1. Turn your eyes.
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2. Her Royal Highness, Mirana,
daughter of Zal,
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3. Princess of the Sun. Gaze into her light.
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4. The princess and I would have our privacy.
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5. Leave us to it.
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6. Your Majesty. I trust you received
my message from the viceroy.
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7. You're damn right, I did.
I'm imagining a state wedding,
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8. a state wedding
to redefine state weddings.
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9. We'll invite governors
from every province,
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10. demand a delegation
from every ally and trading partner.
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11. We'll spare no expense
to send the message far and wide,
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12. the Imperium is united.
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13. I said I accept your proposal,
you have not yet accepted mine.
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14. You want a wedding, I need an army.
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15. The army, huh?
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16. Our daughter.
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17. You poisoned her against me.
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18. You made me a monster!
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19. Filomena's thoughts were her own.
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20. You needn't have said a single word.
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21. Your hatred seeped through you,
teaching her the same.
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22. There is no hate in that book. Only grief.
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23. Every morning and every night,
Filomena held that doll and prayed.
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24. She filled it with nothing but love
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25. and hope that someday,
her mother would return to her.
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26. She loved you until she died.
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27. She prayed.
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28. Auroth told me a human caravan
was passing through.
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29. - Heading south.
- And you're going to join them.
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30. After everything that's happened,
what I've done, what's started,
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31. I can't hide anymore. My people want war.
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32. I have to go back.
I have to try and stop it. But you…
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33. We'll be just fine. I promise.
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34. I still owe you so much.
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35. We either help people or we don't.
There is no ledger.
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36. So, the elf girl left.
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37. Everyone does, eventually.
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38. Not everyone. Not always.
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39. Portal scroll. Keyed to my sword.
Say the words and I'll know.
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40. I'll come. Don't lose it.
With Father gone, those are precious.
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41. Yeah, I won't. I promise. Wait.
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42. Just to be clear, this doesn't
send me anywhere, right? Because…
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43. I love it. It's my favorite.
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44. - Thanks, I think we've got it.
- Well, good.
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45. I lost 29 brothers
to that Eldwyrm inside you.
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46. I don't trust him. I never will.
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47. Do what you have to do.
Just remember who you are.
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48. Take this to my family's estate.
Auroth knows the way.
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49. All of this might sound better
coming from you.
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50. Nearly everything
sounds better coming from me.
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51. Except this.
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52. I can't get you an audience
with the Emperor.
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53. My sister can.
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54. Your sister. Lina, right? Father said—
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55. I know what Father said.
I know what father believed.
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56. How do you think I met Kaden?
Just tread lightly with Lina.
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57. - We didn't part on the best of terms.
- So, I shouldn't mention you?
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58. It's more, try not to say anything
particularly nice about me.
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59. The two of you will get along famously.
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60. You remind me of her in some ways.
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61. You both want to save the world.
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62. You both think
you're the only one who can.
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63. Oh, I'm a terrible shrew!
Remember that when you see her.
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64. Four thousand spans to the Helio Imperium
on the back of a dragon.
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65. Could be worse.
You could be inside the dragon.
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66. You know, as lunch.
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67. - If she gets hungry, I'll save you.
- Ha-ha.
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68. I would never eat Bram.
We shared the dance of ritual combat.
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69. You hear that?
She would never eat me.
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70. We are bonded as mates.
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71. We're bonded as mate— Wait, I'm sorry?
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72. "Ritual combat."
Sounds about right.
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73. Is there a problem?
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74. What they're struggling to express
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75. is that they can't believe
you've come home.
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76. They're not alone.
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77. I'll be brief, Highness.
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78. You're welcome to sit in that chair.
We will bow, curtsy, and smile,
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79. but do not delude yourself into thinking
you have authority in this room.
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80. I see.
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81. Now, as to the so-called elven threat,
it's very simple.
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82. We will fortify the Enclave borders.
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83. More troops, a few more outposts.
They will try their tricks, of course.
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84. They will give us
the occasional bloody nose.
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85. Then they'll realize the futility
of it all and crawl back in their holes.
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86. Oh, yes, of course. Very simple.
And the Leylines?
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87. - The which?
The Leylines.
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88. Dark for a thousand years,
kept dark by Selemene.
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89. If Selemene is gone,
if a new goddess rises in her place,
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90. your borders won't matter.
Your troops won't matter.
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91. Our army is the best in the world.
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92. I saw what one Enclave could do
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93. to an entire legion
of the Dark Moon Order.
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94. I was there.
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95. I fought them inch by blood-dimmed inch.
They showed no quarter, offered no mercy.
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96. They pursued us for hundreds of spans
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97. because they wanted to gut us
and hang us from the trees.
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98. We can't wait for them to come to us.
We must go to them.
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99. You're calling to invade
the Nightsilver Woods?
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100. And for what? To aid your goddess?
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101. You're insane. I won't allow it.
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102. Then you're dismissed.
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103. "Dismissed"?
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104. Council is concluded. Your Highness.
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105. You are pushing too fast.
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106. Making pronouncements on things
you do not understand.
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107. You sacked Legatus Tihomir.
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108. She has no combat experience.
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109. For god's sake, has she ever fought
more than a persistent cough?
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110. Just because she's rich.
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111. The richest woman in the Imperium
became Legatus of her own legion
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112. because she is largely responsible
for funding the rest of the army.
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113. You made an enemy.
A dangerous enemy, and for what?
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114. We don't have time to coddle them.
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115. Your father was impatient too.
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116. It profits nothing to move quickly
if you do not move wisely.
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117. Better quickly than not at all.
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118. We made a good team in the shower.
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119. I already thanked you.
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120. - In fact, uh, you never thanked me.
- Mm.
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121. - Is it the tail?
It's the rest of the equipment.
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122. Who wants out of this place?
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123. You're welcome.
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124. We didn't even get to celebrate
your last night as a bachelor.
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125. It's not funny.
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126. I'm just surprised.
I didn't know you could dance,
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127. much less perform
some kind of mating ritual.
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128. - You. You're gonna do this?
- What?
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129. You're gonna mock someone for having
a weird relationship with a dragon?
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130. Fair point.
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131. Come. I will show you the way
to Lina's family estate.
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132. Uh, I'm not sure going into the city
with a big, scary dragon— Ah!
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133. Hi.
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134. I mean, what?
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135. When my last dream of the thunder ended,
I awakened like this.
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136. I was wondering how such big claws
could write poetry with such a tiny pen.
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137. I thought, "Now there is a dragon
with very fine motor control."
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138. Mystery solved.
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139. There are too few mysteries in the world.
It is a sadness to solve them.
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140. Oh, trust me,
I'm confused by plenty of stuff.
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141. Hard to believe that each twinkle
represents another soul.
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142. Hope. Someone in the dark,
with fears, like you and I.
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143. So many different universes out there,
each wishing for just a little more light.
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144. - I'm sorry about earlier, Sunbeam.
"Sunbeam."
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145. I'm not the little girl you helped escape
all those years ago.
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146. She would have looked at this city
and thought it was here for her.
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147. Now all I see is a place that seems
to have moved on without me.
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148. It has merely evolved,
as we must all evolve.
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149. While I was gone,
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150. I learned you can be
absolutely right and still lose.
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151. I'm not sure if that's evolution or luck.
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152. It is wisdom. The hardest earned.
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153. I've been playing with forces
and people I neither know nor understand.
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154. If I am to succeed, I need help.
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155. I need you to teach me.
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156. I love my father,
but I will not repeat his mistakes.
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157. Sorry to bother you, Madam.
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158. There's a Dragon Knight at the door.
He aggressively wishes to speak with you.
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159. I thought the Dragon Knights
were all dead.
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160. This one is alive, Madam.
He has your sister's symbol.
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161. It's easy. You put your hand
on the knob and turn.
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162. You're in!
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163. The hell is going on… here?
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164. Uh, I'm Bram. A Dragon Knight.
And, and this is another Dragon Knight.
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165. Davion. He's, uh, he's a man of few words.
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166. Listen, we have a big problem.
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167. - Davion has a big problem.
- Dragons.
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168. That is exactly where I was going.
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169. We finish each other's sentences.
Isn't that adorable?
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170. Hm. Adorable.
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171. I'm sorry, I, I feel like we've met.
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172. Same.
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173. So, dragons. Big dragon problem.
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174. Right. Yeah, see, the thing is,
I am the problem.
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175. I find that easy to believe. Follow.
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176. Oh!
Your sister is a terrible shrew.
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177. She told you to say that.
Yes, she did.
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178. This is no proper home for you.
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179. Here. Enjoy the flowers and the weeds.
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180. You promised me seven souls.
You have delivered only one.
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181. We are bound by a Shopkeeper covenant.
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182. I am bound only to collect the souls.
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183. We never specified
that I would relinquish them all.
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184. See, I know why you want them.
I know what it all means.
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185. And I am not so self-destructive
as to aid you in your efforts.
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186. Clever.
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187. You imagine yourself
the cleverest being in all of creation.
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188. Clever enough to expunge
your own name from it,
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189. and to make yourself untouchable by god…
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190. man, or me.
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191. Your intellect protects you from harm
in exchange for loneliness.
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192. I see you. I know you.
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193. In countless realities, you are the same,
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194. a broken old man desperate
to conceal his agony.
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195. We bargain, you lie. You change the terms.
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196. You fail to consider
that I see everything,
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197. and all of this is part of my plan.
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198. Interesting.
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199. And in how many realities
do you and I have this conversation?
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200. In how many does the game progress so far?
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201. Only this one.
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202. What you can see, I can imagine.
We are evenly matched.
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203. And the girl?
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204. The girl?
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205. The elf. Well, she's a means
to an end and nothing more.
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206. A pawn.
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207. I know her name.
Her true name.
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208. And the place she occupies.
A hole left by a little child.
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209. A victim of her father's failure.
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210. Resist all you like.
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211. In the end, you will beg me
to take the dragon souls from you.
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212. The little squirrel
couldn't go back to the tree,
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213. even though he'd spent
his whole life there.
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214. Ah, she's a good sleeper.
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215. - This story, how does it end?
- It's the Tree of Lore. Everyone knows it.
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216. Every childhood should be.
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217. The squirrel, he did something bad.
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218. Ruined his tree.
But he does fix it, doesn't he?
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219. No. Some things cannot be fixed.
Deeds cannot be undone.
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220. They become stories.
Lore. Leaves on the tree.
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221. Ah, the squirrel
learns to stand in its shade,
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222. knowing even tragedy
can grow into something beautiful.
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223. Can I hold her?
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224. You don't look big enough
to carry around a whole Eldwyrm.
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225. I can't. Not forever.
That's what makes this so urgent.
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226. Slyrak needs the eye. I need an audience.
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227. The Emperor. He's a small man. Weak.
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228. Convincing him won't be easy.
We have to make him feel like…
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229. He's stronger for it.
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230. Yeah. But no one refuses a Dragon Knight.
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231. Not bartenders, not kings,
not even emperors.
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232. "Bartenders." That is impressive.
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233. I'll take you to the little man.
It'll be fun to watch him squirm.
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234. - Oh, shit!
- Close the—
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235. Ready spears!
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236. Ready spears!
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237. Ready crossbows!
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238. Ready crossbows!
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239. Kill them! Kill them all!
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240. One flare
doesn't seem like much of a party.
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241. It's a signal.
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242. It's for me.
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243. In the mood for a little
spontaneous human combustion?
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244. - We head for the spire.
No, no, no…
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245. The spire is the opposite direction
of which we should run.
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246. Suit yourself.
I have a princess to rescue.
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247. A princess? Well, you should have said so.
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248. The Slayer.
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249. That isn't possible.
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250. - I know. Is that a turtle, or—
- Stay here.
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251. Davion, the turtle is now worth the—
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252. Luna. What have you done?
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253. Hey! I just wanna know about Mirana.
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254. Stay down, long pig.
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255. That was unnecessary.
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256. - Ah, you know him?
- He knows the princess.
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257. - How well?
- I gather very well.
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258. I married the right dragon.
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259. - What?
- We're not really mated.
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260. I'm inexperienced with human humor.
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261. I'm sorry. I hope you're not angry.
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262. Well, honestly,
it was nice while it lasted.
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263. You could do that, so…
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264. You really are adorable for a mouse
who is too easily crushed.
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265. Well, not easily crushed.
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266. Well, you look like
the top of a cake no one's eating.
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267. Oh, you smell like a sewer.
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268. I bathed. Once.
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269. Hi.
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270. Hi.
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271. - We need to go.
- I can't.
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272. You can. You just walk out the door
and pick a direction.
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273. How about someone tells me
what is going on?
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274. Uh.
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275. Lovers' quarrel, I suspect.
This explains much.
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276. I'm not a prisoner.
I found a way to return home.
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277. I can fix everything.
But I need to stay here.
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278. - That isn't an option for me.
- Definitely not.
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279. I know a secret way. Follow me.
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280. No. No.
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281. No, no.
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282. No, no, no, no…
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283. The arrow. It came from there.
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284. A fight is coming.
The princess is dead.
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285. Luna, listen to me.
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286. Ah, to hells with you.
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287. - You can mourn later.
- I don't want to mourn.
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288. I want blood.
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289. Put the princess down,
or I swear, by the eyes of my fathers,
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290. - I will carve the bones from you.
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