Rockrock, we don't have enough hands. There are many places above us where people can hide, and we still haven't checked at least a third of Sudean.
Feist
You know Harmo and the gang are getting ready for the move already. In a couple days, they will be leaving this place, and so will the commander.
Feist
When that happens, even if our team stays, our chances of rescuing anyone will be slim.
Rockrock
That's no reason for them to join us.
Feist
They aren't joining us... They're cooperating with us.
Feist
Didn't you hear the commander? They're friends of a friend. We accepted our friend's request and helped them enter Londinium, and they're here now.
Feist
And if they can help us look for people...
Rockrock
They can rest up in our hideout. That's the commander's order.
Rockrock
And once they're done resting up, they'll leave this place. I'll escort them to somewhere safe aboveground, and that'll be the end of it.
Feist
Why can't we ask them if they're willing to stay for a short while? It'll just be a small favor. They might not turn us down.
Rockrock
You know why. I told you.
Feist
Er...
Rockrock
The commander thinks they can be trusted. There has to be a reason for that, so I'll stop questioning their motives.
Rockrock
But I also don't want our men dragged into needless danger.
Feist
Why do you think what they're doing is dangerous?
Rockrock
What do you think they're doing here?
Rockrock
They sneaked into Londinium with a bunch of highly skilled Sarkaz, and they're making an enemy of those other Sarkaz... Feist, we're Victorians. We're used to this.
Feist
You're talking about the lords fighting day in and day out outside Londinium.
Rockrock
Ever since we were born, they've been fighting amongst themselves to no end. If it wasn't because of all their infighting, our homes wouldn't have become a Sarkaz backyard.
Rockrock
It's tiring enough trying to take back our homes... The Sarkaz want to fight on our lands, and not only is there nothing we can do about it, it has nothing to do with us.
Feist
But what if they can really stop the Sarkaz occupying the city?
Feist
Maybe you think they're here to snatch the crown, but the way I see it, we have a common enemy.
Rockrock
I'm not so confident to think that we can take control of the situation. Not like you.
Rockrock
The Sarkaz... they're nothing like you think. They're that good at pretending.
Rockrock
The day my dad was executed, I spotted a girl in the distance... The executioner called her 'Your Majesty.'
Rockrock
That was when I found out what the king of the devils actually looked like.
Feist
You never told me that before.
Rockrock
Because I never saw the need to.
Rockrock
I'm telling you this now because... I want you to know we can't let ourselves be deceived by looks.
Rockrock
Even though the Sarkaz woman had a flawless, unblemished appearance, even if she put up a look of pity for an old Londinier worker, totally unknown to her, I will never forget...
Rockrock
She is the one who led the Sarkaz and killed my father... and countless more Victorians...! She's the Lord of Fiends!
Feist
Uhh... Miss Amiya?
Amiya
......
Amiya
Mr. Feist, Miss Rockrock...
Rockrock
That's all I have to say, Captain. I will head aboveground and continue our search mission. You... You should really give what I said some thought.
Feist
Sorry, Miss Amiya, Doctor... Um, I need to help Harmo tune his equipment... so please excuse me too.
Amiya
Doctor, the Sarkaz that Miss Rockrock mentioned...
We don't have enough information yet.......Doesn't sound like Theresis to me.
Amiya
It's a white-haired woman with a compassionate look... and the Sarkaz called her 'Your Majesty.'
Amiya
Doctor, you might have forgotten, but I...
Amiya
I will never forget even the tiniest detail about her expression or anything she said to me.
I was almost going to chase after Miss Rockrock, to ask her who she saw.
Amiya
But... that could further fuel her misunderstanding about us.
It's okay to have feelings.You're being very hard on yourself already.
Amiya
Yeah... Doctor, I'm feeling better now.
Amiya
You might've heard a little about the past from Dr. Kal'tsit before we came to Londinium.
Amiya
But there are some things that I haven't had the chance to talk to you about.
Amiya
Actually, for a very long time after that incident, I dreamt about you two a lot.
Amiya
In my dreams, you never talked. You just watched over me in silence.
Amiya
It was like that night out on the barrens. You held my hand silently, and I could sleep soundly.
Amiya
I was able to feel you... I knew you were just asleep. Dr.{@nickname}, you might have been away for a little while, but you were there with me still.
Amiya...
Amiya
But she's... not the same.
Amiya
She told me a lot of things in my dreams. From the fate of every single Sarkaz at Rhodes Island to if I wasn't sleeping well, if it was cold...
Amiya
She warned me about lots of things. It was like she was right there by my side.
Amiya
The more that happened... The more that happened, the more it struck home that... she has left us.
Trust your feelings.......You know her better than anyone.
Amiya
There is so, so much that she didn't want to leave behind and so many people and things that she kept thinking about. Us, Dr. Kal'tsit, Rhodes Island, and the Sarkaz...
Amiya
If... If she was actually alive, would she not come back to us?
The one you're talking about wouldn't do that.
Amiya
Right, she wouldn't just abandon us.
Amiya
And she wasn't the kind of person who would let Theresis invade Victoria... She wouldn't be able to bear seeing the Sarkaz start this unjust war.
This must be a misunderstanding.
Amiya
You mean that Rockrock might have seen another Sarkaz who looked like her?
Amiya
It's true. That's possible.
Did Theresis do something, maybe?
Amiya
It's... a very cruel method.
Amiya
Death is a very serious matter to the Sarkaz, much more so than any other race. The souls of a Sarkaz who passed eventually returns to her whole tribe. It's the greatest comfort to the Sarkaz, after a lifetime of hardship.
Amiya
Doctor, you witnessed the passing of Patriot. It was a matter of dignity and pride. It was the last time a man saw his own fate.
Amiya
The silence of death gave him an answer, and this answer can forgive everything about him.
Amiya
No Sarkaz should ever have that final peace stolen from them... Especially her, who gave everything to the Sarkaz.
Amiya
Doctor, do you remember what I said at the port?
Amiya
I know what emotion has taken hold of Londinium. It's anger. Sarkaz anger.
Amiya
And it's not just me who can hear it, this anger is so strong that all Sarkaz can hear it.
Amiya
Even a Wendigo altar can't give rise to such a strong resonance. It's like someone turned the Sarkaz's centuries-old burning anger into an actual, raging fire.
Amiya
If no one puts a stop to it, sooner or later, it will burn through Londinium's skies and spread, burning everything in its path.
Amiya
That's why we need to get close to it as soon as we can to find out what the source of the fire that's engulfing everything actually is.
I'm worried about you, Amiya.Wouldn't you get hurt if you got close?
Amiya
You can see it, Doctor. Right, emotionally... I'm not like I was before.
Amiya
The one ready to dive into the fire isn't the leader of Rhodes Island. Probably not the successor they keep talking about, either... It's Amiya.
Amiya
This is what I want. It's the answer I'm looking for, as an individual.
Amiya
And it's true... I'm also a little scared.
Amiya
I'm afraid of that answer. I don't want to see Dr. Kal'tsit and everyone else have their hearts shattered.
There's you too, Amiya.
Amiya
Yeah, right. There's me, too. If it's really her... I don't even want to imagine what that might mean...
Amiya
But this is something I must face. There is no other way forward.
I will face it with you.We will walk this path together.
Amiya
Thank you, Doctor...
Amiya
Just knowing you're here by my side gives me the courage to keep going.
Amiya
I'll go talk to Commander Clovisia now, to propose a partnership.
Amiya
Their friends were taken prisoner by the Sarkaz, and they need more manpower to rescue them.
Amiya
We also need their help.
Amiya
Going by our original plan, we should already have rendezvoused with our contact, the Messenger lady. We need to figure out whether she's safe or not.
Amiya
She's a friend of the Self-Salvation Corps. Maybe their commander could help us find her.
Amiya
That's not to mention their guidance will make our journey into Central Londinium much more likely to succeed.
Amiya
Rhodes Island will prove to the Londinium Citizens' Self-Salvation Corps that we are not here for the Sarkaz crown.
Horn, the Dublinn forces are acting really strange!
Horn
They're going... that way.
Robben
I thought Sarkaz troops were guarding that area, though? Dublinn would never have dared to go anywhere close with them around!
Horn
They must have their reasons. I'll tail them.
Robben
Isn't that a tad risky...? They have ten times our manpower.
Horn
And that's why I'm going alone.
Horn
The rest of you will continue as planned. Look for resources at their stronghold. They've just started relocating. Most likely, they haven't had the time to haul their supplies away too.
Horn
Be careful out there.
Robben
You too!
Dublinn Soldier
Hey, get a move on. The commander doesn't want us to waste another second!
Dublinn Soldier
I know you don't want to be doing this. Who does? Those stinking devils, treating us like a bunch of mercenaries!
Dublinn Soldier
But don't let me see you slacking off. You better not embarrass the commander in front of the Sarkaz.
Dublinn Soldier
Why aren't you keeping up? M-611, respond!
Dublinn Soldier
W-What's going on?
Horn
Don't move.
Dublinn Soldier
I-It's you...! M-601, call for... argh!
Horn
Don't speak either.
Dublinn Soldier
Urgh...
Horn
Hand over the comms.
Horn
Alright, now you can speak.
Dublinn Soldier
*Cough*, *cough* *cough*...
Horn
Tell me, what are you helping the Sarkaz with?
Dublinn Soldier
L-Like I'd tell you, you wicked Victorian wolf...
Horn
Let me think... How did Dublinn treat the Victorians who weren't willing to talk?
Horn
They were hanged on a pulley a dozen meters off the ground, right?
Horn
Too bad, I don't know how to make stone columns with Arts. I don't have an easy way to send someone so high up.
Dublinn Soldier
Y-You wouldn't...
Horn
Wouldn't I?
Horn
True, if I were as shameless as your commander, watching my people sacrifice themselves in County Hillock one by one wouldn't have bothered me one bit.
Horn
How about this, then? I'll tie you up, and then dump you in some abandoned factory.
Horn
There are lots of factories like that around here. It wouldn't take that long to look through each of them one by one.
Horn
Now that's how I do things, right? It's thanks to my patience that I could rescue some of those poor soldiers from you people.
Horn
I only hope that your commanding officer will find you too before you die alone, despairing in the darkness...
Dublinn Soldier
No... No! My commander wouldn't...
Dublinn Soldier
Please, spare me. What do you want to know? I just follow orders. I don't understand the complicated stuff!
Horn
Yes, I'm quite sure of that. That Sarkaz commander is much smarter than your commanding officer.
Horn
Whatever he is scheming, Mandragora will never figure it out, and you lads will have to keep letting the Sarkaz toy with you.
Horn
Fine, you just need to tell me where you are headed, then. I'll figure out the rest myself.
If you're back, why didn't you pay me a visit sooner?
Londinium Citizen?
You have too many guests.
Manfred
Ah, I forgot. You didn't want to see the Confessarius Messenger.
Londinium Citizen?
If he found out that I came back to Londinium, wouldn't that spell the end of my leisurely days?
Manfred
Even then, you didn't have to wait for Hoederer to leave before you show yourself. He's my man. He won't ever report your presence to the court.
Londinium Citizen?
Oh, he's your man? Don't fool yourself; you don't trust anyone.
Londinium Citizen?
If you really trusted him, you could've just hollered my name. You're the one who decided to wait till the Dublinn Feline and your mercenary friends were gone before saying hello.
Manfred
......
Manfred
Let's set this topic aside. You helped me lure the Dublinn forces into position this morning. I owe you this one.
Londinium Citizen?
Oh... It's no big deal. Besides, I got a little surprise out of it.
Manfred
A surprise...? For you, of all people, to use that word, I'm guessing you found more than a few rebels.
Manfred
Hm... Did you meet the Rhodes Islanders down there?
Londinium Citizen?
There's more. Not only did I run into them, they were the ones who 'rescued' me from Dublinn and escorted me to the city walls.
Londinium Citizen?
If it wasn't for how antsy you were to test your prized new toy, such that I had to be 'blown up' in front of them, perhaps I could've followed them a little longer.
Londinium Citizen?
I actually wanted to have a good chat with her.
Manfred
......
Manfred
What if I tell you there's still a chance?
Londinium Citizen?
Another job for me? Didn't you send the Dublinns and the mercenaries to guard the temporary brig? I thought you had everything in place already, and you just had to extend an invitation?
Manfred
I prefer writing myself a few insurance policies.
Londinium Citizen?
Alright, alright. You owe us one, then.
Londinium Citizen?
Uh... Did I just say 'us?'
Manfred
No matter. There's no one else here.
Londinium Citizen?
Truth be told, we don't really want to stay here for much longer... That narcissistic old man with the chalice is almost here, isn't he?
Londinium Citizen?
Don't tell him about us.
Manfred
Of course... I have yet to repay your kindness, after all.
Manfred
Another note... You should stop masquerading as a dead man. Not only might you find your cover blown, it also... makes me feel uneasy.
Londinium Citizen?
Gah, we almost forgot. What an upstanding Sarkaz you are, right, pupil of Theresis?
Londinium Citizen?
Relax. The next time we meet, I won't be 'Mr. Thomas' anymore.
