Everyone's personality is different, and I can understand the way you think, too.
Catch Lightrace
All I can say is, if I'd found out a little sooner, maybe things could've turned out different.
Deculture Silvermint
You're allowed to stay, you know.
Catch Lightrace
It's fine.
Elysium
*Sigh*, it feels like I did something terrible to you.
Catch Lightrace
Not at all, Elysium. I really appreciate your suggestion.
Catch Lightrace
It's true that I made this decision to give him that push at first, but I also really want to seek out Master Finch.
Catch Lightrace
I'm sure he'll be very happy to hear how Stitch is doing.
Elysium
Well, you've made it plenty hard for me to know what to say here.
Elysium
Speaking of which, it sounds like this Master Finch really cares about his student. I have a hunch that he might have gone to the surface to seek a cure for Oripathy.
Elysium
After I leave, I will try my best to track him down, too.
Elysium
Hah, perhaps he will one day find his way to Rhodes Island.
Catch Lightrace
Oh, now there's a plan.
Elysium
You know what I'm trying to say, right?
Catch Lightrace
Yeah, we'll meet again.
Catch Lightrace
I know I want to help out when we finally rebuild Zeruertza.
Catch Lightrace
And when the time comes, I am going to work together with Stitch to put out some amazing designs.
Elysium
Like a statue of me?
Catch Lightrace
Well... Maybe not that.
Elysium
A shame!
First, I must apologize to you for my departure.
But if I had not left, knowing you, you would never become truly independent.
Alright, truth be told, if I decided to stay, I wouldn't have known how to stop caring for you.
You have a gift.
Oripathy has greatly limited your lifespan, but at the same time, it has made you see life in a more profound way.
Thanks to this, your style has greatly transformed for the better.
I didn't expect them to want to renovate the forum, too. The Durins are a thorough bunch, aren't they?
High Priest
Gavial.
Gavial
Hm?
High Priest
Do you realize that you are making history?
Gavial
Is that right?
High Priest
The Durins have lived underground for ages without making any large-scale effort at communicating with the world on the surface.
High Priest
Yet your choices have persuaded an entire city to relocate to the surface all at once.
High Priest
Who would have thought that Acahualla would be the first place to know such an intimate level of exchange with a Durin city and its people?
High Priest
And when future generations look back, it will probably never occur to them that this all happened because of an offhand idea you came up with.
Gavial
Now that you mention it, I guess you're right.
Gavial
But there's nothing wrong with that, is there?
High Priest
Haha, there's of course nothing wrong with that.
High Priest
What I'm saying is—History is always like that, Gavial.
High Priest
It might have been an accident that the Durins were able to put down roots underground, too.
High Priest
This goes to show that perhaps history is nothing to be revered or feared, just like the Acahuallan traditions that you so easily destroyed.
Gavial
Now I'm not so sure about that. I think people who know their history pretty great.
Gavial
Like Dr. Kal'tsit. She knows history like the back of her hand.
High Priest
Kal'tsit? Hm... I could count the number of times we've dealt with each other on one hand, but she might be the one person in the whole world who takes history the lightest.
Gavial
Is that right?
High Priest
Of course. And I suspect the way she goes about it might even be a kind of helplessness, the kind that comes from knowing nothing can be done.
High Priest
Now then, let's change the subject.
High Priest
Zumama told me that you wavered in your decision, but you persisted with it nonetheless, and that you plan to continue doing as much?
Gavial
Yeah, I mean, they all told me that they'll help me.
Gavial
Speaking of, you're gonna stick with us till the end, right, old man?
High Priest
Oh, look at you, won't even give an old man a break.
High Priest
It's probably obvious that I'm very happy to be researching technology with Zumama.
High Priest
But did you know that the longer you live, the harder it is to find direction?
Gavial
I'm not sure I get it.
High Priest
Well, that's good. That's what I like about you.
High Priest
Keep going down the path you're on. I'm curious just how far you'll make it.
Gavial
So, how come you're here to talk to me instead of following Zumama around?
High Priest
Well, naturally, that's because—
High Priest
She kicked me out!
High Priest
I told her the Durin machines are nowhere near as cute as the Big, Ugly Thing, and she got mad at me.
High Priest
Hmph, how could she be this protective of her new friends? Now I'm mad too!
Gavial
Oh.
There are certain things that you will never understand until you experience them yourself.
And so I am leaving you with a problem.
Until you become the next design representative,
and until you manage to persuade all of Zeruertza that your work has a profound meaning within...
I will leave your side, and you are not allowed to come look for me.
We are architects, and our job is to provide designs that satisfy the masses.
You will come to understand that this is the greatest challenge you will ever face. Not a design flaw, not a construction problem, but rather something as simple as being persuasive.
