They probably went to go talk to a tree, or something. That's what they do, right?
Arntta
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Why a tree? Wouldn't they talk to the mountain, if anything?
K'Sarian
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How would I know? I ain't the one goin' off to talk to trees.
Arntta
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Abbot, listen. I have given thought to what you told me last night.
Illos
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Oh! Should we give you two privacy?
Dia
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No, I'd like you all to be here a moment, if you would.
Illos
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Yeah, I think with that I'll take some tea, Dia. Orange, if ya would.
Arntta
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I'd like a black, if you have more water.
K'Sarian
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Two teas, yes...
Dia
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Abbot, Cryostoria wasn't your fault.
Illos
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He wasn't anyone's fault. I talked with Priest Fullbright, and the devil was interfering with the temple itself!
Illos
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What could you have done to oppose that?
Illos
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It's less of a matter of what, Illos, and more the fact I didn't do anything.
Kintal
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I left you to die there.
Kintal
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You sent monks all over to try to do something, Abbot! You didn't leave any of us to die. And you definitely weren't the one that killed anyone.
Illos
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Cryostoria was tampering with forces beyond any of our reckoning! They had to use a powerful Lunist relic to stop him! He had been gathering powers of Lunism's evil god itself!
Illos
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You two had quite a talk, huh?
Lum
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Illos wanted to know what had happened with our confrontation, and I told him what I could, within my rights to.
Sky
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I would ask you don't go repeating that information, please, Abbot. We're speaking in confidentiality.
Sky
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And I speak for Ion on this behalf.
Sky
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...that tattoo on your hand. You're a dragoon.
Kintal
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Explains some things.
Kintal
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Ion formally requests you do not step down from your position. You are considered an ally of the fight against Cryostoria, and, well, it would make the Air Tribe leader sad if you did.
Sky
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Abbot, there is no blood on your hands. I know you feel guilt over my suffering, and the deaths of our comrades.
Illos
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But I don't blame you. We went there of our own choices. And we were willing to accept the consequences of doing so.
Illos
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Cryostoria was a force that you, I, or none of the other monks could have stopped. Your actions prevented him from attacking the Nexus, and still holding it today.
Illos
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I wouldn't be here to even attune the crystal if you had tried to stop him.
Illos
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Please, Abbot. Reconsider.
Illos
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...Illos, I know how you must feel, but-
Kintal
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KABOOM
Narration
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The hell was that?!
Arntta
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That was from outside! We'll finish this conversation later.