Sannova to Nakiami: “An hour is nothing within the scope of a thousand years. Yet it felt like an eternity to me. Before the ritual purification, I sat beneath the reijiku tree, when a sudden wind stirred its magnificent leaves. It was telling me that you would not return. Yes, ever since that day, time has stopped for me.”
Hiruken Emperor: “Such a strange thing to say, to return balance to the world, of their own free will, they gathered at the table of the Sun, and offered their souls to be devoured. They become the light in this world.”
“You do not understand that loneliness that I feel…”
“My first, my final enemy, now it is your turn – fill this emptiness inside of me. Tell me what I am.”
Shiroza: “Life is a duality between life and death. The bearer of that life must decide which side they value more.”
Nakiami: “That day, I had gone to the ruined town of Biguzen, where I met a girl who had lost her mother. And then, I abandoned your teachings, Lady Sannova.”
“I am a false Tenjo”
“After returning to the holy land, the Tessik People will regain noble blood.”
Sannova: “This record has been passed along the Sannova bloodline, ever since the first birth cry rang out in the Northern lands. For generations we have lived here, bearing the burden as midwife to the heirs to the imperial line. I pity them, existing only to eat the souls of others.”
“As compensation for this, our ancestors gathered Hiruko, and brought Xam’ds into the world, to serve as mediators for the Great Pilgrimage.”
“He gave no birth cry, he was stillborn.” Saying birthed here can be somewhat misleading. She is a midwife.
“If I could not cradle or bury him, if I couldn’t cut the chain of sadness known as the Great Pilgrimage, then I would create countless Xam’ds to fight against him, to answer that scream in the void.”
Nakiami: “If you do, the Hiruko released will embed themselves into people throughout the world! All those who can’t bear it will turn into stone!”
Sannova: “I will fall with the Hiruko, and purify their souls, they will merely return ot the Great Ruikon.”
“That’s not the point! I want them to live! Even if they are just impure souls, I want to live with them, here on this Earth, right now!”
“I am proud of the kind soul you’ve become.”
Sannova: “This ends the ritual purification, Cloud-Rider.”
“For the next thousand years until the world has had its fill of happiness, I am closing the Quickening Chamber.”
“The peace has gone for too long. When people get used to flat road, they become slow and forget about the hills and the ruts. It is too late when they stumble”
Nakiami: “I wish I could have brought you into this world…”
Kujireika:”Even if it costs me my life, this is the path I have chosen.”
“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Night falls on the sun-dappled forest, the starts come out over the babbling brook. Matron’s voice calls… Father comes to fetch us…Your eyes got so big when you smiled… It made you so beautiful. I am coming for you. I will bring you back.”
Akiyuki: “I wonder why this seems so familiar? Fighting you, that is.”
Hiruken Emperor: “I have always loved you and hated you.”
Akiyuki: “Yes, I can’t really give you life, so I’ll give you the one thing that defines me, to fill the emptiness inside of you.”
“I am closing my heart, just for now. Because I must be isolated, because I must act. The next time I look up at the night sky, all the constellations may have changed. But any time I remember you, I will smile.”
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