Dreams of Hallownest, sketch pages 145-166
(Radiant Arc 9, 3.34)
(dialogue transcript)
Page 145
Argent- I think I understand now… Why this has not worked.
Honey?- …
Argent- You have no way of knowing… You really don’t know…
Honey?- I know everything I need to--
Argent- You fight me- reject me- because Honey does not know. You… don’t remember me, Luma.
I thought, maybe, your memories had been hidden, obscured, by whatever intentions you held to becoming Honey. As if those were intentions. I have been treating you as though you are Luma, having forgotten you are Luma. But maybe. Instead. You have changed. To you, to us, you are Honey.
Honey is not us alone. Honey is… Honey.
Luma had no voice, and you speak in mine.
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Page 146
Argent- Luma, you forgot the two of us both. You truly believe you are Honey.
Instead of addressing you as if you are the only one responsible for Honey not remembering our past, Luma- wherever you are- perhaps I should relate those memories to the two of us.
To us. To Honey. You were right, Luma, Honey. I have been holding us back. Both of us have. The truth will hurt- us, Honey- but our choices risk the same end- that same finality we fight each other for.
Honey?- Shut up! Get out of my head!
Argent- Honey. I speak to you. Luma and Argent- the two of us. We are the twin souls. Without us you remain the soulless soul.
Luma and I- we are you, Honey. As much as you are yourself, we are you.
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Page 147
Argent- Luma and I. Our voids- our Shades. We merged and made you- new.
Honey- You can’t tell me who I am… I am Honey… Honey…
Argent- I’m sorry I didn’t realise earlier.
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Page 148
Honey/Argent- Ugh
Argent- … Don’t hurt them!
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Page 149
Honey- After all this? You would still protect me?
Argent- Always.
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Page 150
Honey- NO!
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Page 152
Comban- The Knight surfaced!
Hornet- They have left Honey’s dream. Honey must still be under. We may only hope the Knight stopped the radiant light.
Comban- What about Honey? How can we help them?
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Page 153
Paladin- We can’t.
Hornet- … There is nothing we can do. Honey either surfaces without the light, or they do not at all. Comban!
Paladin- Comban?
Comban- Hah--
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Page 154
Comban- Mmph!
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Page 155
Comban- Don’t give up on yourself, Honey. You mean so much to so many bugs. You have made an impact. You are loved. You are my friend, Honey. No matter how hard it might be, please come back to us. You protected me the entire journey from Kingdom’s Edge to Deepnest. Let me protect you now.
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Page 156
Comban- There is a future here for you.
Radiance- Shadow, Fall. Break, Release me.
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Page 157
Honey- Ah!
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Page 158
Honey- I’m really sorry!
What… is happening? I’m… me? I’m the Honey Knight, right?
I am! But… Honey is not all that I am.
Luma… I am Luma. Argent… I am Argent.
They are the voids that complete me. I… I am their fusion!
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Page 159
Honey- This light… This void… They are mine.
I… can change the future- again!
The dreams of Hallownest are borne of everyone’s hopes, everyone’s wishes.
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Page 160
Honey- With my light I can see a future where their choices matter.
With my light I can herald the dreams of Hallownest as my own.
I will change the future!
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Page 161
Honey!- Together!
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Page 162
Paladin- Zah? What are those… lights?
Hornet- Radiance.
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Page 163
Hornet- Part of Honey’s light has escaped them. What may happen from this--
Comban- Honey’s back!
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Page 164
Hornet- You have changed yet all remains the same.
Honey- I’m going to explain / everything.
Everything. Every memory I’ve forgotten , every memory I’ve not understood. I have the power to use those memories to change the future. But first I must remember who I am, to be who I must be. I must recall the past. Inside, I can tell you all of what I am.
Hornet- You forged a Dream Nail…
Honey- With it I can show you everything.
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Page 165
Honey- I don’t know how long I have left to secure the choices I’ve made… Secure… her.
Comban- Then let’s do this! Change the future!
Honey- … Right! Here we go!
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Page 166
Dreams of the Vessel, awaken.
