- ...
- Oh, hey Shamir. Going somewhere?
- Yep. Private matter. Be back in time for the
[cdb]next mission.
- So you'll be away tonight?
- Who knows? Could finish today. Might take longer.
- Well, if someone asks where you are, what should I
[cdb]tell them?
- Say you don't know. Which is the truth. Later.
- Shamir, wait.
- Shamir, wait.
- Yeah?
- Ask if she's headed for a romantic rendezvous.
- Ask if she's going to fight someone.
- Ask if she's going drinking with someone.
- Are you going to meet a special someone, maybe?
- Are you going to meet a special someone, maybe?
- Actually, I'm ending a relationship. Special in its own
[cdb]way, I guess, but not how you mean.
- I bet you're going to fight someone, right?
- I bet you're going to fight someone, right?
- Good guess. Let's just say I'm going to cut off an
[cdb]old connection.
- Are you going drinking with someone?
- Are you going drinking with someone?
- I wish. But no. I'm actually going to cut off an
[cdb]old connection.
- Sounds thorny. Would you mind telling us more?
- Yes. I would.
- Well then...can we come with you?
- Ugh.
- Look, it's nothing. A noble I used to work for asked
[cdb]me to do another job for them. I ignored it.
They persisted.
- Turns out they have an...interest in me.
- Now they're threatening to send mercs after me.
- Wait, why?
- It's a kidnapping. Of a sort. If I refuse to go,
[cdb]they'll kill me.
- So I'm going to strike first.
- Bold move. Who are the mercs?
- Bold move. Who are the mercs?
- The Guardians of Fódlan.
- That's the huge mercenary group that's been making
[cdb]a name for themselves in this war, right?
- The very same. Although the noble in question only
[cdb]employs a single squad, not the entire force.
- I'd hoped not to see them again, but I don't mind
[cdb]killing them.
- So you'll be fighting old friends?
- Wouldn't go that far. We worked together once is all.
Can I go now?
- Not without me, you can't!
- Figured you'd say that. And why do I need to involve
[cdb]you in my affairs, exactly?
- Besides, this is going to be dangerous. These mercs
[cdb]have no qualms about using underhanded tactics.
- This army needs you two. It's not worth the risk.
- But the army also needs you!
- Besides, I don't know what I'd do if something
[cdb]happened to you!
- And I'm not the only one who feels that way, right?
- Claim you're coming no matter what.
- Hesitate.
- We're coming, and that's the end of it.
- We're coming, and that's the end of it.
- Well, uh... Y'know...
- Well, uh... Y'know...
- What's wrong with you? We're going with her.
- Sure, right! Of course we are. Just thinking out loud.
- Sure, right! Of course we are. Just thinking out loud.
- Whatever. Do what you want.
- We will! Let's go!