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Yuri
Never seen you so deep in thought. Next thing I know, snow will be dumping out of the sky here in Abyss, hahaha!
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Never seen you so deep in thought. Next thing I know, snow will be dumping out of the sky here in Abyss, hahaha!
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Yuri
It was clear that both Lady Luck and the goddess herself had given up on you. Your powers of deliberation weren't any help either.
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It was clear that both Lady Luck and the goddess herself had given up on you. Your powers of deliberation weren't any help either.
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Balthus
You caught me off my stride, got it? But it was clear I'd never win a story from you, so I went digging.
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You caught me off my stride, got it? But it was clear I'd never win a story from you, so I went digging.
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Balthus
I was especially curious about that Crest of yours, so I went rifling around for a lead and got to thinkin'.
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I was especially curious about that Crest of yours, so I went rifling around for a lead and got to thinkin'.
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Yuri
You must have time on your hands if you're spending it thinking. Well? Let's hear it.
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You must have time on your hands if you're spending it thinking. Well? Let's hear it.
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Balthus
There's a story they tell where my mom grew up. Long ago, the village got in a squabble with some folks looking to conquer the place.
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There's a story they tell where my mom grew up. Long ago, the village got in a squabble with some folks looking to conquer the place.
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Balthus
A village elder gave some holy red stuff to their wounded soldiers. Some kind of liquid, who knows...
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A village elder gave some holy red stuff to their wounded soldiers. Some kind of liquid, who knows...
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Balthus
The rest of them were changed, but not for the better. They up and vanished before long.
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The rest of them were changed, but not for the better. They up and vanished before long.
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Balthus
They weren't inherited, or gifted by the goddess. It's a real thinker, yeah? A reaaal thinker...
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They weren't inherited, or gifted by the goddess. It's a real thinker, yeah? A reaaal thinker...
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Yuri
Near death but survived, despite all odds. Wait! The elder who my mom saved... Could he have used something similar?
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Near death but survived, despite all odds. Wait! The elder who my mom saved... Could he have used something similar?
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Yuri
I don't know whether you hit the mark or missed it entirely. But your story was a cute one, regardless.
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I don't know whether you hit the mark or missed it entirely. But your story was a cute one, regardless.
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Yuri
The truth is, I've been trying to sort out who I am. And, well... I haven't been successful in it.
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The truth is, I've been trying to sort out who I am. And, well... I haven't been successful in it.
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Yuri
I don't even know whether my mother is truly my birth mother...or why it is I have this Crest.
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I don't even know whether my mother is truly my birth mother...or why it is I have this Crest.
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Yuri
At this point, I have nothing but speculations. Maybe I'll sink into my grave without ever knowing the truth.
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At this point, I have nothing but speculations. Maybe I'll sink into my grave without ever knowing the truth.
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Balthus
Lots of things in life don't have an answer. Just pick the story you like best and run with it.
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Lots of things in life don't have an answer. Just pick the story you like best and run with it.
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Balthus
That's better than finding out a truth you can't live with. You can really mess your head up like that.
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That's better than finding out a truth you can't live with. You can really mess your head up like that.
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Yuri
Dammit, you're right. To think that something so trivial could bother someone like me.
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Dammit, you're right. To think that something so trivial could bother someone like me.
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Balthus
Look who's a quick learner! Thinking too much'll sap your energy, pal. I avoid it whenever possible.
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Look who's a quick learner! Thinking too much'll sap your energy, pal. I avoid it whenever possible.
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Balthus
In fact, it's been ages since I last thought so deeply. My head is really hurting now, heh.
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In fact, it's been ages since I last thought so deeply. My head is really hurting now, heh.
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Balthus
But if that old legend is true...what was that holy red stuff? What happened to the vanished soldiers?!
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But if that old legend is true...what was that holy red stuff? What happened to the vanished soldiers?!
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Balthus
Once I start thinking about all that, I keep going round and round in my head... And then it's dawn... and then it's nightfall and then it's dawn again, and...
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Once I start thinking about all that, I keep going round and round in my head... And then it's dawn... and then it's nightfall and then it's dawn again, and...