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Where...am I?
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Where...am I?
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Let's hold off on the weapons for now, OK? Probably best you don't move at all, actually.
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Huh? What are you doing here, Claude? Glad to see you're OK, at least.
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Huh? What're you doing here, Claude? Glad to see you're OK, at least.
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Not sure "OK" is the word I'd go with. Dimitri and I got sucked into some weird magic vortex.
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One of your making, I can only presume.
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...
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...
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When we came to, we were sprawled on the ground here. Charming place, if you ask me.
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I take it you don't remember what happened.
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You changed—attempted to strike at us. We were thankfully able to subdue you, at least temporarily...
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But you came to and fled not long after. You were, by all accounts, a different person entirely.
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I guess that...kinda rings a bell.
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I guess that...kinda rings a bell.
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The last thing I remember is Arval telling me to slay the Ashen Demon. At least, I think it was Arval.
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The last thing I remember is Arval telling me to slay the Ashen Demon. At least, I think it was Arval.
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Arval?
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The voice in my head. We've known each other for a few years now.
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The voice in my head. We've known each other for a few years now.
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Uh...huh.
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Pretty out there, right? This is why I never mentioned it.
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Sounds pretty out there, right? This is why I never mentioned it.
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And you claim this "Arval" suddenly decided to turn on you?
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I know how it sounds, but yeah.
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I know how it sounds, but yeah.
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There are two things I can say for sure.
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There are two things I can say for sure.
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The first is that Arval's magic is what dragged us all in here. And the second...is that no one's in my head anymore.
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The first is that Arval's magic is what dragged us all in here. And the second...is that no one's in my head anymore.
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What? How can you be sure?
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Because I don't feel them. At least, not in my mind. Arval's somewhere else now. Somewhere distant.
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Because I don't feel them. At least, not in my mind. Arval's somewhere else now. Somewhere distant.
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Well that's vague. How are we supposed to make heads or tails of any of this?
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At the very least, I believe your account well enough to say you're no longer a threat to us.
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Right. We can save all that metaphysics stuff for some other time.
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Anyhow, you wouldn't happen to know a way out of this dark void...place, would you?
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About that. I know I said distant, but Arval's definitely here with us somewhere.
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About that. I know I said distant, but Arval's definitely here with us somewhere.
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If we can find them and figure out what magic they used on us, we might just be able to escape.
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If we can find them and figure out what magic they used on us, we might just be able to escape.
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You sure are optimistic for someone who's surrounded by horrible nothingness.
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Ngh... It isn't as though we have any alternatives.
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We should take a look around. Perhaps we can learn more about this place in the process... Hm?
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Uh, Dimitri? Where are you going?