â Â it took all i had just to stay alive against that monster, but you beat it like it was a straw training dummy. Â â
â well, i just wanted an excuse to get close to you, you know?  â
â Â i feel like someone should tell you that you have a kind of sulky look about you. Â â
â  you canât assume to know anything until you experience it for yourself. â
â Â itâs rare to see your kind around here. Â â
â Â try to be a little more sensitive to people you donât know. Â â
â unspeakable sorrow surrounds this landscape.  â
â  please take some time to really admire the flowers. i worked so hard to plant them⊠ â
â  youâll likely face many hardships in your lifeâŠbut never give up! promise me that. â
â  i get a feeling that heading home isnât an option for you, so take care of yourself out there. â
â Â courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten. Â â
â  for the first timeâŠmy heart knows what it means to love.  â
â thereâs a fine line between courage and recklessness. â
â Â if youâre free to grab something to eat sometime, keep me in mind. Â â
â Â shh! looks like there are still monsters about. Â â
â Â it seems you and i may just get along after all. Â â
â  how did you pull that off?! actually, donât answer that. i ought to be thanking you, not interrogating you. â
â  iâve learned to overcome my grief. you canât change the past, only the future. â
â  are youâŠfollowing me? â
â  this spot is our little secret, ok? just between you and me. â
â  i canât believe iâm actually saying thisâŠbut you must avenge me.  â
â by the look on your faceâŠi dunno, it just seems like you been through somethinâ.  â
â do you know how the gossip mongers refer to you? they are out there at this moment, whispering amongst themselves⊠ â
â Â opening up to others might make you vulnerable, but itâs the only way to give your life any value. Â â
â  it looks like i got hit pretty good back there⊠ â
â  whatâs wrong? too scared to talk? â
â  iâve got to tell youâŠwhen you first showed up,   i thought someone was pulling a prank on me.  â
â Â letâs make one thing clear: iâm not going anywhere. Â â
â Â we each have something to hide, i suppose. Â â
â Â i donât know you, and iâm actually pretty busy here. you should probably go. Â â
â  maybe we should just settle this one on one? â
â  donât preen yourself just for doing your job. â
â Â please. now is not a good time. Â â
â Â if you need something, do me a favor. ask someone else. Â â
â  i actually wanted to talk about something a little personal⊠ â
â  my apologiesâŠi fear i have said far too much.  â
â i used to be a big deal back in my day, but the world moves on fast.  â
â Â you must have seen a battle or two. Â â
â  that memory will haunt me until my dying dayâŠÂ â
â let me ask you once moreâŠwhen will you stop treating this as some sort of childish game?  â
â  no! i am not a child anymore. â
â Â i do suppose youâve proven your value as a warrior. Â â
â Â i advise you to change the subject. Â â
â Â welcome to the middle of nowhere. population: us. Â â
â  this area is nice and quiet⊠ â
â  dark magic preys upon the land when darkness falls⊠ â
â  everything - everything iâve done up until nowâŠit was all for nothing. â
â  i had no idea traveling was so dangerous. â
â  youâre quivering like a hatchlingâŠwhat is the matter? â
â Â you have proven to possess the resolve of a true hero. Â â
â if i may be so bold⊠what is it that you are planning to do next? â
â Â i hope you get to meet your true love soon. Â â
â you are the heir to a throne of nothing⊠nothing but failure.  â
â  itâs okay, i know. your silence speaks volumes. â
â the only thing that really helps me feel better is walking among the fireflies.  â
â  just looking at those ruins nowâŠit really gives you an idea of the destruction that went on there. â
â Â you have a smile like the sun. i would do much to feel its warmth upon me once again. Â â
â Â iâll stay here and chat with you for a bit, if youâd like. Â â
â Â you should follow through on what you say youâre going to do. Â â
â Â there i go, needing someone to bail me out again. Â â
â  i donât know why, but my heart wonât stop beating a mile a minute⊠ â
â Â yeah, you know what really is âmeâ? drinking. Â â
â  i seeâŠblack. so much blackness. a deep, dark abyss, drawing you inâŠÂ â
â  save yourself. go! donât worry about me - run! â
â Â you sure do know how to keep a woman waiting. Â â
â  overconfidence can be a deadly foe. â
â Â donât ask too many questions, and i wonât either. Â â
â  arenât you tired? arenât you chilly? have you eaten yet? â
â Â i want to be clear â whatever treasure is to be had here belongs to me. Â â
â Â close calls like this get my stomach all tied up in knots. Â â
â much as it galls me to thank you for saving usâŠthat is what happened.  â
â  i donât see any monsters, butâŠi can feel their eyes on me. â
â  whatâs the matter? are you unwell? â
â  now that i have gotten a good look at you, it is all too clear who you are. â
â Â youâre amazing. when you fired your bow, it was like time stopped. Â â
â youâve done all you could. feeling sorry for yourself wonât be of any help. â
â  oh, noâŠi can see by the look in your eyeâŠyou wonât listen to me. â
â Â you look like a nice person who likes to help people in need. Â â
â  you look like your everyday traveler, but how can i be sure? â
â whatâs your problem? how dare you try to eavesdrop? mind your business! â
â  what are you doing skulking around in the dead of night? â
â Â you seem at home in battle. Â â
â  i was out running an errand when i saw it. it was incredibleâŠand terrifying. it was incredibly terrifying.  â
â Â the afterlife lays claim to all. we never know when it will beckon. Â â
â  that got hairier than i expected. you did pretty good. â
â Â iâm just pulling your leg. you looked so serious, i couldnât help but goad you a bit. Â â
â  i donât get to leave this place too often⊠ â
â Â i know when someone is lying. my father isnât good at lying either. Â â
â  i didnât notice youâŠi was a bit lost in thought there.  â
â i canât get angryâŠi wonât get angry⊠ â
â  you know, your skin looks super shiny, and you look like you havenât got a worry in the world⊠ â
â Â iâve been watching, and i feel safe saying thereâs no one suspicious around here. Â â
â Â you are going to be the death of me. Â â
â is something wrong? do not tell me the steel has slipped from your spine.  â
â  one would think years upon years of such treatment would have made me mend my waysâŠone would think wrongly.  â
â Â your path seems to mirror your fatherâs. Â â
â Â i am filled with a strange and terrible certainty that something awful is about to happen. Â â
â  umâŠwere you talking to that statue? â
â  you cannot turn back now. follow your heart and seize your destiny! â
â Â you had me worried there. donât mess with people like that. Â â
â forget we ever spoke.  â
â Â you hardly speak anymore, and smile even more rarely. you are still the kind soul i know, but something has changed. Â â
â  a warm fire can do wonders for a weary soul. â
â i hated you with all my heartâŠbut it would seem my anger was misplaced.  â
â  has anyone ever told youâŠ? you have the most beautiful features.  â
â wait a minute! please, think about what youâre doing.  â
â Â i used to really love the night. at night the world sparkles and shines in an almost magical way. itâs beautiful. Â â
â  oh! youâre paying me a visit? thatâs sweet of you. â
â  what were you praying for? long life? wealth, like so many? â
â  teeheeâŠi knew youâd come back.  â
â  youâll never guess what i found! wanna see? â
â  have you grown so comfortable here that you canât imagine leaving? â
â Â youâre needed elsewhere. you must eventually leave. you know this. Â â
â Â i may have dismissed you too hastily before. you have many promising qualities. Â â
â Â if you need anything, i am ever at your disposal. Â â
â  are you trying to cheer me up? â
â  well, if youâll excuse me, i need to go save the world. â
â Â do you like this dress? i made it myself. Â â
â Â you really shouldnât mess with things you donât understand. Â â
â i donât want you to come here, anyway! â
â Â the more i think about it, the more it gives me the creeps. Â â
â  what special brand of loony does it take to go traveling without a map? â
â Â my heart is drawn to yours. i am doomed. Â â
â Â no one who has gone there has ever come back! so youâd best forget about going there. Â â
â  why are you looking at me like that? â
â i was warned about men who throw words like âdream girlâ around.  â
â Â you have to come at me harder than that to impress me. Â â
â Â on second thought, now is not the time. Â â
â  i canât explain whyâŠbut i trust you for some reason.  â
â  we meet again! we must have been married in our past lives. â
â  you arenât just a normal lad, are you? â
â Â i need to stop relying on others to help me and help myself instead. Â â
â Â caring for others is an emotional liability. Â â
â Â iâve picked up a few tricks after many, many years in the wild. Â â
â Â i firmly believe you and i can withstand any kind of hardship, as long as we are together. Â â
â Â there arenât many heroes in the world like you anymore. Â â
â  why do people equate the unnessecary pursuit of power with some childish dream of adventure? â
â Â legend has it that if you swear your love before this freshly plucked blossom, you and your partner will live a charmed life. Â â
â Â iâm sorry that you came all the way to see me for nothing. Â â
â  you couldâŠalways stay here with me forever.  â
â  should i check my map, or should i go by intuition like the original trailblazers? â
â  you must be busy, you know, saving the world and all. â
â Â at first i thought it was just a bad dream. Â â
â if you find yourself in some trouble, please promise to run. fast.  â
â Â itâs not like a sword alone makes a hero. Â â
â Â the scent of the soil is the smell of life itself. Â â
â  thereâs no reward without risk, right? â
â i may not be much use on the battlefield, but there must⊠there must be something i can do to help. â
â  iâm waiting for someone. and itâs not you. can you go away? â
â  that sword there is proof enoughâŠyou are the hero iâve been waiting for.  â
â Â youâre wasting your time here; i have nothing worth stealing. Â â
â  looking mighty free there, eh? â
â Â you have not changed a bit. once a hero, always a hero. Â â
â  you are looking at me as though i am a stranger to you. those eyesâŠthey lack the light of familiarity.  â
â things to do, places to seem right? better get on it. time waits for no one. â
â Â there are some legends about that island, so the village fishermen tend to avoid it whenever possible. Â â
â Â okay, that was enough mortal peril for one day. Â â
â  âŠoh, my. look at that face! you are totally my type. hi. â
â  oh, have i mentioned how incredible you are? and how thankful i am? â
â Â nothing makes me want to not do something more than being asked to do it. Â â
â Â iâll admit it. iâm mighty jealous. Â â
â Â there are few who know of such legends anymore. Â â
â  innocent curiosity can cause tragedies that can never be taken back. â
â whatâs the matter? are ya worried about me?  â
â hm? a voice beckoned you here? â
â you came to the middle of nowhere in this weather just to see me? â
â Â i want you to know that the path you are walking down is one we should all follow. Â â
â Â i thought you had harder bark on you than that. Â â
â Â it would be a mistake to judge people on appearances alone. Â â
â it is woven into your destiny that you prove them wrong. do you understand? â
â  âŠoops, someone heard me singingâŠbadly. â
â you look like youâre pretty good with a bow and sword, so you must be pretty strong.  â
â  i donât know what it is about men. constantly worrying⊠ â
â Â yeah, yeah. iâm still alive. itâs fineâdonât worry. Â â
â  what are you doing up so late? monsters roam about at night. itâs way too dangerous to wander around. â
â  thinking back on it, itâs a wonder either of us survived the trip⊠ â
â  iâll take any monster in a fair fight. itâs another story when they cheat and catch you by surprise. â
â  i wish this rain would take a hint and lay off for a while. â
â  if you havenât slept yet, you really shouldâŠstaying up late canât be great for your health.  â
â Â you want to get out of my personal space or what? Â â
â Â money and life are all as one to me. Â â
â  what do you think of my lipstick? i think itâll bring me good luck! â
â Â i do hope my bluntness has not offended you. Â â
â  i have no right to ask this of youâŠbut i am powerless here.  â
â  truth is, i just got lucky. â
â Â i hope that ours will be a long and profitable relationship. Â â
â  i may be somewhat used to seeing bad omens by now, but thatâŠwell, letâs just say itâs badder than most.  â
â  why the long face? i bet i could guess. â
â Â iâm not about to give this information away for free. iâm no fool. Â â
â Â seeing you brings me great joy. i bet you have that effect on everyone. Â â
â  it is a shame us two never had the chance to see what might have been⊠ â
â what does it matter? thatâs all in the past.  â
â Â you know what that means, donât you? the end is here. Â â
â Â oh no, there i go again, just talking with no purpose. i get carried away and just donât know when to quit. Â â
â Â i somehow managed to escape into the nearby woods. Â â
â Â letâs wish each other good luck, eh? weâll need it. Â â
â Â i was so sure that was the end for me. i was prepared for the worst. Â â
â  take it easy? and let a rumor like this go to waste? nah, i gotta go big⊠ â
â Â what are you doing, sneaking up on me like that? you scared me! Â â
â  when you get to my age, you start reminiscing about all the memories from your childhood. â
â  now that iâve met you, some of the excitementâs gone. â
â Â i get the feeling youâre going to end up doing even better in this world. thatâs the feeling i get when i look at your face. Â â
â Â you seem harmless enough. forgive me, iâve just been on edge with all these monsters running around. Â â
â Â well, thatâs life for you, with all its twists and turns. i hope youâll stick with me through them. Â â
â Â nice baby sword, pal. i bet it canât even keep a flame going. Â â
â Â with how peaceful it is around here, itâs sometimes easy to forget that the world almost ended years ago. Â â
â  that doesnât reflect well on your upbringing at all⊠ â
â Â even the areas near civilization are full of monsters these days. Â â
â may the gods smile upon you.  â
â  iâm sorry, but i seem to have twisted my ankle⊠ â
â  that would mean you areâŠno, itâs not possible. can it be? â
â  youâd better remember my name, for itâs not the last youâll hear of it! â
â iâm sorry if we got off on the wrong foot. uhâŠthatâs all⊠ â
â Â i can tell youâve trained your body well. Â â
â  who are you?! be on your way, youâŠsuspicious person! â
â iâm so shocked i donât know if iâll ever be able to fully recover from this.  â
â Â no matter. iâm just happy youâre still in one piece. Â â
â  ha haâŠdid you think iâd deceived you? â
â  donât lie. i know just whatâs going on. liars like you deserve to be punished! â
â Â it is finally time for me to tell you everything. Â â
â Â s. Â â
â  a dealer in life and powerâŠthat was me, once.  â
â  iâm sorry. that wasnât very nice of me at all⊠ â
â  loveâŠitâs such a sublime, precious thing, you know? â
â  ahhhhâŠso there are some who still pay me homage.  â
â Â it was a real honor to meet you. Â â
â Â i know itâs not my business, but iâm rather concerned. Â â
â Â be warned. if you go, i cannot guarantee you will survive. Â â
â  isnât that, likeâŠan incredible thing that only incredible people can have? â
â Â iâm sorry you had to see me like that. Â â
â Â not to be rude, but you donât look so well. Â â
â  as for meâŠwellâŠi just do not believe you are guilty of anything.  â
â  iâŠi cannot forgive you. not ever.  â
â  âŠso? did it move you? â
â Â the sight of this is going to haunt my dreams for weeks. Â â
â i apologize. perhaps it was not my place to say as much.  â
â Â i canât shake the feeling that we were destined to meet. Â â
â  i can see it in your eyes. youâre asking yourself, âwhy me?â â
â  youâŠdid you just try to push me? no, i assume? â
â Â to be honest, iâve been watching you. Â â
â Â you canât solve all of peopleâs problems with power alone. Â â
â  when all this is doneâŠperhaps we can spend some time together.  â
â  i believe in allowing the mistakes of the past to wash away. â
â Â it seems youâre a great deal more important than you appear. Â â
â Â the only pleasure that gives me comfort is cooking. Â â
â Â ah, the smell of the sea. Â â
â that is NOT an appropriate question to ask a lady youâve just met.  â
â Â i can assure you that i do not now, nor have i ever, needed help from the likes of you. Â â
â Â oh? well, i suppose i changed my mind. Â â
â  now that i think of itâŠshouldnât you be dead? sorry. that may be too personal a question. â
â  do you not understand the gravity of what you have done? â
â Â i thought i made it clear that i am not in need of an escort. Â â
â  your face sickens me! i am sickened! get out of my sight! â
â Â how dare you show your face here after what you did. Â â
â  are you the hero? could it be? â
â Â words often fall meaningless when we try to describe tragic events of a certain magnitude. Â â
â Â you certainly are cute when youâre blushing. Â â
â Â there were times when iâd stay out so late, i didnât realize morning had come. Â â
â  i like watching the river flow by. is that such a crime? â
â Â as you are now, i cannot say whether you are worthy or not. Â â
â Â i heard a terrible rumor that you had fallen in combat. Â â
â  i bet you think this is just a myth, right? â
â  oooh, i donât have time to be drinking right now⊠ â
â  please feel free to show your excitement. anyway⊠ â
â a bit early to flirt, isnât it? â
â itâs been a while since weâve seen the sun here.  â
â Â nothingâs wrong. just leave me alone. Â â
â Â we hardly know each other, and youâve been so nice. Â â
â  itâs so soothing to stare at, donât you think? â
â in a world as dangerous as ours, are you seriously asking me to travel alone? â
â Â well, even someone like you/me has their limits. Â â
â Â i wish i could be a kid again and think only of myself. Â â
â Â what you did for me is more than i could have ever expected of you. Â â
â Â you have grown much recently. you know you will be a worthy heir when the time comes. Â â
â Â mark my words, iâll protect this land of ours to the death. Â â
â Â weâve both been through a lot, iâm sure. Â â
â  such is the way of youthâŠdriven! even reckless, some might say.  â
â Â i canât stop trembling. i thought i was ready for this. Â â
â Â if you donât mind, iâd love to catch up sometime soon. Â â
â Â it seems iâm the only one with a mind of my own. Â â
â Â i would be overjoyed if you could find it in your heart to forgive me. if not now, then perhaps one day. Â â
â  speaking of which, can you believe this view? â
â  you arenât trying to tell me you want a reward, are you? â
â Â you came all the way here, but it was in vain. i have no desire to speak with you. Â â
â i hope you knowâŠthat i will always protect you.  â
â Â iâve recovered to the point where i can stand. Â â
â Â we meet again. it seems that sharing space is our destiny. Â â
â so how about it? care to hear stories of my glory days while we walk?  â
â  open your eyesâŠwake up. â
â if you keep doing everything everyone asks of you without question, youâre gonna get conned eventually. â
â  it seems thatâŠi was wrong about you. â
â Â i simply must admit the truth. youâve accomplished something that even i could not. Â â
â Â what? you look like youâve got something else to say. Â â
â  go on. thereâs nothing to hide. â
â  youâre making my cheeks warm looking at me like that. â
â Â iâve never been one to question fate. Â â
â  i can tell, just from looking at youâŠyou have a place in my dreams.  â
â  youâŠi really owe you for what you did.  â
â it saddens me to know i truly am all alone in this world.  â
â  you cannot fool me with such a fanciful lie. â
â Â i would never have thought you could have taken down something that big. no offense. Â â
â Â know that the only reason youâre not already sliced into pieces is because i am otherwise occupied. Â â
â  that is a special gift from your ancestorsâŠyou must never let it go.  â
â  you were just pitying me, werenât you? â
â Â listen, if you wanna get anywhere in this life, you gotta have cash and cachet. Â â
â Â this place is so filthy and women free, it might as well be called a manfill. Â â
â  youâve traveled the world helping folks, but thereâs more that need helping. you donât have the luxury of tarrying here. â
â Â you were gone for so long, i started to fear the worst. Â â
â  wonât you come see me again? iâll be waiting. â
â  whatâs wrong? youâre just staring. â
â Â as brave as you are, that does not make you immortal. Â â
â Â weâll need to make preparations as soon as possible. Â â
â âŠyouth. itâs just goam on a wave. gone before you know it.  â
â  everythingâs going hazyâŠthis might be the end⊠ â
â Â donât do anything reckless under any circumstances. Â â
â  you think iâm just going to let this stand? do you? â
â  i was thinkingâŠthis reminds me of the time we first met.  â
â  crazy times we live in, eh? â
â Â i hate to think what wouldâve happened had you not shown up. Â â
â  you commoners with your notions and assumptions⊠ â
â  not to pry, butâŠi have to ask. who are you supposed to be? â
â i encourage you to slow down for a moment, my courageous friend.  â
â  once this whole thing is overâŠmaybe things can go back to how they used to be when we were young.  â
â  villages everywhere were burned. many lives were lostâŠÂ â