Diasomnia Dorm - Lilia's Room
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LILIA! MALLEUS IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!!! |
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Keep it down, Sebek. You don't have to yell. |
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Yes, my hearing isn't that bad yet. |
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Oh, I beg your pardon!
After what happened yesterday, I redoubled my patrols through the dorm. I couldn't allow even the slightest risk to Malleus's person.
But when I looked into his room just a few minutes ago, he wasn't there! |
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Sebek has apparently been checking on Malleus every 10 minutes.
I tried to get him to ease off so he wouldn't become an imposition... |
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HOW DARE YOU, SILVER! WHAT IF THOSE KNAVES COME BACK AND ATTACK MALLEUS?! |
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Easy, Sebek. As we explained yesterday, the Watchman is not our enemy.
Just as they are no one's enemy, so too are they no one's friends.
They're an impartial, perhaps even unfeeling, organization, committed to treating all living creatures equally. |
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There you have it, Sebek—straight from Father.
If you give in to paranoia, you won't be ready to act when it's truly needed. |
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Rgh... I don't need you to tell me that!
BUT I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AS MALLEUS'S GUARDIAN! |
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You don't have to worry. I'm sure he just popped out for a walk.
I have an idea of where he might be. You two stay here and take a break while I go check on him. |
Sebek & Silver |
YES, SIR! / Yes, sir. |
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I knew I'd find you here. |
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Lilia? What is it? |
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Sebek was yelling about you not being in your room, so I came to find you. |
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Ah... He's been barging into my room nonstop since yesterday. It was starting to wear on me. |
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Ha ha ha! He is rather loud, isn't he? His voice booms even when expressing concern. I can hardly blame you. |
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I just came here to have a bit of time to myself. |
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Yes, I suppose it's been your secret spot ever since you started school here. |
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So it has. I couldn't keep using it once [MC] showed up, though...
I was disappointed at first when [MC] started living here.
I love abandoned buildings. The ivy running over the cracked walls, the drafts sneaking in through the broken windows...
Forgotten places have a kind of desolate, silent ambience I find soothing.
They're a pleasant reminder we're not the only ones history has left behind. |
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...... |
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It's the strangest thing, though...
With [MC] and the others gone, this place is back to how it was—devoid of life.
Yet when I walk through it, I feel a most unpleasant sensation, like briars scratching against my skin.
It's returned to the abandoned building I was so fond of before, and yet I'm feeling this way... |
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Malleus...
Malleus, gaze upon what lies above. |
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I see the ceiling has a sizeable hole in it. |
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Not that. Look at the skies beyond. |
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Do you see how the stars are lined up in a lovely, perfect row?
Seeing them aligned as such has been considered a good omen since ancient times. This marks the first time in 18 years...
Or has it been 100 years? Actually, it might've been 300.
Anyway, the point is it hasn't happened for a long time. |
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Hm... Are you trying to say that this phenomenon will be a rare sight to the children of man? |
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Mmhmm. Though you're going to see this same row of stars quite often over the course of your long life. |
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...... |
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The world will be a very different place by the time they align again.
And you must come to accept that. Do you understand? |
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I know. That's why I enrolled in this school. |
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Listen to me, Malleus: never, ever forget the pain you felt here today.
You must hold on to that feeling, precisely because you will live beyond this moment for such a very long time. |
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...I'll keep that in mind. |
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Good lad.
Come, let's make a wish—for all of us to be able to return to our normal lives. |
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All right, Lilia. |
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I've wished upon these stars many a time... but this may be my last. |
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...What? |
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