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Ahh.
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Hmm.
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Oh, hey Ignatz. Whatcha reading?
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Wow...
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Yeah, he definitely didn't hear me. HEY, IGNATZ!
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Ahh! What?! Oh, it's you. Can you please try to not sneak up on me like that?
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Sorry about that. I was trying to talk to you, but it didn't seem like anything was getting through.
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Looks like you're really into that book, whatever it is. What's it about? Doesn't look like battle tactics, at the very least.
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You're right. This is the Traveler's Journal. It chronicles places that lie beyond Fódlan's borders.
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You were making all kinds of weird noises while you were reading. You eat something bad?
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No, nothing like that! It's just that this Traveler's Journal is full of such vivid imagery and wonderful surprises that I can't help but...react.
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You've seriously been lugging books around with you? Though I admit, that does sound like a good one.
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Yes, it's fascinating! The author's unknown, but whoever it was really traveled to all these places and documented everything.
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It's amazing how vastly things can differ depending on where you are! Like the plants, or the animals, or even the ore in the ground!
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And of course, the way people live in those areas is so diverse too. Like their food and their clothes...
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But what's most interesting to me is the architecture.
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Ruins in Fódlan contain ancient architectural styles that are, for some reason, also found on faraway islands...
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All right, all right, I get the picture. You talk like you've seen it all firsthand.
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Heh, well, I really try to place myself in the author's shoes when I read. So I guess in a way, I have.
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I'd love to visit all those places myself, but that's easier said than done.
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Especially since I became a knight.
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The way you say that makes me think you never wanted to be a knight in the first place.
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Oh, no! No, no. Of course I did!
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Mm.
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I mean, it's not like I regret becoming a knight or anything!
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I wasn't gonna ask, but...all right. As long as you're happy.
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At any rate, both my father and my brother are pleased that it's official.
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Sounds to me like you became a knight for them.
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That's not it at all. I'm very happy with my decision, honest!
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Even though you can't go off traveling?
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Yeah. Getting sent out to different locations for battle is kind of the same thing.
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Oh, but of course the mission always comes first! It's not like I go off wandering whenever I feel the urge.
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Uh-huh. But you would if you could, right?
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Why do you keep asking me about this? All these leading questions, they're—they're uncalled for.
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I might not be able to travel of my own volition, but I can read books and go wherever I want in my imagination.
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And that's good enough for me.