is a garden to the south of the Tribunal of which we were both fond. I pray you will explain all to me when this is finished.
MYSTE
Go with her. I will go to Sidurgu and Rielle and bring them with me. Then you will all understand what I can do, and why you must help. That's a promise.
MILLIE
I think of Ignasse every day, but what is this meant to accomplish?
MILLIE
Ah, your friend has arrived. He has brought companions, I see...
MILLIE
No... It cannot be!
MILLIE
Ignasse! Is it really you!? Oh, praise Halone! You're alive! You're alive!
IGNASSE
My dear cousin, how it warms my heart to see you in good health. I pray you will forgive me for my lengthy absence...
MILLIE
Don't be foolish! There is only joy to see you returned! Come, we must go to your father and mother at once! How they will weep at the sight of you─
IGNASSE
I cannot. Better for them to mourn me as the son who gave his life in service to his archbishop and his home.
IGNASSE
I have heard that you yet labor to see the statue of Saint Valeroyant restored. Know that I am grateful beyond measure.
MILLIE
I...I am undeserving of your praise, cousin. For all my efforts, the statue remains a shattered ruin...
MILLIE
But seeing you here, so full of light and life, fills me with renewed conviction. I will see it through, I swear to you.
MILLIE
And...if you have indeed done the things they say...then perhaps it will earn you a measure of forgiveness...
IGNASSE
I love you, cousin. Now and ever after. Look after my parents...and yourself.
MILLIE
I don't know how you did it, but thank you for bringing him back to me. But you must know he is not safe here. I pray you help him to flee the city.
SIDURGU
She's right. Ishgard is no place for a man of the Heavens' Ward.
SIDURGU
We will sneak him out of the city. The fewer the better. Meet us at Falcon's Nest after. We have much to discuss...
MILLIE
I will never forget this kindness. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
MYSTE
For fear of being seen by the sentries, I bade the others go on ahead.
MYSTE
We should hurry. The further they take Ignasse from Millie, the weaker he will become. I pray we are not too late...
SIDURGU
Godsdammit. I should have known.
RIELLE
I...I don't understand. What happened to him?
SYSTEM
In the depths of the abyss, a flame lingers...
MYSTE
Forgive me... Forgive me... I should have known the magick would not sustain itself much longer...
MYSTE
That which you see before you is Ignasse. What remains of him...
MYSTE
I can give the memories form. I can breathe them full of life and return them to their loved ones. But as the memory fades, so too does the magick...
MYSTE
Aether, formless and free. That which I took I used to make Ignasse...and Millie...whole.
MYSTE
Draw your sword. Reclaim that which was lost. Consume the abyss with Souleater.
MYSTE
That which was taken shall be restored. Consume the abyss. It is yours.
SIDURGU
It is finished. Good. I've had enough of this farce.
SIDURGU
Conjuring a simulacrum of a bloody knight of the Heavens' Ward in the middle of Ishgard!? Fury take me, you are a fool. We're lucky to be alive...
SIDURGU
Your soul crystal is restored, then?
SIDURGU
...Or not.
SIDURGU
We had an agreement, boy! You were to return that which you stole!
MYSTE
Forgive me, forgive me... I returned to you that which was used to give Ignasse life, but as for the remainder...
MYSTE
Four more times. It is within my power to do this four more times. Four more times, and you shall be made whole. You have my word.
SIDURGU
You want to do good? You want to be a hero? You want to help people? Then why weren't you better prepared?
MYSTE
It is not death itself we fear, but the unfinished story. The promise of what could have been. It is enough to break a heart...and a woman.
MYSTE
The shattered pieces of a life will never come together again. But, if a glimpse of their loved ones grants them the peace they deserve, then I must...I must...
SIDURGU
It is your decision, . You are the victim.
Q
What will you say?
A
Perhaps some good may come of this.
A
Well, he's got my aether. I'm not about to let him out of my sight.
MYSTE
Thank you, thank you. Together, we will make them whole.
MYSTE
Then...then you will continue to accompany me? That is...a relief.
RIELLE
We're not going anywhere, Myste. Even Sid. He may look and act like a chocobo's arse, but he means well.
SIDURGU
Fine, fine! I'm only trying to put the fear of the gods into the little shite, but by all means, go ahead and undermine my authority!
SIDURGU
Anyway, I'd rather not freeze to death out here in the snow. Let's return to Falcon's Nest and discuss what to do next.
MYSTE
I knew you would understand. How could you not?
RIELLE
For the most part, I'm happy to go along with Sid's act, but every now and then I have to remind him not to be so grim and dark.
SIDURGU
Just what I needed. Another child to look after. Am I a dark knight or a nursemaid? Even I don't know anymore... <sigh>
SIDURGU
But times, they are ever changing, and perhaps we dark knights must change with them. Long-held truths are become lies, and villains heroes...though I should be glad if I never have to deal with another “hero” again.
SIDURGU
No offense, of course. But you are the exception that proves the rule. The righteous are all too uncompromising, and woe betide the man who offends their delicate sensibilities.
SIDURGU
If anything, I say you are too accommodating, but it is your aether and soul crystal at stake. Four times, he swears, but we shall hold him to it. Together.
SIDURGU
In the meantime, you may as well get some rest or attend to other matters. These two can keep themselves company. Maybe I'll find somewhere to take a nap, or a tavern to have a drink...
SYSTEM
The next dark knight quest will be available from Sidurgu upon reaching level 63.
SYSTEM
The requirements for undertaking subsequent quests can be reviewed in your journal.
63. 앞으로 네 번, 속죄 후에.
시두르구: ……너도 왔으니 슬슬 움직여야겠군. 리엘한테 미스트와 얘길 나누면서 이것저것 알아보라 했는데 별다른 성과는 없었다.
시두르구: '힘'을 사용해서 남을 돕고 싶단 말만 할 뿐 태생도, 그 능력에 대해서도 전혀 입을 열지 않더군. 알아낸 게 있다면 인간밖에 실체화하지 못한다는 것…….
시두르구: 아무튼, 앞으로 4번 더 남을 도와주는 데 협조하는 것 말곤 너의 에테르를 회수하는 방법은 없을 것 같다. 이거 참 성가시게 됐군…….
리엘: 미스트는 아주 열심이에요. 그 애의 소원을 들어주는 게 ***한테도 도움이 된다면 난 돕고 싶은데…… 시두르구는 싫어요?
시두르구: ……성가시다고 말했을 뿐이다.
시두르구: 어쨌든 아직은 도울 상대를 찾지 못했다. 성도는 지난번에 둘러봤으니까 조금 더 멀리 가서
'꼬리깃 마을' 근방에서 정보를 모아 보자고.
꼬리깃 마을로 이동
미스트: 이곳에 내 힘이 필요한 사람이 있을까…….
시두르구: 가문의 속박에서 해방된 이후로 이 녀석이 어찌나 말이 늘었는지…….
리엘: 방금 이곳 사람들이랑 얘기해 봤어요. 힘들어하는 사람이나 슬퍼하는 사람은 없냐고…….
리엘: 그랬더니 최근에 여기로 보내진 '로우디'라는 죄수 얘길 해 주더라고요.
리엘: 그 사람은 죗값을 치르기 위해서 마을 외곽에 있는 작업장에서 일하고 있는데…… 못된 감독관이 늘 소리 지르고 때리고 한대요.
시두르구: 학대당하는 죄수라…… 우리가 도와줘야 할 상대인지 확인해 봐야겠군.
시두르구: 마을 외곽에 있는 작업장이랬나. 당장 가 보겠나?
리엘: 이 근방이 맞는 것 같은데……. 남자의 호통소리: 어디서 말대꾸냐! 이 못된 계집, 죽어 버려!
낯익은 여자: …………죄송합니다…….
신성재판소 감독관: 사과하면 끝인 줄 알아? 이래서 죄인 놈들은! 난 너 때문에 이런 촌구석으로 보내졌다니까!? 이 쓰레기! 죽어! 죽으라고!
시두르구: 저 여자가 죄수 로우디인가? 쳇…… 누가 쓰레기인지 모르겠군.
시두르구: 왜 그래 ***? 저 여자를 아는 거냐?
시두르구: 저 여자가 바로, 연인의 죽음을 계기로 매의 보금자리의 폭동에 가담했던 반대파 일원인가!? 종업원으로 변장해서 약을 탔다고……!?
시두르구: 지난번에도 말했지만 넌 몸조심하면서 살아야겠군……. 아무튼 저 여자의 죄목은 알았는데…….
미스트: ……난, 저 사람도 웃었으면 좋겠어요. 연인을 잃고 못된 짓을 한 거라면…… 그 사람을 만나면 죗값을 치를 기운이 날까요……?
시두르구: 너의 '힘'으로 저 여자의 연인을 실체화시키겠단 거냐? 관둬, 지난번과는 달리 저 여자는 그가 죽었다는 걸 알고 있다. 위로는커녕 상처를 주게 될 거다.
미스트: 그치만 저 사람, 저대로 놔두면……. 마음은 슬프면 무너져 버려요…….
미스트: 난 많이 들었어요……. 상실감에 빠져 슬퍼하고, 화나고, 괴로워서 다시 만나게 해 달라고 원하는 사람들의 목소리…….
시두르구: ……나중에 후회해도 난 모른다. 그래도 괜찮다면 멋대로 해.
시두르구: 단, 마을 안에서 소동은 일으키지 마라. 리엘, 넌 미스트를 밖으로 데리고가서 지켜봐 줘라. 로우디는 우리가 유인하마.
시두르구: 넌 저 여자와 안면이 있댔지. 괜히 경계하면 성가시니까 내가 유인하겠다. 그 대신 네겐 따로 부탁할 일이 있다.
시두르구: ……죄인은 반드시 죗값을 치러야만 해. 하지만 저 여자에게 주어진 죄의 대가는 노동이지 저 쓰레기 자식한테 얻어맞는 일은 아닐 거다.
시두르구: 그 대검으로 정의에 숨은 악을…… 쳐라. 그 결과 구원받는 자가 있다면 그게 우리가 가야할 길이다.
신성재판소 감독관: 흥, 어디 가서 기분전환이라도 해야겠군! 난 낚시나 다녀와야겠다! 돌아오기 전까지 일을 다 끝내 놓도록 해!
시두르구: 가자……!
신성재판소 감독관: 응……? 뭐냐 넌?
신성재판소 감독관: 헷, 죄수를 함부로 다루지 말라 이거냐? 멍청한 놈, 저 여자는 죽어도 시원찮을 대역죄인이라니까?
신성재판소 감독관: 물러 터진 의장님이 은혜를 배풀어 노동형에 처했지만, 저딴 여자는 살아있어 봤자 나라의 수치이자 짐이야. 재교육을 해 주는 나한테 오히려 감사해야 한다고.
신성재판소 감독관: 뭐, 뭐야, 야만한 수법을 쓸 셈이냐!? 누가, 누가 좀 도와줘! 이 몹쓸 놈을 쫓아내주면 사례하겠다!
시두르구: ……해치웠구나. 이제 조금은 나아지겠지. 미스트가 하려는 행동의 결말은 차치하고서라도.
리엘: 이거…… 그냥 보고 있어도 괜찮을까…….
미스트: ***, 어디 갔었어요……? 그 동안 내가 해냈어요……!
미스트: 로우디의 연인을 만들어서 만나게 해줬다구요. 자, 볼래요……?
로우디: 정말…… 보고 싶었어, 항상…….
로우디: 당신이 전쟁터에서 돌아오지 못했을 때…… 아무리 주위에서 위로를 해도 괴롭고 허무해서 북받쳐오르는 건 눈물과 분노뿐이었어.
로우디: ……차라리 그냥 죽을 수 있었음 좋았을 텐데. '죽어라'는 욕을 들으며 살아갈 바엔 말야.
로우디: 그치만 스테이스…… 당신은 분명 이렇게 말하겠지?
스테이스: 슬픔은 당신을 죽이지 않아, 로우디. 당신은 추억 속에서 나를 그냥 지워 버려도 돼. ……포기할 거야? 다?
로우디: ……그럴 리가 없잖아. 당신이 이 세상에 있었단 걸 기억하는 사람이 나뿐이라면 아무리 삶이 비참해도 꿋꿋하게 살아가겠다 마음먹었거든.
로우디: 그러니까 이제 이런 짓은 하지 말아줘요. 그는 이제 돌아오지 않아…… 이건 환상일 뿐이야.
로우디: 그때 그 영웅님이시죠……? 당신이 이걸?
미스트: 내, 내가 하고 싶다고 한 거예요……! 당신이 슬퍼 보이길래 힘을 주고 싶어서…….
미스트: 기쁘지 않았다면 정말 죄송해요……. ***는 아무 잘못도 없어요……!
로우디: ……괜찮아, 나무라는 게 아니니까. 이런 날 위로해 주려는 사람도 있었구나. 내가 속아주지 못해서…… 미안해.
로우디: 영웅님도 폭동 땐 저 때문에 죄송했어요. 그 후로 당신의 활약을 들을 때마다 제가 그 이상 어리석은 짓을 하지 않아 다행이라고 안도한답니다…….
로우디: 당신은 용시전쟁을 끝내고 또다른 여행을 떠나셨나 보군요. 그렇게 계속해서 싸울 만큼, 지키고 싶은…… 소중한 것이 있나요?
뭐라고 대답하시겠습니까?
-소중한 존재가 있다.
로우디: 역시……. 저는 이슈가르드의 빈민 출신이라 들은 적이 있답니다.
로우디: 그렇게 방패를 들지 않고 대검을 쥔 사람은, 누군가에게는 유일한 기사님이며…… 소중한 존재를 지키고자 끊임없는 싸우는 사람이라고.
로우디: 앞으로도 당신은 끝까지 싸워 주세요. 슬픈 일은 늘 사정없이 찾아오지만, 반드시 이겨내서 보란듯이 웃으시길 바랄게요.
로우디: 저도…… 꼭 그렇게 될 거라 믿고…… 조금만 더 살아 보겠습니다.
시두르구: ……일단 에테르부터 회수하자고. '흡혼검'으로 네 크리스탈로 다시 가져와.
-...지금은 없다.
로우디: ……그러시군요. 하지만 당신은 그런 존재를 찾고 있나 보네요. 아니면, 잃은 줄 알았지만 여전히 마음에 남아 있다거나?
로우디: 저는 이슈가르드의 빈민 출신이라 들은 적이 있답니다. 그렇게 방패를 들지 않고 대검을 쥔 사람은, 누군가를 지키고자 끊임없는 싸우는 사람이라고…….
로우디: 앞으로도 당신은 끝까지 싸워 주세요. 슬픈 일은 늘 사정없이 찾아오지만, 반드시 이겨내서 보란듯이 웃으시길 바랄게요.
로우디: 저도…… 꼭 그렇게 될 거라 믿고…… 조금만 더 살아 보겠습니다.
시두르구: ……일단 에테르부터 회수하자고. '흡혼검'으로 네 크리스탈로 다시 가져와.
리엘: 그 언니…… 죗값을 모두 치르고 행복해졌음 좋겠어요…….
시두르구: 이제 미스트의 생각에 달렸군.
미스트: 미안해요……. 시두르구의 말대로 '흡혼검'으로 흡수하세요…….
흡혼검으로 암흑의 아지랑이를 흡수했다!
암흑기사의 소울 크리스탈에 에테르가 되돌아간다…….
미스트: 미안…… 미안해요……. 도와줬는데 실패하고 말았어요…….
미스트: 나는 너무나 모자라고 부족해서…… 사람들의 소원은 잔뜩 있는데 들어줄 수가 없어요…….
시두르구: 포기하고 싶으면 포기해. 우린 3번만 더 에테르를 되돌려받으면 그만이니까. ……여기서 울상 짓지 말고 일단 마을로 돌아가자.
미스트: 그래요…… 미안해요……. 난 도움이 안 됐지만 당신 말에 로우디가 기운을 차렸네요. 그건 정말 기뻐요…….
미스트: 고마워요, ***……. 함께 꼬리깃 마을로 돌아가 줄래요…?
미스트: 내가 할 수 있는 일은 많지 않아요. 당신처럼 되고 싶었는데…….
리엘: 이미 죽은 사람을 만나는 게 기쁜 일인지…… 난 잘 모르겠어요. 지금은 그냥 무섭단 생각만 들어서.
시두르구: 젠장, 다들 왜 이 모양인가…… 우울한 꼬마도, 맨날 사과만 해대는 꼬마도 짜증나는군……
시두르구: 미스트에겐, 이 일을 계속하고 싶으면 제대로 하라고 말해 두지. 넌 나중에 여기로 다시 와라. 어찌 됐든…… 그 여자는 조금이나마 구원을 받았다고 난 생각해.
ミスト : ぼくにも、元気にできるだれかが、いた……。
それは、とっても、とっても、うれしいこと。
機会くれてありがとう、***……!
リエル : シドゥルグは、人がいると、私をすぐ「ガキ」っていうの。
それが嫌で、一度「シドゥルグおじさん」って返したら、
すっごく……すっごーく怒られた……。
シドゥルグ : ……お前も来たなら、頃合いか。
リエルにミストの話し相手をさせて、
あれこれ詮索を試みたんだが、成果が思わしくなくてな。
シドゥルグ : 「ちから」を使って人助けをしたいの一点張りで、
出自も、その能力自体についても、要領を得ないままだ。
強いていえば、人以外は実体化できないそうだが……。
シドゥルグ : なんにせよ、あと4回、人助けとやらに付き合うしか、
エーテルを回収する方法はなさそうだ。
厄介だが、お前のソウルクリスタルを欠けたままにはできん。
リエル : ミストは、とっても一生懸命だよ。
その願いを叶えて、***の役にも立てるなら、
私は手伝いたいけど……シドゥルグは嫌?
シドゥルグ : ……厄介だと言っただけだ。
シドゥルグ : ともかく、依然、助ける相手のあてはない。
皇都は前に見回ったし、このまま足を延ばして、
「テイルフェザー」あたりで情報を集めるか。
リエル : 今ね、ここの人たちから、話を聞かせてもらったの。
困っている人や、悲しんでる人はいませんか……って。
リエル : そしたら、最近ここに送られてきた、
「ローディー」って囚人について教えてくれたんだ。
リエル : その人は、罪を償うために、
村はずれの作業場で働いているらしいんだけど……
監督官が酷くて、罵倒されたり殴られたりしてるんだって。
シドゥルグ : 虐げられた囚人か……。
俺たちが手を貸すべきか、見定めるべき相手ではありそうだ。
シドゥルグ : 村はずれの作業場、だったか。
さっそく見に行ってみるか?
シドゥルグ : 作業場というのは、このあたりか……?
リエル : このあたりで、間違いないと思うけど……。
男の怒鳴り声 : 口ごたえする気か!
この外道が、とっとと死ねッ!
見覚えのある女 : …………すみません……。
神聖裁判所の監督官 : 謝ればいいと思っているのか、これだから罪人はッ!
こっちは、お前のせいでこんな辺境に送られたんだぞ!?
このクズ! 死ね! 死ねッ!
シドゥルグ : なるほど……。
女の方が、囚人ローディーだな。
チッ……外道はどちらだか。
シドゥルグ : どうした、***。
……ローディーのことを知っているのか?
シドゥルグ : あの女が、恋人の死をきっかけにして、
ファルコンネストでの暴動に加わった、反融和派の一員だと!?
給仕に変装していて、薬を盛られた……!?
シドゥルグ : それは……また……。
以前も言ったが、お前、よくよく気を付けて生きろよ……。
とりあえず、あの女の罪状はわかったが……。
ミスト : ……ぼく、あのひとにも、笑ってほしい。
恋人がいなくなって、わるいことしたなら……
そのひとに会えれば、つぐなう元気でる……?
シドゥルグ : お前の「ちから」で、あの女の恋人を実体化させると?
やめておけ、前回とは違って、死んだとわかっている奴だ。
慰めるどころか、傷つけかねん。
ミスト : でも、あのひと、あのままじゃ……。
心は、かなしいと、こわれてしまうもの、だよ……。
ミスト : ぼく、たくさん聞いてきた……。
喪失をかなしんで、おこって、くるしんで、
また会いたいって、願ったひとたちの声……。
シドゥルグ : ……あとで後悔しても知らんぞ。
それでもというなら、好きにしろ。
シドゥルグ : ただし、集落の中で騒ぎは起こすな。
リエルは、ミストを外まで連れていって、面倒をみてやれ。
ローディーは、俺たちが誘導する。
シドゥルグ : お前は、あの女に顔が割れているんだったな。
変に警戒されても面倒だ、誘導役は俺が引き受けよう。
その間に、頼みたいことがある。
シドゥルグ : ……罪人は、罪を償わなければならない。
だが、あの女に課せられた贖罪は労働であって、
ゲスに殴られることではないはずだ。
シドゥルグ : その大剣で、正義に潜んだ悪を……断て。
それで救われる者がいるならば、俺たちが往くべき道だ。
神聖裁判所の監督官 : フン、気晴らしのひとつでもせんと、やってられん。
私は釣りに行ってくる!
戻るまでに、必ず仕事をすませておくんだな!
シドゥルグ : 行くぞ……!
神聖裁判所の監督官 : ん……?
なんだお前は?
神聖裁判所の監督官 : ハッ、囚人への態度を改めろときたか。
馬鹿め、あれはもともと、谷に落とされるべき大罪人だぞ?
神聖裁判所の監督官 : 甘ったれた議長殿は、恩赦をかけて労働なんぞを課したが、
あんな奴は生きているだけで国の恥、未来への負債だ。
再教育してやっている私に、むしろ感謝すべきだな。
神聖裁判所の監督官 : な、なんだ、野蛮な手段に訴える気か!?
誰か、誰か来てくれーッ!
この不届き者を追い払ったら、報酬をやるぞッ!
ミスト : ***……どこに行ってたの……?
そのあいだに、ぼく、やったよ……!
ミスト : ローディーの恋人をつくって、会わせてあげられたの。
ほら、見て……?
ローディー : 本当に……会いたかったのよ、ずっと……。
ローディー : あなたが戦場から戻らなかったこと……
どれほど意味を説かれても、苦しくて、むなしくて、
こみあげるのは涙と怒りばっかりだった。
ローディー : ……そのまま死ねちゃえばよかったのにね。
「死ね」って罵声を浴びせられながら、生きるくらいなら。
ローディー : だけどね、ステイス……。
あなたは、きっとこう言うんでしょう……?
ステイス : 悲しみは君を殺さないよ、ローディー。
君は思い出の中から、僕を消し去ることもできるけどね。
……手放すかい? 全部?
ローディー : ……するわけないでしょ、そんなこと。
あなたって人がいたことを覚えてられるのが私だけなら、
惨めでも、しつこく生きると決めたんだから。
ローディー : だから、もう、こんなことはやめてください。
彼は二度と帰らない……これはただの、幻だわ。
ローディー : あのときの……
英雄***さん、ですよね……?
あなたが、これを?
ミスト : ぼ、ぼくが、やりたいっていったの……!
あなたが、かなしそうだったから、元気になってほしくて……。
ミスト : うれしくなかったなら、ごめんなさい……。
***は、何もわるいこと、してないよ……!
ローディー : ……大丈夫、責めてはいないわ。
こんな私でも、励まそうとしてくれる人がいるものね。
騙されてあげられなくて……ごめんなさい。
ローディー : 英雄さんも、暴動のときは巻き込んでしまってすみません。
あのあと、あなたの活躍を噂に聞くたび、
自分があれ以上愚かでなくてよかったと安堵しています……。
ローディー : あなたは、竜詩戦争を終えて、次に旅立ったんですよね。
そうして戦い続けても、護りたい何かが……
大切なものがあるんですか?
ローディー : やっぱり……。
私はイシュガルドの貧しい出だから、聞いたことがあるんです。
ローディー : そうやって、盾を持たずに大剣を携える人は、
誰かにとっての唯一の騎士様……
大切なものを護らんと、戦い続ける人なのだと。
ローディー : これからも、あなたは戦い抜いてくださいね。
悲しいことは容赦なく訪れるけど、
打ち勝って、ざまあみろって笑ってやればいいんです。
ローディー : 私も、きっと……そうなれるって信じて……
もう少しだけ、生きてみます。
シドゥルグ : ……ともかく、靄の回収だ。
「ソウルイーター」で、お前のクリスタルに戻してこい。
ソウルイーターで、暗黒の靄を吸収した!
暗黒騎士のソウルクリスタルに、エーテルが戻っていく……。
ミスト : ごめん……ごめんね……。
あなた、てつだってくれたのに、失敗、しちゃった……。
ミスト : ぼくは、できそこないで、なりそこないだから……
みんなの願い、いっぱいあるのに、叶えられない……。
シドゥルグ : 諦めるならそうしろ。
こいつに、残り3回分のエーテルも返せば終了だ。
……悩むのならば、せめて街中にしろ。
ミスト : ごめん……ごめんね……。
あなた、てつだってくれたのに、失敗、しちゃった……。
ミスト : ぼくは、できそこないで、なりそこないだから……
みんなの願い、いっぱいあるのに、叶えられない……。
シドゥルグ : 諦めるならそうしろ。
こいつに、残り3回分のエーテルも返せば終了だ。
……悩むのならば、せめて街中にしろ。
シドゥルグ : ミストは今のところ諦めていない……が、
すぐに次の人助けに移れる状態でもなさそうだな。
シドゥルグ : まったく、どいつもこいつも……
ふさぎこんだガキも、ひたすら謝るガキも嫌いだ……。
シドゥルグ : ミストには、本当に続けたいなら、しゃんとしろと言っておく。
お前は、改めてここに集合してくれ。
……どうあれ、あの女は少なからず救われたと、俺は思うがな
MYSTE
I knew you would understand. How could you not?
RIELLE
For the most part, I'm happy to go along with Sid's act, but every now and then I have to remind him not to be so grim and dark.
SIDURGU
Oh, thank the gods, an adult. Rielle has been spending a lot of time with Myste─keeping him company and getting to know him and so forth.
SIDURGU
Not that there's much to know. He won't talk about his home or his past. Doesn't seem to have any interests or skills beyond conjuring elaborate illusions derived from memories.
SIDURGU
(I've no idea how he does it, either...and, more importantly, I'm not even sure how we could “take back” the aether he stole. We may have no choice but to agree to his terms. Unless you're content to carry half a soul crystal.)
RIELLE
I can hear you whispering, you know. Myste means well, and and I are willing to help him. Why aren't you?
SIDURGU
I didn't say I wasn't willing. I'm still here, aren't I?
SIDURGU
Right, then. We've found no one suitable for the boy's needs here. Rather than return to Ishgard, I say we try somewhere new. Let's head to Tailfeather.
MYSTE
This place too has seen its share of sadness...
SIDURGU
A prisoner of the High Houses? Interesting...
RIELLE
Life here is not easy, but it is fulfilling all the same. That said, the hunters had no personal tales of profound tragedy to share...
RIELLE
They did, however, tell me of an outsider recently brought here from Falcon's Nest. A prisoner, actually... A woman named Lowdy.
RIELLE
She's to atone for her crimes through hard labor, but the proctor has been...zealous. He berates her constantly, and every day she bears fresh bruises.
SIDURGU
Ah, Ishgardian justice. I know it well...
SIDURGU
If this woman is performing various chores for the hunters, then it should not be hard to find her. Come, let us look around.
RIELLE
She's lucky. At least she gets to see the sun...
MYSTE
No one is undeserving. No one is beyond redemption. This I must believe.
SIDURGU
She must be around here somewhere...
RIELLE
This is the place, isn't it?
INSPECTOR
(-???-)Insolent child! You are not to speak unless spoken to! Is that clear!?
WAITRESS
(-Penitent Prisoner-)Yes, my lord... Pray forgive me my impudence.
INSPECTOR
Do not play me for a fool! Your sins are beyond forgiveness! Ser Aymeric and his noble brethren may think you worthy of mercy, but I have seen your kind before. A swift death is more than you deserve!
SIDURGU
Hmph. A swift death is more than that bastard deserves. I can't imagine what she did to deserve that kind of treatment.
SIDURGU
Hm? You know her, ?
SIDURGU
Seven hells, she's the one that led the protest at Falcon's Nest? The one that nearly put an end to the peace conference? And she poisoned you!?
SIDURGU
Well, that explains a lot...though if you of all people can find it in your heart to forgive her─or at least forsake bloody revenge─then it's hard to look at this and call it justice.
MYSTE
Her crimes were born of desperation and despair for the husband she lost. Perhaps if the two of them were to meet again...
SIDURGU
Don't be foolish. She knows he's dead. You'll only cause her pain.
MYSTE
Pain is all that is left to her, don't you see?
MYSTE
How they cry in the dark, how they mourn their dead... How it festers and spreads and corrupts them thoroughly... We have seen it, we have made it─
SIDURGU
Fine, fine! Do what you will! Conjure her husband! <sigh> But do not come crying to me when she curses you for your kindness...
SIDURGU
I'll not give the hunters cause to turn their bows on us, either. Rielle, take Myste into the woods and hide. and I will free the girl.
SIDURGU
Rather, I will free the girl. She would know you at once, and might misunderstand your intentions. We cannot risk the commotion.
SIDURGU
As for your part...no one is truly outside Halone's grace, don't you think? Confront the proctor. Make him see the error of his ways. If he is a good man, then he may yet repent of his wicked ways...
SIDURGU
If he refuses, then that is his choice to make, and he will have to accept the consequences of his actions. Doubly so if he bears steel, yes?
INSPECTOR
Bah! The very sight of you fills me with murderous rage. See to your duties! I must needs cleanse myself of these impure thoughts through communion with nature. Perhaps a spot of fishing is in order...
SIDURGU
Now's our chance!
INSPECTOR
Hm? Who are you? Why do you disturb me?
INSPECTOR
A concerned adventurer who objects to my treatment of a criminal? Hah! If only you knew her sins. She should have been thrown into Witchdrop.
INSPECTOR
Alas, the Lord Speaker in his boundless wisdom and mercy demanded that we spare the woman's life. But rest assured I will see that her every waking moment is filled with misery and scorn.
INSPECTOR
You presume to judge me!? A man of the church!? I will not be cowed by your threats! The Fury guide and protect me! The Fury guide and protect me!
SIDURGU
It's begun. We can but watch and see what happens.
RIELLE
I'm...I'm not sure we should be here.
MYSTE
Look! We have brought them together! We have made her whole!
MYSTE
How she smiles, how her eyes sparkle. How beautiful, this happiness...
WAITRESS
Every night I dream of your face...
WAITRESS
I could've tried to stop you from going back to the front. Could've begged and screamed and cursed. But I didn't. Because I knew you'd listen. And even if you'd forgive me for it one day, I never would.
WAITRESS
The arrow may have missed my heart, but I've been dead for a long time. All of this is just...just waiting...
WAITRESS
That's what I'd tell you, Stace, if I could. And then...you'd say...
STACE
You can't stay stuck in that moment, Lowdy. You've got to go on. You've got to forgive yourself. You've got to let me go.
WAITRESS
But I won't. I won't. If I do, who'll be left to remember the man you were? The soldier, the husband...I'm the only one who knows...and it's my duty to hold on to that as long as I can...
WAITRESS
That's what I'd tell him if he were here...but he's not. He'll never come home to me. So please...put an end to this...whatever this witchcraft is...
WAITRESS
... Was this all your doing?
MYSTE
N-No, it was mine. Forgive me... I thought that... I wanted only to...
MYSTE
I was wrong. I see that now. You have every right to be upset.
WAITRESS
It's all right, boy. It is. I appreciate your kindness, even if it was misguided.
WAITRESS
You too, . I blamed you for a lot of things. Hated you so much, because...because...I don't know. Because you came back, and Stace didn't, maybe. Because you weren't him.
WAITRESS
They say the war's over now, but it never ends for people like you, does it?
Q
What will you say?
A
There's always something worth fighting for.
A
Everything ends.
WAITRESS
Aye, I know what you are. I heard the stories as a child.
WAITRESS
Of the ones with neither shield nor sigil. Champions of the weak and the helpless, undeterred by the law of man or god...
WAITRESS
Maybe, maybe not... But that's up to us, isn't it? Whether we carry it or don't. And something tells me you've not finished with it yet.
WAITRESS
I know what you are. I heard the stories as a child. Of the ones with neither shield nor sigil. Champions of the weak and the helpless, undeterred by the law of man or god...
WAITRESS
I couldn't stop you anymore than I could've stopped Stace from walking out the door that day. So...fight, damn you. Fight, if that's what you want. Just...don't squander the time in between. There's never enough...
WAITRESS
Right. I suppose I owe it to him to try and make the most of what I've got left too. So I will. Take care...and thank you.
SIDURGU
...She's gone. Reclaim your aether, .
MYSTE
Forgive me, I was a fool. The abyss is yours, as it has always been. Consume it.
SIDURGU
I did try to warn the boy...
RIELLE
...The proctor's punishments were nothing compared to her own guilt.
SYSTEM
In the depths of the abyss, a flame lingers...
SYSTEM
As the aether flows into your soul crystal once more, from the depths of the fading abyss, you hear a whisper...
MYSTE
Forgive me...forgive me... In the end, I could not make her whole.
MYSTE
So much pain, so much loss...how it fills my heart and overflows... Maybe it is indeed beyond us. Maybe it is not in our nature.
SIDURGU
...You've still got three more chances, don't you. There's no need to be so bloody melodramatic. At least not out here. We should go back to Tailfeather.
MYSTE
...Your words did more for her than my illusion.
MYSTE
She is still a good person. And so are you. I pray you both remember...
MYSTE
She knew it was false...yet it still had power over her. Can there be truth in a lie...and perhaps salvation as well...?
RIELLE
They found comfort in seeing the dead. They had so much to say to them. But I...I don't know what I could say to her...
SIDURGU
On to the next, I would say, but Myste looks to be in no state to continue.
SIDURGU
Which means we'll be staying here for a time. Taking in the fresh country air, me and my...little ones. <sigh>
SIDURGU
For what it's worth, I think that woman is better for what we did. Or at least as good as anyone can be after what she's been through...
65. 앞으로 세 번, 아득한 동경
시두르구: 자, 이제 너도 왔으니 얼른 나머지 3번을 도와주러 가고 싶지만…… 미스트 녀석이 아직 기운이 없는 것 같다.
시두르구: 지난번에 로우디가 기뻐하지 않은 게 뜻밖이었는지 어떤 사람을 도울까 우물쭈물 고민하는 것 같다. 당사자가 저러니 뭘 어쩔 수 있나.
시두르구: 그래서 말이다. 우선 지난번에 갔던 솜털뭉…… '모그모그 고향'에 가 보는 게 어떨까 싶군.
리엘: 드라바니아 구름바다에 있는……? 거기엔 딱히 도울 사람이 없을 것 같은데…….
시두르구: ……내가 어렸을 적에, 울적할 때면 스승님이 높은 곳으로 데려가주시곤 했었지. 모든 게 작게만 보이는 장소에 서면 기분이 바뀐다면서.
시두르구: 실제로 그게 효과가 있더군. ……아무튼, 그런 거다. 구름바다에 가서도 미스트가 미적댄다면 나도 그땐 몰라.
리엘: 그럼 다 같이 '모그모그 고향'에 가 봐요. 여행하는 셈치고.
미스트: 여행…… 당신과 함께 여행……. 왠지…… 나도 가고 싶어졌어요. 가요, ***…….
She knew it was false...yet it still had power over her. Can there be truth in a lie...and perhaps salvation as well...?
RIELLE
They found comfort in seeing the dead. They had so much to say to them. But I...I don't know what I could say to her...
SIDURGU
<yawn> . I imagine you'd like to get back to it, and so would I. Unfortunately, Myste remains inconsolable.
SIDURGU
His failure with Lowdy, such as it was, weighs on his mind. He's afraid of repeating the same mistake with others.
SIDURGU
And so...for lack of a better idea...I'm thinking it's time to pay another visit to those furry little shites in the Churning Mists.
RIELLE
What? But why? I can't imagine Myste helping a moogle.
SIDURGU
My master used to take me to places like Moghome when the city became too much. The fresh air, the quiet, the isolation...
SIDURGU
...And yes, I have not forgotten how the moogles helped Rielle and me when we were moody and brooding. Though I would argue that we reconciled in spite of their intervention, not because of it.
RIELLE
Whatever you say, Sid. Whatever you say...
MYSTE
...Don't worry. I haven't given up yet. How could I? You wouldn't.
RIELLE
It's good to see you again, Moggie. I hope you and your friends haven't been getting into too much trouble...
MOGGIE
Oh, you know Moggie! Trouble follows me wherever I go, kupo!
SIDURGU
Right, then. Water under the bridge. No need for poms to be torn from heads and shoved down throats. Yet.
SIDURGU
Our Myste is taking in the sights, I believe. Why don't you join him?
SIDURGU
I don't know why they're so afraid of me. It's not as though I threatened to kill every last one of them and burn their village to cinders. Not recently, at least.
MYSTE
The wind in your hair, the sun on your face... Here you can immerse yourself in the beauty and the calm, and forget the horrors. Almost.
MYSTE
How far we have come, you and I. The others, they hesitate...but you understand the obligation. The duty. The need for atonement.
Q
What will you say?
A
For what do you need to atone?
A
What happened to you?
MYSTE
We have lost...so, so much. So many friends and loved ones. So many moments. We thought we could keep and preserve them...but we are left with anguish in the end.
MYSTE
Time strips us of even this bitter remainder, if we let it. But I cannot. This pain, this sadness...it is mine to bear. Mine alone. This I understand now.
MYSTE
Their grief will be mine, and in return I will give them peace. But who and when and where, that is the question. Even we have our limits...
MYSTE
Who did I lose? Everyone. No one. We have always been apart, have we not?
MYSTE
Perhaps one day you will understand...and then you will share my loathing and contempt.
MYSTE
Oh! Forgive me, I...I have been away from the others too long. Sid will be worried. We must return to them at once!
MYSTE
Is Sid upset? I'm not sure, but I think I heard him grinding his teeth...
RIELLE
Did you and Myste have time to talk?
MOGGIE
Kupopo? Is this another one of your friends?
SIDURGU
There you are. I trust Myste has had ample time to reflect upon his mistake?
MYSTE
I have. I am ready to resume my search for those I might help with my power. Difficult though it may be, I do not intend to give up.
SIDURGU
Glad to hear it. In that case, there's no need to remain here any longer. I say we leave this accursed place and never return.
RIELLE
Don't be silly, Sid. I say we show Myste more of the Churning Mists. We did come all this way, you know.
RIELLE
Come on─there's a place I'd like to show you...
SIDURGU
Now wait just a godsdammed moment! You can't go running off on your own like that! You'll get eaten by a three-headed goobbue! Rielle!? Rielle!
SIDURGU
Bugger me with a bleeding... <sigh> Come on, they cannot have gone far. Watch out for belligerent dravanians and mischievous moogles...
SIDURGU
...Don't give me that look. If the little bastards didn't want their heads caved in, they shouldn't've tried to sneak up on me. Besides, they're still alive. You ought to give me credit for holding back.
SIDURGU
Anyway, I lost sight of the children. I'm not sure which way they went.
SIDURGU
I'll head north and circle back towards Asah. You head straightways there.
MYSTE
Rielle tells me she has rather fond memories of this place...
RIELLE
...You should have seen the look on Sid's face when the moogles started singing and dancing. He was utterly speechless!
MYSTE
Um...why were the moogles singing and dancing again?
RIELLE
It was stupid, really, but...I guess you could say that Sid had become obsessed with trying to live up to his master's example. And for all the wrong reasons.
RIELLE
He lost his family when he was younger than me. Ser Ompagne took care of him, and Fray, but then they died too. So it's just the two of us now...
RIELLE
He was angry and shortsighted, but now...well, he's still both those things...but not as much as before. So that's progress, I suppose.
MYSTE
Sid's master was very dear to him, wasn't he...
SIDURGU
Oh, thank the gods. You shouldn't have run off like that.
MYSTE
Do you wish to see him again? Your master?
SIDURGU
Huh? Where is this coming from? What has Rielle been telling you? I mean...there is much I wish I could have asked him before he passed, but─
SIDURGU
Wait, no! Don't you dare, you little shite!
OMPAGNE
(-???-)Oh Sid. Charming as ever, I see.
SIDURGU
Master!
OMPAGNE
And this must be Fray's successor. A worthy one, I have no doubt. My name is Ompagne, and it is an honor and a pleasure to meet you, .
OMPAGNE
You did well to come so far on your own before meeting Sid. And together, you have both grown so much, in mind and body and soul. As dark knights, and as true heroes.
OMPAGNE
There was a time when I was hailed as a hero too. For deeds meritorious in the defense of Ishgard and in the name of the Fury...
OMPAGNE
A brave and true Temple Knight, I was. Slayer of countless Dravanians. A commander beloved of and respected by his men. They would follow me into the Seventh Hell...
OMPAGNE
...And indeed, that is where I led them. Time and time again. They would fall, and I would earn the accolades. And then they would give me more green boys with dreams of glory.
OMPAGNE
Green boys with red blood, spilled on white snow. Again and again and again...
OMPAGNE
And then, one day, I couldn't...I couldn't remember the first one's face. I had forgotten the face of the first boy who gave his life for me...
OMPAGNE
That was the day I left the Temple Knights.
SIDURGU
I know that tale by heart...but not the tale of what came after...
SIDURGU
Why a goodly man with titles and wealth, a man who could have lived out his days in quiet comfort...why that man chose instead to walk the path...and to once more accept two children into his care...
OMPAGNE
Aye, you asked me that very question long ago, and I told you that one day you would understand...when you were older and wiser and stronger...
OMPAGNE
Shall we put you to the proof, Sid, and see if today is that day?
SIDURGU
<sigh> You always were fond of your tests.
OMPAGNE
Now, now, don't be cross. You've only yourself to blame. These are your memories, remember? Hah, but of course you do...
OMPAGNE
The point is, deep down, you wanted this. And while there's no substitute for the genuine article, you could do a lot worse.
OMPAGNE
So do me this honor─all of you! One last dance with the dead. Show me the man you have become, Sidurgu of the Obsidian Heart!
OMPAGNE
Well done, . Well done indeed... Fray would be proud to know that you carry on his legacy...and mine...
OMPAGNE
And Sid...Sid, my boy. My beloved boy. You nearly had me─
SIDURGU
Oh, spare me your sympathy, you bloody shade. I lost, and that's the end of it.
OMPAGNE
You kept Rielle and out of harm's way, Sid. You did well. Learn to shut up and take the compliment.
OMPAGNE
You asked me once why I chose to walk the path. Why I chose to look after you and Fray, even though, deep down, you already know. But, since I lost, I owe you the answer from my lips.
OMPAGNE
I was angry. Angry with the Temple Knights, angry with myself, angry with this twisted world where good men die for nothing. I was seeking justice for my boys...and forgiveness for my sins.
OMPAGNE
I saved lives and punished the wicked, and for a time, that was enough. But nothing lasts forever, does it? And a man ought to have a legacy...
OMPAGNE
...I failed my boys as a Temple Knight, but you two were my second chance.
OMPAGNE
I would teach you everything I knew, everything I learned from my mistakes so you wouldn't have to make them. I would send you out into the world to do great things and maybe, maybe...it would all balance out...
OMPAGNE
Well. That's all I have to say about that. You know what comes next, don't you?
OMPAGNE
...Though I suppose I ought to give you a word of advice before I disappear in a puff of smoke. I am your predecessor's master, after all.
OMPAGNE
People like us will never know peace. Every moment brings us closer to death─those of our enemies, our loved ones, and yes...our very own.
OMPAGNE
The fear of death is what keeps most men alive. That dread, that desperation to escape the inevitable, if only for a little longer.
OMPAGNE
But we are not like most men. We have seen what awaits us beyond the abyss. We have tasted that despair, bathed in that oblivion. We have wept rivers for our dead and cursed the gods for their cruelty.
OMPAGNE
That is our sword and our strength, and that is why you may one day stand above us all. May the gods have mercy on your soul.
OMPAGNE
Take care, Sid. Be nicer to the girl. And try to be less of a chocobo's arse.
SIDURGU
Oh, for the love of...
MYSTE
They weren't supposed to fight...
SIDURGU
For an illusion, that bastard hit awfully hard... Reclaim your aether so we can leave. I may need to visit a healer...
RIELLE
Sid's in a bad way. I think Ser Ompagne may have overdone it a bit...
SYSTEM
In the depths of the abyss, a flame lingers...
SYSTEM
As the aether flows into your soul crystal once more, from the depths of the fading abyss, you hear a whisper...
SIDURGU
Good, good... Glad to see it all worked out in the end...
SIDURGU
As for you, Myste...I distinctly recall telling you not to do that.
MYSTE
Forgive me...had I known it would come to violence, I...I...
SIDURGU
Don't you dare start pouting. I'm annoyed, aye, and sore all over, but it's nothing that won't heal with time.
SIDURGU
All I ask is that you promise not to do it again without warning and consent. Memories can be powerful and painful...in more ways than one.
SIDURGU
That said, he was right. I've only myself to blame. If I thought I could defeat him, I would've. But I didn't think I had a chance...and so I didn't. Ugh...
RIELLE
His injuries are worse than I thought. We should hurry back to Moghome!
MYSTE
For a moment I was certain he would fly into a fury... Could it be that he is grateful for the experience after all?
MYSTE
Then...then it was not in vain. Tired and broken though he may be, he is nevertheless better for the pain, and in time...in time...we too may be...
MYSTE
There is still hope. Redemption is not beyond us.
RIELLE
He'll heal, but I'm afraid it's going to take a while. The moogles can probably help, though Sid would have to let them─and good luck convincing him.
MYSTE
He...he will recover, yes?
MOGGIE
On the bright side, you can't blame us for it this time!
SIDURGU
Ugh...I'm afraid Rielle is right. I'm going to need some time to recover. I'm not fit to travel in my condition.
SIDURGU
Which means...which means...oh, gods help me, I'm going to have to stay with these furry little shites even longer.
SIDURGU
Two more times, was it? Two more times and we'll be finished with this boy's crusade. Not soon enough... <sigh> , be a dear and punch a moogle for me, would you?
68. 앞으로 두 번, 기적의 결말
미스트: ***, 있잖아요…… 스승님한테 당한 시두르구의 부상이 아직 심한가 봐요…….
미스트: 난 사람들을 열심히 돕고 싶어요. 그치만 시두르구가 힘든 건 싫어요……. 그러니까 이번엔 나랑 둘이서만 가지 않을래요……?
미스트: 고마워요……. 그치만 어디로 가면 좋을지…….
미스트: 큰 전쟁이 일어났던 곳이라면 내 '힘'이 도움이 될 사람이 있을까요……?
미스트: ……기라바……니아? 그 '카스트룸 오리엔스'라는 장소 근처에서 예전에 큰 싸움이 있었던 거죠……?
미스트: 응…… 가 볼래요……! ***, 잘 부탁 드립니다.
시두르구: 어린애한테까지 걱정을 끼치다니 나도 참 한심하군…….
시두르구: 하지만 이건 애시당초 ***의 소울 크리스탈에 에테르를 되돌리기 위한 일이잖아. 너만 있으면 별일 없이 목적을 이룰 수 있을 테지.
시두르구: 난 상황을 봐서 일단 이슈가르드로 돌아가겠다. 기라바니아에서 할 일이 끝나면 성도에서 다시 만나도록 하지.
시두르구: 덕분에 몸을 움직일 수 있게 됐다. 조만간 성도에서 다시 만나자.
리엘: ***가 함께라면 미스트도 괜찮을 거예요……. 조심해서 다녀오세요.
미스트: 여기가 카스트룸 오리엔스군요……! 모두 열심히 일하고 있네요…….
미스트: ……싸울 준비를 하는 건가……? 무섭다……. 게다가 다들 기운이 넘쳐서 슬퍼 보이는 사람은 없네요…….
미스트: 기지에서 좀 떨어진 곳이 좋을까요……? 조용한 장소…… 전쟁터였던 곳을 찾아 볼래요……?
갈리엔: 허억……허억…… 거기 누구 있어? 이젠 눈앞이 흐릿해서……
갈리엔: 당신은…… *** 님 아닌가……!? 하하, 이런 기적이…… 있다니……!
미스트: 큰일이에요……. 이 사람, 몸이 많이 아픈가 봐요……! ***의 친구예요……?
갈리엔: 잘 보이진 않지만…… 깜찍한 동행자가 있나 보군……. 하지만 어쩌나…… 나는 그 사람 친구가 아니란다…….
갈리엔: *** 님은 예전에…… 채석공방에서 메프리드 대장 밑에 있던 내게 약을 가져다주셨단다…….
갈리엔: 그 약은 나를…… 다쳤던 우리 동료들을 구했단다……. 감동한 우리는 그 목숨을 큰 뜻에 바치고자…… 알라미고 해방군의 선봉이었던 철가면 경의 부대에 지원했지.
갈리엔: 결과는………… 아시는 대로입니다. 동료들은 모두…… 장성에서의 전투에서 죽었습니다…….
갈리엔: 저는 가까스로 목숨을 건졌습니다만…… 이제 와서 제가 돌아갈 곳은 없습니다…….
갈리엔: 그래서 이렇게 조용히 살아가고 있었습니다만 결국 제게도 천벌이 내린 건지…… 알 수 없는 병을 얻어…… 이제 곧 죽게 되겠죠…….
미스트: 아, 안 돼요…… 죽으면 안 돼요……!
미스트: ***, 난 이 사람에게 힘을 주고 싶어요. 기운 내서 살아 줬으면 해요……. '힘'을 사용하게 해 줘요……!
미스트: 부탁해요…… 기운을 내요……. 지금 만나고 싶은 사람은 없나요……?
갈리엔: ……있지…… 있고 말고……. 동료들을 모두 만나고 싶지만…… 특히 친했던 후다르트는 꼭 만나고 싶구나.
갈리엔: *** 님도 알고 계실 겁니다……. 그 녀석은 철가면 경의 대역을 하던 무렵에 당신을 만났다고…… 기뻐했었답니다…….
갈리엔: ……하지만 그 녀석도 그 전투에서 죽고 말았어. 고맙다…… 착한 아이로구나…… 이런 나를…… 위로해…… 주고…….
후다르트: ……그들의 마음에 보답하기 위해서라도 꼭 살아야 해, 갈리엔.
갈리엔: 이럴 수가……. 후다르트…… 너 거기 있어……?
갈리엔: 아니, 환영이든 저 세상에 날 데리러 왔든 상관없어……. 후다르트…… 후다르트…… 네게 부탁이 있다…….
갈리엔: 랄거의 손길로 돌아가서…… 죽은 동료들을 위해 기도를 올려줘……. 난 이제 갈 수 없지만…… 그게 마음에 걸려서 말이야.
후다르트: ……알았어. 네 몫까지 기도를 올리고 오지.
후다르트: 밖에서 잠시 얘기할 수 있을까요……?
갈리엔: 당신도…… 함께 가주시는 건가요……?
고맙습니다…… 저도…… 이제………….
미스트: 기도를 올리고 오면…… 갈리엔은 건강해져요……?
후다르트: ……설마 이런 식으로 당신과 다시 만날 줄이야. 우리의 싸움을 지켜봐달라고 말해 놓고 그런 식으로 끝나다니…… 면목이 없군요.
후다르트: 당신도 철가면의 잔당을 도와주는 건 탐탁지 않겠죠. 그렇지만…… 부디 도와주실 수 없을까요?
후다르트: 저는 갈리엔의 바람을 들어주고 싶습니다. 하지만 무기 하나 없이 야수가 우글대는 황야를 지나서 랄거의 손길까지 가는 건 불가능합니다……!
미스트: 나도 부탁할게요. 마음이 놓이면 갈리엔도 살아날 테니까…… 그 대검으로 후다르트를 지켜줘요……!
후다르트: 감사합니다…… 정말 감사합니다……. 그럼 랄거의 손길로 가도록 하죠. 아직 갈리엔의 의식이 남아 있을 때……!
후다르트: 감사합니다……. 역시 당신이 있어 줘서 다행입니다. 그때나 지금이나 정말 강하신 분이군요.
후다르트: 우리는 바일사르 장성에서 돌진해 오는 당신을 봤었죠. 과거의 은인이 열심히 싸우는 모습에 약간 망설이기도 했습니다. 그리고 그건…… 곧 후회로 바뀌었고요.
후다르트: 당신처럼 강했다면 올바른 길을 선택할 수 있었을까요? 구해 주셨던 생명을 불태우고 진정한 의미로 고향과 동포를 구할 수가 있……었을……까, 요……?
미스트: 비틀거리는데…… 괜찮아요……?
후다르트: 아…… 문제없습니다. 하지만 안타깝게도 얘길 나눌 시간이 없는 듯하군요. 어서 랄거의 손길로 갑시다.
미스트: 후다르트가……!
후다르트: 나…… 나는…… 나……는…… 그래…… 거점으로…… 돌아가야…….
미스트: 아무래도 후다르트의 상태가 이상해요……! 거리는 그렇게 떨어지지 않았는데…….
후다르트: ……나는 어차피 갈리엔의 마음 속 일부분입니다. 그가 꾸는 꿈과 같은 존재죠.
후다르트: 그저 잠들기만 했다면 꿈은 계속 존재하겠죠. 하지만 그는 생사의 갈림길에서 오락가락하는 상태라
그대로 죽음을 맞이한다면 나도 사라질 겁니다…….
후다르트: 자, 서두릅시다. 저는 괜찮습니다…… 어서 가시죠.
미스트: 어쩌지……? 내 '힘'으로는 마음을 지탱할 수 없는데……!
후다르트: …………안하다…… 미안하다…… 모두……. 살아……서…… 고향……고향…… 다시 한……번…………
미스트: 정신차려요……!
후다르트……! 갈리엔……!
후다르트: 허억……허억…… 괜찮습……니……다. 우리에게 내려진 이 기적을, 이런 식으로 포기할 수는…… 없습니다…….
후다르트: 철가면 밑에 모였던 우린, 확실히 잘못된 길을 선택했어요……. 하지만 모두 고향을 사랑하는 좋은 녀석들이었습니다.
후다르트: 그러니…… 역사엔 악으로 기록될지언정…… 아무런 보답도, 아무런 구원도 받지 못하더라도…… 우리만……은…… 그들을 위해…… 기도할 겁니다…….
후다르트: ……이렇게 세계의 한켠에서 쓰러져가면서, 우리는 몇 번이나 당신이라는 어둠 속의 빛을 봤었죠.
후다르트: 부디 조금만 더…… 힘을…… 빌려……주세……요………….
미스트: ***…………. 후다르트가 갑자기…… 풀려서……. 마음이 끊긴 거예요……. 아마 갈리엔도 이젠…….
미스트: 후다르트는 기적이라고 말했는데……. 그럼 죽지 않아도 될 텐데……. 모두 건강하고 행복해지면 좋았을 텐데……!
미스트: 이건 아니예요……. 내가 그냥 또 실수한 거예요……. 돌아가면 갈리엔은 살아 있을 테고…… 그리고…….
미스트: 그리고………….
미스트: 미안…… 미안해요……. 이걸 당신한테 돌려줄게요. 정말로…… 미안해요…….
미스트: '흡혼검'으로 이걸 거둬 주세요…….
미스트: ……***. 우리만이라도 기도를 올려요. 조금만 더 가면 되죠……?
미스트: 여기에 '묵념'을 올리면 되는 거죠……?
미스트: ……이제 후다르트와 갈리엔도 마음이 놓였을까?
미스트: 모르겠죠? 죽고 나면 그걸로 끝이니까. 사라진 사람은 아무도 말할 수 없으니까…….
미스트: ……난 있죠, 좋아하는 사람들이랑 있으면서 그들의 슬픔도 두려움도 다 이해한다고 생각했어요.
미스트: 하지만 전혀 아니었네요. 상실은 당신들 앞에 불쑥 찾아오는 게 아니라, 늘 곁에 있는 거였나 봐요…….
미스트: ***는 세계가 그렇다는 걸 알고 있었나요……?
뭐라고 대답하시겠습니까?
-그래서 이 대검을 잡았다
미스트: 소중한 존재를 지키기 위한 대검……. 그러네요, 당신들은 그렇겠죠……. 하지만…….
-어쩔 수 없는 일이다
미스트: ……그렇군요. 당신도 많은 걸 잃었으니까요.
미스트: 아무런 도움이 안 됐네요…… 결국…….
미스트: 내가 고작 몇 명을 도와봤자 아무런 의미가 없었는지도 몰라요…….
미스트: ……있잖아요, 다음이 정말로 마지막이에요.
미스트: 난 부족한 에테르를 당신에게 빌렸었죠……. 하지만 그건 좀 거짓말이고, 나한텐 처음부터 당신한테 빌린 에테르밖에 없었어요.
미스트: 그러니까 마지막 한 번은 나랑 교환하는 거예요. 그래 봤자 역시 의미가 없을 테지만요…….
미스트: 나한테 더 많은 에테르가…… 더 강한 '힘'이 있었다면 더 잘할 수 있었을까……?
미스트: ……돌아가요, ***. 시두르구가 성도에서 기다린다고 했잖아요. 걱정하고 있을 거예요.
리엘: 잘 다녀 오셨어요……?
시두르구: 그래, 돌아왔구나……. 상황은 어때?
시두르구: ……흠, 이번 일은 그렇게 됐다 치고 미스트에게 에테르가 없다는 건 이해가 안 되는군. 본인이 돌아오면 자세히 들어봐야겠어…….
시두르구: 미스트가 먼저 이리로 향했다고……? 아니, 적어도 여기엔 오지 않았는데…….
시두르구: 칫, 이제 와서 에테르를 가지고 도망간 것도 아닐 텐데……! 어디서 길을 샜는진 모르겠지만 괜한 말썽 일으키지 말고 돌아오길 바랄 수밖에…….
리엘: 미스트, 왜 그러는 걸까요…….
ミスト : ***、あのね……
師匠さんにやられたシドゥルグの怪我、
まだ、あまりよくない、みたい……。
ミスト : ぼく、人助け、がんばりたい。
だけど、シドゥルグが苦しいのは、よくない……。
だから、今回はぼくとふたりで、行ってくれませんか……!
ミスト : ありがとう……。
でも、どこに行ったらいいのかな……。
ミスト : おおきな戦いが、おきた場所なら、
ぼくの「ちから」で元気あげられるひと、いる……?
ミスト : ……ギラバ、ニア?
その「カストルム・オリエンス」って場所のそばで、
前に、おおきな戦いが、あったんだね……?
ミスト : うん……いってみる……!
***、どうぞ、よろしくおねがいします。
シドゥルグ : まったく……。
ガキにまで気を使わせるとは、我ながら情けない……。
シドゥルグ : だが、もとより、***のソウルクリスタルに、
エーテルを返すための人助けだ。
お前さえついていれば、道を違えずに目的が果たせよう。
シドゥルグ : 俺は、様子を見つつ、一旦イシュガルドに戻る。
ギラバニアでやるべきことが終わったら、
皇都で再合流するとしよう。
ミスト : ここが、カストルム・オリエンス……!
みんな、てきぱき、おしごとしてるね……。
ミスト : ……戦いの準備なのかな……こわいな……。
それに、みんな、ぎらぎらしていて、
かなしそうなひと、いない……。
ミスト : 基地から、すこし、はなれたほうが、いい……?
しずかな場所……戦場跡のほう、さがしてみよう……?
ガリエン : ハァ……ハァ……誰か、そこにいるのか?
もう、目がかすんで……。
ガリエン : あんたは……***さんじゃないか……!?
ハハ……こんな奇跡が、ある、とは……!
ミスト : たいへん……このひと、とてもよわってる……!
***の、ともだち……?
ガリエン : よく、見えねぇが……可愛い声の、お連れさんだ……。
残念……俺は、友達なんて大層なものじゃない……。
ガリエン : ***さんは以前……
クォーリーミルで、メッフリッド隊長のもとにいた俺に、
薬をとどけてくださったんだ……。
ガリエン : その薬は、俺を……弱っていた仲間たちを救った……。
みんな感動して、救われた命で大義をなそう、って……
アラミゴ解放の先鋒だった、鉄仮面卿の部隊に志願したのさ。
ガリエン : 結果は…………ご存知でしょう?
仲間たちは、みんな……長城の戦いで、死にました……。
ガリエン : 俺は、一命を、取り留めたんですが……
鉄仮面卿の一味なんぞ、今さら戻れる場所はありません……。
ガリエン : こうして片隅でひっそり生きていたものの、
ついに天罰が下ったらしい……。
どこからか、病をもらっちまって……もう終いです……。
ミスト : だ、だめ……死んでしまうのは、だめ……!
ミスト : ***、ぼく、このひとをはげましたい。
元気になって、生きてほしいの……。
「ちから」を、つかわせて……!
ミスト : お願い……元気を、だして……。
今、会いたいひとは、いませんか……?
ガリエン : ……いるさ……いるとも……。
仲間たちみんなに会いたいが……
中でも親しかったフーダルトには、とくに会いたいねぇ。
ガリエン : ***さんも、ご存じでしょう……。
あいつは、鉄仮面卿の影武者をしていたときに、
あんたに会ったと……喜んでいましたから……。
ガリエン : ……といっても、例にもれず、あの戦いで死んだんだ。
ありがとうなぁ……優しいお連れさん……
こんな俺を……はげまそうと……してくれて……。
フーダルト : ……彼らの好意に応えるためにも、生きるんだ、ガリエン。
ガリエン : うそ、だろ……。
フーダルト……お前が、いるのか…………?
ガリエン : ああ…………。
幻でも、あの世からの迎えでも、なんでもいい……。
フーダルト……フーダルト……お前に頼みがあるんだ……。
ガリエン : ラールガーズリーチに帰って……
死んだ仲間のために、祈りを捧げてやって、くれ……。
俺ぁもう、行けないが……それだけが、気がかりだったんだ。
フーダルト : ……わかった。
お前の分まで、祈ってこよう。
フーダルト : 外で、話をさせていただいても……?
フーダルト : ……まさか、こんな形で、あなたと再会することになるとは。
私たちの戦いを見届けてほしいと言ったのに、
あのような形で終わり……本来ならば、会わせる顔もない。
フーダルト : あなたとしても、鉄仮面の残党に手を貸すなど不本意でしょう。
ですが……どうか助力をお願いできないでしょうか。
フーダルト : 私は、ガリエンの望みをかなえてやりたい。
しかし、このような丸腰では、野獣ひしめく荒野を抜けて、
ラールガーズリーチに行くことなどできますまい……!
ミスト : ぼくからも、おねがい。
ガリエン、安心したら、きっと生きられる……。
その大剣で、フーダルト、護ってあげて……!
フーダルト : ありがとう……本当にありがとうございます……。
では、ラールガーズリーチへ向かいます。
ガリエンの意識があるうちに……!
フーダルト : ありがとうございます……。
やはり、あなたがいてくださってよかった。
あの日も今も、本当にお強い方だ。
フーダルト : バエサルの長城で、私たちは、攻め入ってくるあなたを見た。
かつての恩人が懸命に戦う姿に、若干の迷いを覚えました。
そしてそれは……間もなく後悔へと変わることとなる。
フーダルト : あなたほどの強さがあれば、正しきを選べたのでしょうか。
救っていただいた命を燃やし、本当の意味で、
故郷と同胞を救うことができたノ、デショ、ウ、カ……。
ミスト : ふらふら、してる、よ……?
だいじょうぶ……?
フーダルト : 失敬……問題ありません。
ですが、残念ながら話をしている時間はないようだ。
ラールガーズリーチへ急ぎましょう。
フーダルト : ワタ、シ……ワタシ……ワタシ、ハ……
そう……キョてンに、戻らなければ……。
ミスト : やっぱり、フーダルトのようす、おかしい……!
距離はまだ、へいきなはず、なのに……。
フーダルト : ……私は所詮、ガリエンの想いの一部。
彼が見ている、夢のようなもの。
フーダルト : ただの眠りについているなら、夢は在りつづけましょう。
しかし、彼は生死の狭間で浮き沈みしている。
そのまま死の底に沈めば、私も姿を保てまい……。
フーダルト : やはり、急がねばなりません。
私は大丈夫です……行きましょう。
フーダルト : …………マナイ……スマナイ……ミンナ……。
生キ、テ……故郷……コキョウ……もうイ、チ…………。
ミスト : しっかり、して……!
フーダルト……ガリエン……!
フーダルト : ハァ……ハァ……だいじょうぶ、デ、す。
私たちに与えられた、この奇跡を、
こんなところで無駄にするわけには、いきません……。
フーダルト : 鉄仮面のもとに集った私たちは、確かに道を誤った……。
けれど皆、故郷を想う、いい連中だったんです。
フーダルト : だから……歴史には、悪と記されても……
報われず、誰に救われることがナくトモ……
ワタシタチだけ、ハ……彼らのために、祈りたい……。
フーダルト : ……こうして世界の片隅で朽ちかけたとき、
私たちは幾度も、あなたという暗影の中の光を見たんだ。
フーダルト : どうかあと少しだけ……
チカラを……カシテくダ、サ、イ…………。
ミスト : ***…………。
フーダルトが、とつぜんほどけて……
想いがとだえたんだ……だから……ガリエンも、もう……。
ミスト : フーダルト、きせきって、いってたのに……。
だったら、死ななくても、よかった……
まにあって、みんな元気で幸せになっても、よかった……!
ミスト : こんなの、ちがうよ……。
きっと、ぼくがまた、失敗しただけ……。
もどったら、ガリエンは生きてて……それで……。
ミスト : それ、で…………。
ミスト : ごめん……ごめんね……。
これを、あなたに、戻してあげて。
本当に……ごめんなさい……。
ミスト : ……***。
ぼくたちだけでも、いのり、ささげよう。
このさきだよね……。
ミスト : ……これで、フーダルトとガリエンは、むくわれたのかな。
ミスト : わからない、よね。
死んでしまったら、そこでおわり。
無になったものを、だれも、かたれない……。
ミスト : ……ぼくね、だいすきな「みんな」といて、
彼らのかなしみも、おそれも、知ってるはずだったの。
ミスト : だけど、ぜんぜん、たりなかった。
喪失は、ときどきあなたたちを襲うんじゃなく、
いつだって、すぐとなりに、あるんだね……。
ミスト : ***は、世界がそんなだって、知ってた……?
ミスト : たいせつなものを護るための、大剣……。
そうだね、あなたたちは、そういうもの……だけど……。
ミスト : すくわれないなぁ……いつまでも…………。
ミスト : ぼくが、たった数回の人助けをすることにだって、
意味なんか、なかったかもしれない、ね……。
ミスト : ……あのね、あと1回は、本当にさいごなの。
ミスト : ぼくは、あなたから、エーテルを借りた……。
それはすこしだけ嘘で、ぼくにはさいしょから、
あなたに借りたエーテルしかないの。
ミスト : だから、さいごの1回は、ぼくとひきかえ。
それでも、やっぱり、無意味だろうけれど……。
ミスト : ぼくに、もっとたくさんの、エーテル……
つよい「ちから」があったなら、うまく、できたのかな……。
ミスト : ……かえろう、***。
シドゥルグたち、皇都でまってるって、いってた。
きっと、心配、してるよ。
シドゥルグ : ああ、戻ったか……。
どうだ、そちらの状況は?
シドゥルグ : ……ふむ、今回の人助けの顛末はともかく、
ミストにエーテルがないというのは解せんな。
本人が戻ってきたら、詳しく聞く必要があるか……。
シドゥルグ : ミストは先に戻ったはず……?
いや、少なくともここには来ていないが……。
シドゥルグ : チッ、今さらエーテルの持ち逃げでもなかろうに……!
どこで道草を食っているのか知らんが、
厄介ごとを連れずに戻ってくることを願うしかないか……。
SIDURGU
I wasn't joking, by the way. About the moogle punching.
RIELLE
He'll heal, but I'm afraid it's going to take a while. The moogles can probably help, though Sid would have to let them─and good luck convincing him.
MYSTE
As you can see, Sid has yet to fully recover from his bout with Ser Ompagne, and there is no telling how much more time he will require.
MYSTE
But my quest will brook no delay. If we must seek out another soul in need of succor without their assistance, then so be it. Do you agree?
MYSTE
Then we are of one mind. Now then, where shall we begin our search...
MYSTE
War is perhaps the greatest source of man's misery. So much death and destruction... A battlefield, perhaps...
MYSTE
Yes, yes... This slaughter you bore witness to at Castrum Oriens is precisely that of which I speak. A tragedy which tore apart the lives of every man and woman it touched...
MYSTE
My mind is made up. That is where we must go.
SIDURGU
But, again, it's your soul crystal at stake. I'm only here to help you reclaim your aether. If you think you can look after him by yourself, then by all means.
SIDURGU
As for me...I think I've finally regained enough strength to make the journey back to Ishgard. When you've finished in Gyr Abania, come and find us at the Forgotten Knight.
SIDURGU
Don't get cocky. The little bastard's a handful and a half.
RIELLE
Myste cares for us all, in his own way, but you most of all, I think...
MYSTE
Castrum Oriens... How it buzzes with life. So many brave soldiers, resolved to do their duty no matter the cost...
MYSTE
But have no doubt there will be a cost, and it will be most high, for no man is beyond the reach of fate. Death will not be denied...
MYSTE
This place...this place...it weighs on me... Anywhere but here I would search...
GALLIEN
Come...come to share the fire? I would stand to greet you, stranger, but my legs...my eyes...the whole of me is not what it once was...
GALLIEN
...I know that name, and that voice! By Rhalgr, you're still alive! Praise Him, praise Him...
MYSTE
Who is this man on the verge of death? Is he your friend?
GALLIEN
Nay, nay, though I am flattered that you would think so...
GALLIEN
This woman made medicine for me long, long ago, at the behest of Captain Meffrid...when we were still in Quarrymill.
GALLIEN
If I'd kept it all for myself, I'd've made a full recovery...but I couldn't. I had a dear friend, you see, and so I made a choice. He got better. I didn't.
GALLIEN
Ended up working for the Griffin, he did. As a right-hand man, even. But like all the rest who went to the Wall, he never came back.
GALLIEN
The irony of it, that I'd be the one to outlive them all, if only for a little while.
GALLIEN
And so I sit here and await the reckoning, as I rot from the inside out. The husk of the freedom fighter I aspired to be.
MYSTE
No, no! This is not the ending you deserve! I will not allow it!
MYSTE
The man he spoke of, the one whose life he chose to save at the cost of his own. That man is proof of his nobility! If he were here...
MYSTE
Do you wish to see him again? Your dear friend?
GALLIEN
Houdart? Aye, more than anything. But there's no point in praying for the impossible. He died with the rest. I'm sure of it.
GALLIEN
He was the Griffin's double, and one of his top commanders besides...
GALLIEN
You're a kind boy, you are, and I'm grateful for the company in these twilight hours. But there's no need to trouble yourself further. My time is nearly spent.
HOUDART
Then spend the remainder thinking of better days, Gallien, and not dwelling on the deaths of me and mine.
GALLIEN
Gods strike me down... Houdart? No, no, it can't be... This is naught more than a trick, an illusion... A lie...
GALLIEN
But...even if it is a lie... Hear me, Houdart. I've a favor to ask of you. One final favor for a dying fool...
GALLIEN
Return to the Reach. To Stormblood. Offer a prayer to our brothers there.
HOUDART
I will, Gallien. You have my word.
HOUDART
We should talk. Outside.
MYSTE
I have to believe...I have to believe...
SYSTEM
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.
HOUDART
To Meffrid and Gallien, you were larger than life. I always wanted to meet you...and here we are. Though I reckon this doesn't really count, does it?
HOUDART
If only I could go back and tell myself what a blind, bloody fool I was to place my trust in the Griffin. Maybe then Gallien wouldn't be dying alone.
HOUDART
Listen, he hasn't got much time. I'll lead the way. The wilds between here and the Reach aren't too dangerous, but as you can see, I'm unarmed, so I'll not be any good to you in a fight.
MYSTE
Nor will I, I fear. We will have to rely solely on you for protection...
HOUDART
Heh, I've no doubt you can keep us safe. You're the bleedin' Warrior of Light, after all! Let us be off!
HOUDART
Strong as ever, eh? Stronger even than you were that day, I reckon...
HOUDART
They say that when the Griffin's men realized you were coming to stop them, they grew panicked and unsure. How could they take up arms against a woman hailed as the hero of Eorzea? A hero who had personally intervened in their lives for the better?
HOUDART
Some stood their ground and died then and there for it, I imagine, while others looked the other way and tried to find some more imperials to kill. I pray I wasn't foolish enough to try and fight you. I owed you better...
MYSTE
Houdart? Houdart! Speak to me!
HOUDART
I'm fine... Just got dizzy all of a sudden. We have to hurry, do you hear me? We have to make it to the Reach!
MYSTE
Houdart has to stay strong! He has to remember what's at stake!
HOUDART
I made a promise...to Gallien... I will not fail you, brother...
MYSTE
It cannot be the distance. We haven't traveled far enough yet...
HOUDART
A man's memories...cannot outlive him...
HOUDART
I told you, he hasn't...hasn't got much time. And neither do I...
HOUDART
I'll hold on as long as I can, but...in the end...it's not up to me...
MYSTE
No! I will not allow it! He will endure! We will fulfill Gallien's wish!
HOUDART
So...so close...
MYSTE
Houdart! You must go on! You must make Gallien whole! Remember, Houdart!
HOUDART
Don't you think I know that!? He...he saved my life! And I...we all went and died for naught! For naught! All we ever wanted was to go home...
HOUDART
O come ye wayward brothers,♪ Bereft of hearth and home,♪ Beneath yon burning star there lies♪ A haven for the bold...♪
HOUDART
Raise up your hands and voices!♪ Let fill your hearts with pride!♪ Above the churning waters we♪ Stand strong and unified!♪
HOUDART
...We can...we can still go home.
HOUDART
Even now, after everything we have done, we can still go home...
SYSTEM
In the depths of the abyss, a flame lingers...
MYSTE
He fell and would not rise. He began to shake and...and...
MYSTE
He was so close! He could have made it─he should have made it! How cruel the gods to tempt us with this promise of redemption!
MYSTE
We...we did not fail. They failed us...they failed us!
MYSTE
They...we...I...
MYSTE
Forgive me...forgive me... My failure is my own. I had my chance, and I squandered it. Reclaim that which was yours.
MYSTE
It was not mine to take, but I took it. For that is who I am at heart.
SYSTEM
As the aether flows into your soul crystal once more, from the depths of the fading abyss, you hear a whisper...
MYSTE
...It is not finished. Not yet. You will come and pray with me.
MYSTE
Here is where we are to pay respect to the dead.
SYSTEM
A storm of blood approaches fast, Hells open, Heavens weep. For no one soul doth lie beyond The measure of His Reach.
MYSTE
...What good are prayers to the dead. They have not ears to listen.
MYSTE
Nor eyes to see or hearts to console. Naught remains of them save fleeting recollections soon lost to time and to the abyss...
MYSTE
We are left only with pain. A lingering sadness for names and faces consigned to oblivion.
MYSTE
How are we to withstand this relentless onslaught which threatens to consume us? Is there no truth but this, that all men must die?
MYSTE
Is this our world to suffer, or to shape?
Q
What will you say?
A
The world is what we make of it. I by my sword. That is my truth.
A
Such is the gods' design.
MYSTE
...Indeed. We are only bound by the gods' law by choice.
MYSTE
...But it need not be ours, do you see?
MYSTE
Does any of it matter? What, if aught, have we wrought by our own hands?
MYSTE
One last time. I gave you my word, and I mean to keep it.
MYSTE
But know this. Every intervention has come at cost. A sacrifice. When I have finished, naught will remain of me.
MYSTE
But...it does not have to be. For all our faults, for all our failures, we have made a difference. All the lives we have shattered, we can make them come together again.
MYSTE
Time and death, our true enemies, need hold no power over us. I can make a place for you in my world. You need only ask.
MYSTE
We should go back to Ishgard. You must miss Sid and Rielle...
RIELLE
Is everything all right, ?
SIDURGU
. I pray your trip to Gyr Abania was productive.
SIDURGU
...I'm sorry to hear that. I mean, I am glad you reclaimed more of your aether. I but wish the circumstances hadn't been so...depressing. For Myste's sake. We shall have to see how he is feeling when he returns.
SIDURGU
Hm? No, as far as I am aware, he has yet to return to Ishgard. He certainly isn't here, as you can see.
SIDURGU
...Oh, godsdammit. Don't tell me he decided to run away! And just when I was beginning to trust the little bastard... <sigh> No, no, I could still be wrong. He's earned a little trust. A few days worth, no more...
70. 앞으로 한 번, 너와 만날 수 있다면
시두르구: ……미스트가 아직 돌아오질 않았다. 예기치 않은 사태가 일어났거나 돌아올 생각이 없는 거겠지.
시두르구: 남은 한 번이면…… 네 소울 크리스탈은 원상태가 되겠지만 그 한 번이 끝나면 자신의 존재가 사라질 거라고 미스트가 말했다고 헸지……?
시두르구: 그게 무슨 뜻인지 알기 위해서라도 본인을 만나야겠군. 나도 아직 완쾌되진 않았지만 돕겠다……. 녀석이 어디 있는지 흔적을 쫓자.
시두르구: 네가 마지막으로 그 녀석을 만난 곳은 기라바니아의 '랄거의 손길'이라고 했지? 일단 거기로 가보자.
리엘: 그럼 나도 데려가요! 시두르구의 부상도 아직 회복되지 않았고…… 사람들한테 물어보는 거라면 도와줄 수 있어요.
알라미고 해방군 위병: 긴 옥색 머리 소년이 지나가지 않았냐고? 으음, 그렇게 특이한 용모라면 절대로 잊을 리가 없는데…… 본 기억은 없어.
알라미고 해방군 위병: 교대할 때도 그런 얘긴 못 들었고 말이야…… 적어도 이 출입구는 지나가지 않는 것 같은데.
알라미고 해방군 조련사: ……긴머리에 로브를 입은 아이라고!? 나도 마침 그 애를 찾고 있었는데!
알라미고 해방군 조련사: 어젯밤 늦게 초코보 축사를 돌아보고 있었는데, '미안해요'라며 사과하는 소리가 들리더라고. 당신이 말한 것처럼 생긴 아이가, 잽싸게 도망치더라니깐.
알라미고 해방군 조련사: 초코보들은 조용하길래 그냥 자는가 보다 했는데…… 모두 죽은 상태였지 뭐야. 그것도 다친 데 하나 없고 영혼만 쏙 빠져나간 것 같았어.
알라미고 해방군 조련사: 젠장, 장난도 정도껏 해야지! 그 애를 찾아내면 반드시 변상하라고 해야겠어!
오렐라: 네, 그 아이라면 조금 전에 여기에 왔었습니다. 환술사한테 에테르에 대해 이것저것 물어보는 것 같던데…….
리엘: ……왠지 안 좋은 예감이 들어요. 미스트는…… 괜찮겠죠?
시두르구: 어때, 미스트의 행방은 좀 알아냈나?
시두르구: ……네 말을 들어보니, 그 녀석은 스스로의 의지로 이 땅에 남은 것만은 틀림없어 보이는군. 그나저나 대체 어쩔 셈이지……?
시두르구: 다시 정보를 모으는 것보단 직접 물어보는 게 빠를 거다. 마침 이 위병이 미스트를 닮은 녀석을 봤다는군.
시두르구: 그 녀석은 여기서 '기라바니아 산악지대'로 갔다는군. 이대로 계속 쫓아가 보자고.
리엘: ***…… 이 시체, 좀 이상해…….
시두르구: ……네가 얘기 들었던 초코보와 마찬가지로 상처 없는 시체다. 언뜻 보기엔 병에 걸려 죽은 것도 아닌 듯해.
시두르구: 그 얘기가 사실이라면, 미스트가 한 짓일 가능성이 높아. 하지만 싸울 힘도 없는 녀석한테 이게 가능한 일일까……?
시두르구: ……아니. 에테르를 빼앗을 능력은 있으니 그럴 가능성은 충분히 있겠군. 처음부터…… 너의 그 소울 크리스탈도 그랬으니.
리엘: 미스트는 어째서 그런 짓을…….
시두르구: 모르지. 하지만 문제가 더 커지기 전에 빨리 찾아내야 해.
시두르구: 우린 여기서 남쪽을 찾아 보겠어. 넌 동쪽으로 가면서 미스트의 흔적을 찾아 봐. 찾아봐도 아무것도 없으면 다시 합류하자.
이쪽에는 의심되는 흔적이 없는 듯하다…….
남쪽을 조사하러 갔던 시두르구 일행과 합류하자.
리엘: 으……으으………….
시두르구: 윽…… 왔군……. 하필 재수없게 이쪽에 있더군…….
시두르구: 저 녀석을 지금까지 봤던 미스트라 생각 마라. 에테르를 마구 흡수한 결과, 뭔지 모를 무서운 존재가 돼 버린 것 같다…….
시두르구: 이젠 누군가의 행복만을 바라며 '힘'을 사용하진 않으려는 듯해……. 옆에 있는 이스트리드도 우리를 제거하려고 실체화한 거다.
시두르구: 리엘이 마음에 품은 어둠, 공포, 씁쓸한 기억…… 그런 상징에 형태를 부여한 거야. 마음이 강한 만큼 우리가 물리친 실물보다 훨씬 강해……!
미스트: 시두르구랑 리엘이 무서웠어요……. 그래서 조금 장난친 거예요. 미안…… 미안해요…….
뭐라고 말하시겠습니까?
-왜 이런 짓을?
미스트: 왜냐고요……?내가 하고 싶은 일은 계속 변함없어요.
-너는 누구지?
미스트: 미스트잖아요……? 하지만…… 난 이름 같은 걸 가질 자격이 없을지도…….
미스트: 있잖아요, ***……. 난 당신이 가진 암흑기사의 소울 크리스탈로부터 에테르를…… 생명을 얻었어요.
미스트: 그 크리스탈 안에 뭐가 담겨 있죠? ……바로 수백 년에 걸친 역대 암흑기사의 기억과 마음이죠.
미스트: 크리스탈이 가진 거대한 에테르와 강한 마음……. 그것들이 무엇을 만들어낼지 당신은 알고 있을 거예요.
미스트: 걱정 마세요…… 이름을 얻을 만큼 난 확실한 존재가 아니니까요. 그저 어설프고 불확실한 존재예요…….
미스트: 그렇지만 마음은 제대로 얻어서 태어났죠. 사람들을 슬픔에서 지켜주고 싶고…… 잃고 싶지 않다는…… '모든' 암흑기사의 마음을…….
미스트: 그래서 이뤄줘야 해요……. 사람들이 아무것도 잃지 않는 세계를 만들어야 해요. 그러기 위해 부족한 힘을…… 채워 봤어요…….
시두르구: 다른 이의 목숨을 빼앗으면서까지……? 흥, 지키겠다고 마음먹은 자들만 신경쓰는 그 태도는 역시 우리 암흑기사의 화신이 맞긴 맞군…….
시두르구: 하지만 아무것도 잃지 않는 세계라고? 모든 사람에게 멋진 환상이라도 심어주겠단 거냐? ……우리 암흑기사는 그딴 건 바라지도 않아!
시두르구: 세계는 늘 부조리하고, 광기도 악도 결코 사라지지 않아…… 우리는 분명 그걸 한탄하고 증오하지.
시두르구: 하지만 네 어긋난 이상에 기댈 만큼 세상을 포기하진 않았어! 그래서 모두 검을 들었던 거고……! 넌 이제 얌전히 ***의 소울 크리스탈로 돌아가!
미스트: 싫어요……! 분명히 들었다고요…… 외롭다고……! 이 눈도 이 머리카락도 누군가가 다시 만나고 싶어한 '당신'이에요!
미스트: 내가 강해지면 그런 한탄은 사라질 거예요……. 잃어버린 건 내가 전부 만들어 줄게요. 이제 아무도 슬프지 않게 할 거야……!
미스트: ***, 그렇죠……? 당신도, 다른 사람들도, 절대 외롭게 하지 않을 테니까……. 나 힘낼 거니까…… 기뻐해 주세요…….
미스트: ……아무리 당신이라도 방해하면 가만 안 둬요. 날 막을 거라면 또 못된 짓을 할 거야.
미스트: 이제 남은 한 번뿐인 내가 아니야……. 바란 것 밖에 만들 수 없는 내가 아니야……. 당신의 어두운 마음에도 자유롭게 닿을 수 있다고……!
앞으로 한 번, 너와 만날 수 있다면 공략을 시작합니다.
미몽의 미스트: 분명 나는 처음부터 이런 존재였던 거예요……. 방해하지 마요……!
미몽의 미스트: 안 돼, ***……. 당신 마음에는 안 좋은 것들이 잔뜩 묻혀 있어.
미스트: 제발…… 그만 싸우면 안 돼요……? 당신이라면 이해해 줄 거라 생각했는데……. 슬픈 일이 많이 있었잖아요……?
미스트: 싸움에 몸을 던지면 동료들이 죽어가요…….
미스트: 고통을 참고 끝까지 지켜내도, 끝없는 여행을 하는 당신을 언젠간 모두 떠나가죠…….
미스트: 사랑이 당신들의 힘인데…… 싸울수록, 나아갈수록, 다 빠져나가버리죠.
미스트: 아아…… 안타깝고, 불쌍해……. 당신이야말로 사실은…………
미스트: 사실은 오래 전부터 기댈 곳 없는 외톨이잖아요…….
그래도......
-돌이켜보면 결코 혼자가 아니다
-마음으로 함께하는 존재가 있다......!
????: ……맞아요. 앞으로 나아가려는 이는 고독합니다. 그 다리를 움직일 수 있는 건 오직 자신뿐이니.
???: 그렇지만…… 곁을 지나가는 사람의 한마디가 고개를 들게 한다는 것을. 누군가가 내민 손이 지친 몸을 일으켜 세워준다는 것을.
????: 그런 흔하디흔한 기적에 힘을 얻어 나아간다는 것을 그는 이미 스스로 입증했답니다.
시두르구: 설마…… 프레이냐……!?
프레이: 글쎄요…… 다른 환영과 마찬가지입니다. ***의 마음 한켠에 있던 쓰라린 기억이 '저것'의 힘으로 형태를 이루었을 뿐.
프레이: 하지만 저는 적이 되지 않습니다. 마지막까지 당신과 함께할 존재니까요.
프레이: ……준비는 되셨습니까?
시두르구: 그걸 사용해라. 또 무딘 칼 때문에 지면 곤란하니까.
미스트: 싫어…… 싫다고……. 당신들은 그냥 괜찮은 척하는 거잖아……!
미스트: 마음은 알 수 없고…… 기억은 희미해져 가고……. 늘 함께 있고 싶은데…… 끝나지 않았으면 좋겠는데……. 살아줘, 죽지 마! 내가 지켜줄게……!
프레이: ……그래요, 분명 나도 그런 마음이었습니다.
프레이: 하지만 그렇기 때문에 이제 무릎 꿇어야 합니다. 고통과 괴로움을 이끌고 길을 떠난다던 당신의…… 우리의 힘 앞에!
그림자 깃든 프레이: 자, 우선 방해꾼을 처리합시다. 믿으세요…… 우리 앞에 위협은 없습니다!
미몽의 미스트: 싫어, 싫어……! 모두 나와서 ***를 막아줘!
미몽의 미스트: 어째서 안 받아주는 거야……? 다정한 세계를, 줄 텐데……!
그림자 깃든 프레이: ……그래, 이 사람은 상처투성이야. 하지만 그건 의미 없는 고통이 아니야.
그림자 깃든 프레이: 내 몸은 상처의 화신이며, 고난을 겪은 삶의 증거…….
그림자 깃든 프레이: 그래서 나는 네 이상을 부정한다!
미몽의 미스트: 사실은 다들 외로우면서! ***는 바보야!
그림자 깃든 프레이: 저건…… 해로운 사람과 좌절한 사람의 상징인가 보군요.
그림자 깃든 프레이: 다소 원한은 남아 있겠지만, 이미 넘어온 길입니다. ……할 수 있겠죠, 나의 주인이여!
미몽의 미스트: 안 되겠어, 다음……! 어……? 힘이, 모자라…….
그림자 깃든 프레이: 증원은 여기까지인가보군. 마지막까지 함께 쫓아버리죠!
미몽의 미스트: 이럴 수가…… 당신한테…… 지는 거야……? 가장 고독한…… 당신한테…….
그림자 깃든 프레이: 이제 적이 나오지 않아……! ***, 미스트에게 '흡혼검'을!
그림자 깃든 프레이: 마지막 에테르를 되찾으세요!
미몽의 미스트: 아아…… 미안, 해요…… ***…….
프레이 사망 시
그림자 깃든 프레이: 윽…… 역시 나는 과거에 약해……. 미안, ***…….
프레이의 말풍선 : 아플겁니다 / 그에게 흡혼검을!
어둠의 전사의 말풍선 : 저리 꺼져! / 장난은 끝이다 애송이들아! / 이제 그만 알아들어라! / 뭉개주마! / 모든 생명을 위해... 죽어줘야겠다!
제피랭의 말풍선 : 신에게 저항하는 어리석은 자여! / 넌 계속 빼앗길 것이다... / 내 힘은 모든 것을 꿰뚫는다! / 그 남자처럼 내 섭리의 창으로 꿰뚫어주겠다!
미스트: 모두…… 미안…… 미안해요……. 언제까지나 함께…… 있게 해주고 싶었는데…….
미스트: 아아……. 이별은 역시 슬프구나…….
프레이: ……맞아요. 매우 아프고 슬프죠. 그 무게와 고통을 못 견디다 못해 걸음이 멈출 때도 있답니다.
프레이: 하지만 어느 새 거짓말처럼…… 걸음은 가벼워지기 마련이죠.
미스트: 이별을…… 죽은 사람을 잊어 버리니까?
리엘: ……그건 아닐 거야. 슬픈 이별을, 난 몇 번이든 떠올릴 테니까.
리엘: 그치만 이별할 때마다 상처를 입어도 사람은 또 누군가를 좋아할 수 있어.
리엘: 그 사람들과 손을 잡고, 일어서서 걸어가는 거야. 떠나간 사람들과의 기억, 그 사람들의 마음을 내 앞에 펼쳐진 미래에 전하기 위해……!
시두르구: 그런 마음으로 앞을 바라보는 강한 모습을…… 넌 방금 직접 경험했잖는가.
프레이: ……당신의 마음도 인정하고, 저로서도 나쁘지 않은 기적이었습니다. 다만, 방식을 조금 바꾸는 게 좋겠군요. 좋아한다면서요? 당신의 암흑기사들과 그 이상을.
미스트: …………네. 아주 아주 좋아하고…… 내 자랑이에요…….
미스트: 힘들게 해서 미안해요……. 당신의 에테르는 이미 다 되돌아갔겠지만 마지막으로 내 마음도 가져가주면 기쁠 것 같아요…….
미스트: 나는 고독한 구원자에서 태어난 존재예요. 슬픔을 거부하고 작별을 멀리하는 존재고요. ……부디 당신에게도 그런 존재이길.
리엘: 앗…… 오셨어요?
시두르구: 돌아왔구나……. 아무 말 없이 돌아와서 미안했다. 그땐 너에게 쉽게 말을 걸지 못하겠더군…….
시두르구: ……어차피 난 너의 마음을 다 알지는 못해. 너의 고통과 고독은 전부 네가 짊어져야 하니까.
시두르구: 하지만 난 *** 너에게 은혜를 느끼고 있고, 살아가는 방식을……존경하고 있어. 그래서 이번 일을 돕고 싶다고 생각했던 거야.
시두르구: ……그것만은 알아줘. 멋진 장면은 그 녀석한테 다 빼앗겼지만 말이야.
리엘: 미스트는…… 소울 크리스탈이 깨지면서 태어난 거죠? 어째서 그때였을까…….
시두르구: 글쎄다……. 이제 와서 우리가 그걸 알 길은 없겠지. 지금은 모든 게 에테르로 돌아갔고 미스트도 돌아갔으니까.
시두르구: 암흑기사 중에서도 격동의 인생을 살아온 ***의 크리스탈에서 태어났다는 건 납득이 가지만…… 뭔가 결정적인 추억이라도 있었던 건………… 으윽.
리엘: 시두르구, 상처가 또 터졌나 보네……. 아이 참, 치료해 줄 테니까 앉아요.
리엘: ***도 충분히 쉬세요……. 뭔가를 지키기 위해 싸우는 암흑기사들을, 잃고 싶지 않다고 생각하는 사람도 있으니까.
시두르구: ……어린 주제에 말은 잘하는군. 하지만 에테르를 무사히 다 회수한 이상 이번 일이 일단락된 것만은 틀림없겠지.
시두르구: 어떤 추억이 미스트를 불러낸 건지…… 다시 한번 같은 장소에 가보는 것도 괜찮겠군. ……어쩌면 넌 이미 알고 있을지도 모르겠지만.
리엘: 영원히 함께 있을 순 없어도 큰 전쟁이 사라진다면, 슬픈 이별은 줄어들 거라 생각해요. 언젠가 미스트에게 그런 세계를 보여주고 싶어요.
시두르구: 정말 꿈 아니면 농담 같은 사건이었어. 하지만 이렇게 상처가 선명히 남아 있다는 건 미스트는 분명히 존재했던 셈이지.
모든 것이 시작된 곳
????: 가만…… 이런 곳에서 무얼 하시오?
에드몽 드 포르탕: 여긴 많이 추울 텐데. 근처까지 왔다면 저택에 들르면 좋았을 것을.
에드몽 드 포르탕: *** 공이 찾아오면 다들 기뻐할 거요. 특별한 용건이 없어도, 이야기 거리가 없어도 좋으니…… 먼 길을 떠난 귀공이 얼굴을 비춰주기만 해도 말이오.
에드몽 드 포르탕: 귀공은 지금도 변함없이 우리의 소중한 손님이자…… 무엇과도 바꿀 수 없는 벗이니.
에드몽 드 포르탕: ……설마 모험의 무대를 옮겼다 해서 마음까지 소원해졌다 생각하는 건 아닐 테지?
에드몽 드 포르탕: ……말은 그리 했소만 마침 회고록을 정리하던 중이라 나도 옛얘기를 나누고 싶다오.
에드몽 드 포르탕: 내 아들에 대해…… 귀공과 함께 여행했던 그들에 대해…… 말을 하다 보면 선명하게 떠오르는 것도 있으니 말이오.
에드몽 드 포르탕: 시간이 허락한다면 언제든 들러 주시오. 난로에 불을 피워 항상 따뜻하게 해놓겠소. ……그럼.
シドゥルグ : ……ミストがいまだ戻ってこない。
となれば、予期せぬ事態が起きたか、
帰還の意志がないということだろう。
シドゥルグ : あと1回……それでお前のソウルクリスタルは戻るはずだが、
最後の人助けは、自身の存在と引き換えなのだと、
ミストは語ったそうだな……。
シドゥルグ : その意味を知るにも、本人に会うしかない。
俺も、まだ全快とはいえんが協力する……
あいつの足取りを追おう。
シドゥルグ : お前が最後にあいつと会ったのは、
ギラバニアの「ラールガーズリーチ」だったな。
まずは、そこをあたってみるか。
リエル : 行くなら、私もつれてって!
シドゥルグの怪我がまだ治りきっていないし……
聞き込みなら、少しは力になれるはずだから。
アラミゴ解放軍の衛兵 : ……水色の長い髪の少年が、通らなかったか?
うーん、それほど特徴的な容姿なら、
絶対に忘れないと思うけれど、見た記憶がないなぁ。
アラミゴ解放軍の衛兵 : 前の当番からも、そんな話は聞いていないし……
少なくとも、この出入口は通ってないんじゃないかな。
オレラ : ええ、その子なら、少し前にここに来ました。
幻術士さんに、エーテルについて、
あれこれ尋ねていたようだけれど……。
アラミゴ解放軍の獣牧士 : ……長髪でローブを着た子どもだって!?
私もちょうど、そいつを探してるんだよ!
アラミゴ解放軍の獣牧士 : 昨晩遅くにチョコボ厩舎のひとつを見回りにいったら、
「ごめんね」って謝る声が聞こえてきてねぇ。
あんたが言ったような子どもが、ささーっと逃げていったのさ。
アラミゴ解放軍の獣牧士 : チョコボたちは静かにしてたもんだから、
気にせず眠ってるのかと思ったが……みんな死んでいたんだよ。
それも、外傷はなくて、魂だけ抜かれたみたいだった。
アラミゴ解放軍の獣牧士 : まったく、たちのわるいイタズラだ!
あの子どもを見かけたら、きっちり弁償させてやらないと!
シドゥルグ : どうだ、ミストの足取りはつかめたか?
シドゥルグ : ……その話からすると、あいつが自分の意思で、
この地に残ったことは間違いなさそうだな。
しかし、何のつもりだ……?
シドゥルグ : 再び情報を集めるより、直接問い詰めた方が早いかもしれん。
ちょうど、この衛兵が、ミストらしき奴を見たそうだ。
シドゥルグ : あいつは、ここから「ギラバニア山岳地帯」に向かったらしい。
このまま追いかけるとするぞ。
シドゥルグ : ……お前が話に聞いたチョコボと同じ、外傷のない死骸だ。
ざっと見た感じ、病死という様子でもない。
シドゥルグ : あの話を信じるのなら、ミストがやった可能性は高いだろう。
だが、戦う力もないあいつに、そんなことができるか……?
シドゥルグ : ……いや。
エーテルを奪うことができるというのは、証明されていたな。
最初から……お前のその、ソウルクリスタルによって。
リエル : ミストは、どうしてそんなことを……。
シドゥルグ : わからん。
だが、これ以上こじれる前に、急いで探し出すべきだろう。
シドゥルグ : 俺たちは、ここから南側を探す。
お前は東側に進みつつ、ミストの痕跡を探してくれ。
ある程度進んで何もなければ、合流するとしよう。
こちら側には、それらしき痕跡はないようだ……。
南側を調べにいったシドゥルグたちと、合流しよう。
リエル : う……うぅ…………。
シドゥルグ : ッ……お前か……。
どうやら、アタリはこっちだったらしい……。
シドゥルグ : あれを、今までのミストと思うな。
さんざエーテルを吸った結果、
何か、おぞましいものに成り下がったらしい……。
シドゥルグ : もはや、誰かの幸福を願って、
「ちから」を使うばかりじゃない……。
隣のイストリドも、俺たちを排すために実体化させたものだ。
シドゥルグ : リエルが心に抱える闇、恐怖、苦い記憶……
それらの象徴に形を与えた。
想いが強いぶん、俺たちが屠った本物よりも手ごわい……!
ミスト : シドゥルグたち、こわかった……。
だから、すこし、いじわるしたの。
ごめん……ごめんね……。
ミスト : ミスト、だよ……?
だけど……名前なんて、ぼくには、すぎたものかな……。
ミスト : ねえ、***……。
ぼくは、あなたがもつ暗黒騎士のソウルクリスタルから、
エーテルを……いのちを、もらったんだ。
ミスト : そのクリスタルには、なにが、こめられてる?
……そう、数百年にわたる、歴代の暗黒騎士の、
記憶と、想い、だね。
ミスト : クリスタル自体のおおきなエーテルと、つよい想い……。
そのふたつから生じるものを、あなたは、知ってる、はず。
ミスト : 安心、して……。
何かの名を戴くほど、ぼくは、たしかな事象じゃない、から。
ちゅうとはんぱな、なりそこない……。
ミスト : けど、ちゃんと、想いをうけてうまれたの。
ひとをかなしみから護りたい、失いたくない……って、
暗黒騎士の「みんな」の想いを……。
ミスト : だから、叶えなきゃ……。
ひとが、なにもなくさない世界をつくるの。
そのために、たりないちから……おぎなって、みたよ……?
シドゥルグ : ほかの命を奪って……か?
ハッ、護ると決めた者だけを顧みる、
その身勝手さは、なるほど俺たち暗黒騎士の化身だ……。
シドゥルグ : だが、なにもなくさない世界だと?
人のすべてに、優しい幻でもあてがってやる気か?
……そんなものが、暗黒騎士の願いであるわけがないッ!
シドゥルグ : 世界はいつまでも理不尽で、狂気も悪も果てはせんだろう……
俺たちは確かにそれを嘆き、確かにそれを憎んでいる。
シドゥルグ : だが、お前の破綻した理想にすがるほど、諦めてはいないッ!
だからみんな、大剣を取ってきた……!
大人しく、***のソウルクリスタルに還れ!
ミスト : やだよ……っ!
だって、たしかに聞こえたんだもの……さみしいって……!
この眼だって髪だって、誰かがもう一度あいたかった「君」だ!
ミスト : ぼくがつよくなれば、そんな嘆きはもうなくなる……。
なくしたものは、全部、ぼくがつくってあげる。
もう、だれもかなしませたり、しないの……!
ミスト : そうでしょ、***……。
あなたも、みんなも、さみしくないようにするから……。
ぼく、がんばるから……よろこんで……?
ミスト : ……とっても、かなしい。
でも……じゃまするのは、あなたでも、だめ。
行かせてくれないなら、いじわる、するよ。
ミスト : もう、残り一度の、ぼくじゃない……。
願われたものしかつくれない、ぼくじゃない……。
あなたの暗い心にだって、すきに触れられるんだから……ッ!
迷夢のミスト : きっとぼくは、最初から、こういうものだったんだ……。
じゃましないで……!
迷夢のミスト : だめだよ、***……。
あなたの心には、よくないもの、たくさん眠ってるの。
ミスト : やっぱり……戦うの、やめよう……?
だって、あなたなら、わかってくれてるはず……。
かなしみ、いっぱい、あったでしょ……?
ミスト : 戦いに身を投じれば、仲間は、死んでいく……。
ミスト : 痛みをこらえて護りぬいても、はてなき旅をゆくあなたから、
いつかはみんな、はなれていく……。
ミスト : 愛があなたたちの力なのに……
戦うほど、すすむほど、それはすり抜けていくの。
ミスト : なんて……さみしくて、かわいそう……。
あなたこそ、本当は…………
ミスト : 本当は、とっくに。
よるべのない、ひとりぼっちだ……。
???? : ……確かに、前に進もうとする人は孤独です。
その足を動かせるのは、いつだって自分だけだ。
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
???? : けれど……
傍らを通りすぎる人の言葉が、顔を上げさせると。
誰かが差し伸べた手が、崩れかけた体を支えると……。
???? : そんなありふれた奇跡に押されて進むのだと、
彼はもう、自身に示したんですよ。
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
シドゥルグ : まさか……フレイ、なのか……!?
フレイ : さて……ほかの幻と同じですよ。
***の片隅にあった苦い記憶が、
アレの力で形を成しただけだ。
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
フレイ : ただし、僕は敵にはなりえない。
最後まで「君」とともに在るものなのだから。
フレイ : ……準備は、いいですね?
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
シドゥルグ : そいつを使え。
また、なまくら剣で負けられたら、困るからな。
フレイ : さて……ほかの幻と同じですよ。
***の片隅にあった苦い記憶が、
アレの力で形を成しただけだ。
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
フレイ : ただし、僕は敵にはなりえない。
最後まで「君」とともに在るものなのだから。
フレイ : ……準備は、いいですね?
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
シドゥルグ : そいつを使え。
また、なまくら剣で負けられたら、困るからな。
ミスト : やだ……やだよ……。
あなたたちは、ただの強がりだ……!
ミスト : 想いには触れられない……記憶は薄れていく……。
ずっと一緒がいい……終わらないままがいい……。
生きていて、死なないで! ぼくが護るから……ッ!
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
フレイ : ……ええ、それは確かに、僕の気持ちでもありました。
スクリーンショットを保存しました。
フレイ : でも、だからこそ、ここで挫かれるんだ。
痛みも苦しみもつれて旅をするといった、
君の……僕らの、強さの前にッ!
影身のフレイ : さあ、まずは邪魔者を蹴散らしますよ。
信じて……僕らの前に、脅威はないッ!
迷夢のミスト : やだ、やだ……ッ!
みんな出てきて、***を止めて!
迷夢のミスト : どうして、受けいれてくれないの……。
やさしい世界、あげるのに……!
影身のフレイ : ……確かに、この人は傷つきすぎだ。
でも、それは意味なき痛みじゃない。
影身のフレイ : 我が身は傷の化身にして、苦難を往く命の証……。
影身のフレイ : だから僕は、君の理想を否定する!
迷夢のミスト : みんな、本当は、さみしいくせに!
***の、わからずやぁぁッ!
影身のフレイ : あれは……害ある人と、挫いた人の象徴でしょうか。
影身のフレイ : 多少は根深そうですが、すでに越えてきたものだ。
……いけますね、我が主!
迷夢のミスト : いけない、次……!
あれ……ちからが、たりなく…………。
影身のフレイ : 増援はここまでのようだ。
最後、ともに討ち払いますよッ!
迷夢のミスト : そんな……あなたに、負けるの……?
いちばん孤独な……あなたに……。
影身のフレイ : 敵が途切れた……!
***、ミストに「ソウルイーター」を!
影身のフレイ : 最後のエーテルを、取り戻してください!
迷夢のミスト : ああ…………ごめん、ね……***……。
ミスト : ごめん……ごめんね……みんな……。
いつまでも、いっしょ……いさせてあげたかったのに……。。
ミスト : ああ……。
別れはやっぱり、さみしい、なぁ……。
フレイ : ……そうですよ。
とても、痛くて悲しいんです。
その重みや苦しみに耐えかねて、足が止まることさえある。
フレイ : ですが、いつしかまた、性懲りもなく……
足取りは、軽やかになっていくんだ。
ミスト : 別れを……いなくなったひとを、忘れる、から?
リエル : ……違うんじゃないかな。
つらい別れを、私はきっと何度でも思い出すよ。
リエル : だけど、別れのたびに傷ついても、
人はまた、誰かのことを好きになれる。
リエル : その人たちと手をとって、立ちあがって、歩いていくの。
いなくなった人との記憶、受けとった想いを、
私の先にある未来へ届けるために……!
シドゥルグ : そうして受け止め、前を見据えつづける強さ……
今、身をもって味わっただろう。
フレイ : ……君の想いは認めますし、僕としては悪くない奇跡だった。
ただ、やり方をもう少し考えろということです。
「すき」なんでしょう? 君の暗黒騎士たちと、その理想を。
ミスト : …………うん。
ずっとずっと、だいすきで……誇り、なんだよ……。
ミスト : こまらせて、ごめんね……。
あなたのエーテル、もう全部返ってると思う、けど、
最後に、ぼくの想いも、もっていってくれるとうれしい……。
ミスト : ぼくは、孤高の救済者より生まれしもの。
かなしみを拒み、別れを退けるもの。
……どうか、あなたにも、そうありますよう。
シドゥルグ : 戻ったのか……。
黙って帰還してすまなかった。
ただ、あのときのお前には、安い言葉を掛けられなくてな……。
シドゥルグ : ……俺は、到底、お前の想いのすべてを知らん。
お前の苦しみも孤独も、お前が背負うしかないものだ。
シドゥルグ : だが、俺は*** ***に恩を感じているし、
その在り方を……尊敬もしている。
だからこそ、今回の件に力を貸したいと思ったのも事実だ。
シドゥルグ : ……それだけは、覚えておいてくれ。
いいところは、すっかり弟弟子に持って行かれたがな。
リエル : ミストはさ……
ソウルクリスタルが欠けたのと同時に生まれたんだよね。
どうして、あの瞬間だったんだろう……?
シドゥルグ : さてな……。
少なくとも、俺たちにわかることではないだろう。
今やエーテルはすべて返され、ミストも還ったのだからな。
シドゥルグ : まあ、暗黒騎士の中でも、***の人生は激動だ。
こいつのソウルクリスタルからミストが生じたのは納得できる。
あとは、何か決め手となる想いがあったんじゃ……うぐっ。
リエル : シドゥルグ、また傷がひらいたんだね……。
もー、治療するから、座って。
リエル : ***も、休憩はちゃんと取ってね……?
何かを護るために戦う暗黒騎士たちを、
失いたくないって思う誰かも、いるんだから。
シドゥルグ : ……ガキが言うようになったものだ。
だが、無事にエーテルをすべて回収できた以上、
ひと段落であるのは間違いない。
シドゥルグ : どんな想いが、ミストを喚ぶきっかけになったのか……
休息しがてら、同じ場所で問うてみるのもいいだろう。
……あるいは、お前ならもう知っているのかもしれんがな。
???? : おや……。
そんなところで、どうされましたかな?
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : ここは寒いでしょう。
近くまで来たならば、遠慮なく屋敷に寄ればいいものを。
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : ***殿の訪問とあらば、皆、喜ぼう。
用件などなくとも、多くを語れずともいい……
今は遠くを旅する貴殿が、ただ顔を見せてくれるだけで幸いだ。
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : 貴殿は、今でも変わりなく、大切な客人……
かけがえのない友なのだから。
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : ……よもや、冒険の舞台を移した程度で、
心まで疎遠になったと、お思いではあるまいな?
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : ……などと言ったものの、なに、
回顧録を整理していたので、私も昔語りをしたい気分なのだ。
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : 我が息子のこと……貴殿とともに旅していた彼らのこと……
言葉にのせれば、また鮮烈に蘇るものもある。
エドモン・ド・フォルタン : 貴殿の時間が許すときには、いつでも訪ねてこられよ。
暖炉に火を入れて、変わらず暖かにしておきましょう。
……それでは、また。
***がアチーブメント『霧の暗黒騎士』を達成しました!
SYSTEM
In order to undertake this quest, you must first complete the main scenario quest “A Familiar Face Forgotten.”
SIDURGU
We'll just have to press him for answers when we find him.
SIDURGU
You last saw him at Rhalgr's Reach in Gyr Abania, yes? We'll start there.
RIELLE
I'm going too, and I won't take no for an answer. Sid's gotten better, but he's a long way from fully recovered. Besides, you'll need someone else to help you do the talking. Sid's no good at it.
SIDURGU
What are you waiting for? Clearly I'm no good at making small talk, so you and Rielle will have to ask after Myste.
RIELLE
Someone here has to know something that can lead us to Myste...
GILOW
Lot of unusual folks coming through the Reach these days...
GATEKEEPER
Looking for a young boy with long blue hair, you say? Reckon I would remember someone like that if they were to come this way. And I don't.
GATEKEEPER
Spoke with the fella before me during the changing of the guard, as we do, and he made no mention of anyone matching that description either...
GATEKEEPER
I'm not saying the boy didn't come this way, but I'd be surprised if he had. Someone would have noted his passing and told the others.
ORELLA
...Ah, yes, I remember the long-haired boy. Very curious, with many questions about the nature of aether. He conversed with one of the Adder conjurers for a time. I know not what they discussed, but from his expression I gathered it was important.
ORELLA
Very mature for his age, the boy. And somehow ethereal...
BREEDER
Hm? What's that!? You're looking for that boy too, are you!?
BREEDER
I was watching some birds late the other night when I hear someone skulking about behind me. “Forgive me, forgive me,” I hear him saying, before he runs off and disappears into the dark.
BREEDER
Then I realize it's quiet─too quiet, aye? Sleeping birds make noise, and mine ain't. Cause they're dead. Every last one of them. No wounds or any other obvious marks, but there they lay, like the life was sucked right out of them!
BREEDER
I don't know how or why he did it, but there's no denying that he did! I demand recompense! If you find him, you bring him to me!
BREEDER
Wait─are you that boy's keeper? Are you responsible for him!? Cause if you are, you owe me an explanation!
RIELLE
I have a bad feeling about this. I hope Myste hasn't done something stupid...
SIDURGU
Our inspector returns. Tell us, have you learned aught of Myste's whereabouts?
SIDURGU
...Seen conversing with a conjurer and possibly killing chocobos? Not sure what to make of that. Though we can be sure he stayed here for a time.
SIDURGU
But perhaps no longer. We learned but moments ago from Gilow here that a boy matching Myste's description was seen leaving the Reach.
SIDURGU
He is for the Peaks. And so are we.
RIELLE
They're dead. Just...dead. Like the chocobos in the story you heard.
SIDURGU
No visible injuries, no bleeding. Aye, it is as Rielle says: these beasts died for no discernable reason. Just like the chocobos that man in the Reach claims Myste somehow killed.
SIDURGU
But it doesn't add up. Other than his singular magick, Myste was utterly helpless. Unless...was he always capable of this?
SIDURGU
...But we know the answer already. He stole your aether when we first met.
RIELLE
Even if he could do it, even if he did do it...why?
SIDURGU
We'll ask him when we find him. And this time, you'll let me do the talking.
SIDURGU
Search the east. Rielle and I will head south. We'll meet in between if we find naught, and if we do...either you will come to our aid, or we to yours.
SYSTEM
As you survey your surroundings, you observe naught out of the ordinary...but on the edge of hearing, you hear a whisper to the southwest...
RIELLE
No... Mother...
SIDURGU
Seven hells, I hate being right...
SIDURGU
On your guard. Myste has shown his true colors. The aether or whatever else he took from those beasts has given him tremendous strength...
SIDURGU
Contrary to his earlier warnings, conjuring another simulacrum wasn't the end of him. And of all the wonderful people he had to pluck from our memories, he chose Ystride de Caulignont.
SIDURGU
He knows why we're here, and this is his answer. He summoned the monster that haunts Rielle in her dreams and sends her screaming from her bed.
MYSTE
Forgive me, Sid, but you gave me no choice...
Q
What will you say?
A
Say your name. Your real name!
A
There is always a choice.
MYSTE
...Shall I ask you the same? Who holds the reins? Though it matters not. We are complicit, you and I.
MYSTE
...No. There isn't. Not really.
MYSTE
Can you even remember why you came here? Can you even remember how many you killed? How many lives shattered, how many stories ended?
MYSTE
Upon the surface of the crystal are carved the sins of dark knights past...and yours are beyond counting. Beyond fathoming. Without end.
MYSTE
Justice is an excuse. Nobility is a lie. Murder is murder!
MYSTE
And though we are most definitely not without fault, it is this cruel, indifferent world which has made murderers of us all.
MYSTE
But we need suffer no longer. I sought to make these broken souls whole, one by one, when in truth the solution was much more simple.
MYSTE
A world beyond pain and suffering and anguish and despair─a world beyond death! A world in which we never need bid farewell to our dearest friends.
SIDURGU
Well, you're right about one thing, I'll grant you that. This world is brutal, uncaring, without logic or justice...
SIDURGU
No justice but that which we make for ourselves! And I'll be damned if I give it up so you can force your illusions upon us to assuage your guilt!
MYSTE
I am not your enemy. Not then or now. I will not fight you. All I ask is that you leave me to do my duty.
MYSTE
It's never too late to turn back. You are still a good person. You can still be...a good person...
MYSTE
So this is your answer...
MYSTE
Maybe you cannot accept what needs to be done. But I can. Good-bye.
MYSTE
So many broken by this world, and then by you. So, so many...
MYSTE
Woe betide the man who stands opposed to the Weapon of Light, for death will be his reward. Death for him and his kin and all that he holds dear.
MYSTE
Woe betide the man who stands with the Weapon of Light, for death will be his reward. Death for him and his kin and all that he holds dear.
MYSTE
Like sands through the hourglass, everything we fight so desperately to protect slips through our fingers...and what remains...what remains...
MYSTE
...Is us. Only us, and the memory of our sin.
MYSTE
To walk this path is to suffer. To sacrifice...
Q
(Listen to my voice. Listen to our heartbeat...)
A
...Justice demands no less.
A
I tire of this charade.
FRAY
(-???-)Serve... Save... Slave... Slay... I've sins aplenty, aye, but regrets? Not so much.
FRAY
(-???-)And if she wouldn't listen to me, the embodiment of good sense and pragmatism, then what hope could you possibly have?
FRAY
(-???-)A house divided cannot stand, you know. This childish rebellion ends now.
SIDURGU
What in the seven hells is this!?
FRAY
...A compromise, I suppose? Our dear friend here refused to let me take the reins, but I wasn't about to stand idly by while that imbecile tries to do...whatever it was he was trying to do.
FRAY
No hard feelings about Whitebrim, eh? Promise not to stab you in the back.
FRAY
It'll be just like old times.
SIDURGU
A dark knight needs a sword. Take mine.
MYSTE
No... No... This is wrong... This is all wrong...
MYSTE
I offer you peace! Restitution! A chance to make amends! Do not think you are above it! Do not think that a reckoning will be postponed indefinitely!
FRAY
When it comes, I shall welcome it with open arms...
FRAY
But today will not be the day, and you will not be the judge!
MYSTE
Forgive me, forgive me... I ask, I beg, I pray, but it never comes...
MYSTE
Again they go to join the multitude in the black oblivion of the abyss...
FRAY
Such is our lot. Such is the fate of all who are born─to suffer and to die.
FRAY
Do not seek forgiveness, for it will not ease the burden. It weighs as it should.
MYSTE
But what of the lost? Do they not deserve to live again?
RIELLE
They do. In our hearts and our souls and our memories.
RIELLE
No one likes having to say good-bye. But it's...it's a part of life. That's what makes the time we share together so precious...
RIELLE
You can't obsess over the mistakes of the past, or you'll lose sight of the future. Of the people still with us, who need us more than ever.
SIDURGU
The greatest strength is born of the flame in the abyss...
FRAY
Listen to my voice. Listen to our heartbeat. Listen... I forgive you. I forgive you. I forgive you...
MYSTE
Thank you. That is...that is all I ever wanted...
MYSTE
So...this is it. One last parting. One final farewell...after a fashion.
MYSTE
In your darkest hour, in the blackest night...think of me...and I will be with you. Always. For where else could I go? Who else could I love but you?
RIELLE
Ah...you're back. Welcome home...?
SIDURGU
You'll forgive us for returning to Ishgard ahead of you, I hope. I, uh...needed some time to think on everything that happened in Gyr Abania.
SIDURGU
I won't pretend to know everything you've been through in your life. A man can never truly understand what's in another's heart...and probably not their own, for that matter...
SIDURGU
I'm pretty much rambling at this point, but...I suppose what I'm trying to say is that I'm grateful for everything you've done for me and Rielle. I like you. I respect you. And I'll always be here for you, if you need me.
SIDURGU
We're fellow walkers of the path, after all. And friends, I'd like to think.
RIELLE
I've been wondering... Myste appeared at the same time the soul crystal cracked, yes? But which happened first? And why then and there?
SIDURGU
Damned if I know. Does anyone truly understand how soul crystals work? What matters is that the crystal and have been made whole.
SIDURGU
That said... “A heart bleeds, a man weeps, a soul burns. Thence comes the darkness, to consume.” And few hearts have bled as much as hers...
RIELLE
Speaking of bleeding, I think your wounds have reopened. If you would sit, it would be much easier for me to tend to them...
SIDURGU
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings─praise Halone! She's right, though. No need to overdo it by running off to the next battle just yet.
SIDURGU
If you must put one foot in front of the other, though, why don't you go back to where this whole damn mess began? Maybe you'll have an epiphany.
SIDURGU
Part of me can't help but think this was all a fever dream. And then I take a deep breath and feel the pain in my ribs...
RIELLE
It's nice to dream of a world without pain and suffering. But the world is what it is, and dreams will only carry you so far. That's why we've got swords.
EDMONT
(-???-)Hm? What troubles you, Mistress ?
EDMONT
Ah, but of course. 'Tis bitterly cold this day. At times like these, one should be warming themselves by the fire.
EDMONT
Not a day goes by without your name being spoken, you know. The soldiers and merchants often bring us news of your latest exploits. That said, to hear it from the hero herself would be much preferrable...
EDMONT
But there would be no expectation were you to call on us. The pleasure of your company alone would be more than enough.
EDMONT
Rare though I expect it will be in the days to come... But your destiny was never to remain here, was it? Though a part of me wishes that you would...
EDMONT
Forgive me. I find myself growing more and more sentimental in my old age...and in working on my memoirs, I have had to reflect on the darker chapters of my life...
EDMONT
Haurchefant...lived his to the fullest...and if his story is preserved for generations to come, then I...I should be glad of it...
EDMONT
You will always have a place here, . For you are family. Now, go! Do not let me keep you from your labors. The world waits for none─not even you.
이후 시두르구에게 말을 걸어보면 (ㅃㄹ눈님 제보)
시두르구: 암흑기사의 소울 크리스탈에서 태어난 녀석 말이로군…….
우리가 안고 있는 상실에 대한 두려움과 고통이 설마 그런 형태로 나타날 줄이야.
시두르구: 마음으로 떠올리는 상대를 실체화하는 '힘'이란, 아마도 망자의 소생이라기보단 상상의 구현에 가까울 거다.
시두르구: 기억은 기록과는 다르다. 거기엔 의식하고 있든 의식하지 않든 생각하는 자의 주관이 섞여 있으니까 말이다.
시두르구: 그래서 우리 앞에 나타난 창천기사와 이스트리드,그리고 나의 스승 옹파뉴도 엄밀히 말하면 본인이 아니라, 상상하는 이가 떠올린………
시두르구: 아니, 여기까지만 하지. 이런 얘기를 너무 깊게 하면 위험해…… 특히나 내 수치심이…….
시두르구: 어찌 됐건 실체화된 사람들이 했던 말들은 사라진 망자들의 유언은 아니다. 지금도 누군가의 가슴 속에 있는 마음이지.