| 1 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0001 |
84 |
Hey, Gramps... You were protecting
this place for years and years, right? |
| 2 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0002 |
84 |
That I was.
Five hundred of them, in fact. |
| 3 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0003 |
84 |
But all that time I was a kid in Fonsett,
I never noticed you doing anything
like that. |
| 4 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0004 |
84 |
Well, things have been quiet for the
past few centuries. |
| 5 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0005 |
84 |
Given two hundred years or so,
rumors pass into legend, and people
stop taking them so seriously. |
| 6 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0006 |
84 |
Long ago, Drivers used to enter this
place quite often, but their numbers
have long since fallen off. |
| 7 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0007 |
84 |
Besides, the entrance itself will not
open for any but a Leftherian. |
| 8 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0008 |
84 |
And sad though it may be, the
population of Fonsett is on the decline. |
| 9 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0009 |
84 |
Fewer and fewer people are even
aware of this place. |
| 10 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0010 |
84 |
I see... |
| 11 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0011 |
84 |
So you actually had work to do
back in the day, huh? |
| 12 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0012 |
84 |
I'm no layabout now, either!
I was the one who told you of
this place, if you recall! |
| 13 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0013 |
84 |
Sure, whatevs. |
| 14 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0014 |
84 |
Honestly, Nia, you're just like Corinne
when she was younger. |
| 15 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0015 |
84 |
Huh?! Really?! |
| 16 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0016 |
84 |
I'm not sure if that's a compliment... |
| 17 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0017 |
84 |
She was quite the little firecracker.
Even came in here once, as a child. |
| 18 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0018 |
84 |
Wow, pretty gutsy. |
| 19 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0019 |
84 |
Though she turned back upon reaching
the bridge. She must have sensed that
this was a place to be feared. |
| 20 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0020 |
84 |
It's protected by the village's guardian
spirit after all. Anyone in Fonsett would
know it's not a place to enter lightly. |
| 21 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0021 |
84 |
To fear and to respect are two sides
of the same coin, you know. |
| 22 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0022 |
84 |
The people of Fonsett understand
the importance of this place on an
instinctive level. |
| 23 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0023 |
165 |
What do I say to that? |
| 24 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0024 |
164 |
Only thanks to you, Gramps. |
| 25 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0025 |
164 |
How would outsiders feel about it? |
| 26 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0101 |
84 |
You've been protecting this place
for centuries, right? |
| 27 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0102 |
84 |
I think it's probably thanks to you
that the villagers have such a powerful
respect for the Village Guardian. |
| 28 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0103 |
84 |
Yeah, you can't have respect without
someone to keep it alive. |
| 29 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0104 |
84 |
If it were not for the Titan Azurda,
this place may truly have been
forgotten by the world completely. |
| 30 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0105 |
84 |
Well, I don't think anyone's put
it to me quite like that before. |
| 31 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0106 |
84 |
You've done good,
these past 500 years. |
| 32 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0107 |
84 |
Yeah. Good job, Gramps. |
| 33 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0108 |
84 |
... |
| 34 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0109 |
84 |
More than anything,
at times like this... |
| 35 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0110 |
84 |
I just feel thankful that I'm able to
travel with you all in this form. |
| 36 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0111 |
84 |
If I'd remained in my old body,
I might never have come here
and heard those words! |
| 37 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0112 |
84 |
I thought you were gonna say
something profound, not just
bask in the praise! |
| 38 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0113 |
84 |
Hohohoh! |
| 39 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0201 |
84 |
People from outside of Fonsett village? |
| 40 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0202 |
84 |
None have entered in recent years, but
400 years ago, visitors did sometimes
venture in here with Fonsett youths. |
| 41 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0203 |
84 |
It seems people from outside see
this place as little more than another
ruin to be explored. |
| 42 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0204 |
84 |
I tried to talk them out of entering,
but they never appreciated my words. |
| 43 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0205 |
84 |
Still, I didn't feel it was right to
stop them by force. |
| 44 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0206 |
84 |
They stood precious little chance of
reaching the end, at any rate. |
| 45 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0207 |
84 |
Thus it was that many adventurers
entered, never to return. |
| 46 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0208 |
84 |
I daresay their sacrifice also
contributed to the healthy respect
the villagers now hold for this place. |
| 47 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0209 |
84 |
Yeah, you don't treat a ruin lightly
when folks go in and never come out. |
| 48 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0210 |
84 |
I don't doubt that that is indeed
a part of it. |
| 49 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0211 |
84 |
You've been watching for 500 years
as all this stuff happened, right? |
| 50 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0212 |
84 |
I guess that must've been tough going. |
| 51 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0213 |
84 |
Sorry for being all disrespectful
and stuff before. |
| 52 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0214 |
84 |
No need to apologize, Nia. |
| 53 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0215 |
84 |
We are all quite used to your
foul mouth at this point. |
| 54 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0216 |
84 |
And we know you have a
kind heart underneath. |
| 55 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0217 |
84 |
Urghh... |
| 56 |
|
kizunatalk024_msg0218 |
84 |
I wanna make a snappy comeback,
but that would ruin my apology! |