=== Citrinne & Seadall ===
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[Citrinne]
Seadall, is it true that you can tell fortunes?
[Seadall]
It is.
[Seadall]
I can divine anything, from the day's fortune
to a person's greater fate.
[Citrinne]
What a marvelous talent! In that case... Would
you read Brodia's future for me?
[Seadall]
Brodia's future?
[Citrinne]
Brodia is my home. I love my home.
[Citrinne]
And since the start of the war, I have been
worried about its future.
[Seadall]
Ah, you'd like to know the fate of the
kingdom, then.
[Seadall]
It...may not be good news. Are you sure you
want me to do this?
[Citrinne]
Yes. I am prepared for the truth, whatever it
may be.
[Seadall]
Understood. Then let's begin.
[Seadall]
Spirit of the Cards, cast your divine light so that
I may see the fate that awaits great Brodia...
[Seadall]
...
[Seadall]
It is revealed. Brodia's future...
[Citrinne]
Yes?
[Seadall]
I see...nothing.
[Citrinne]
Nothing? What do you mean, nothing?!
[Seadall]
It's just as I said. I see nothing. That's what the
cards have shown me.
[Citrinne]
That can't be...
[Citrinne]
Does that... Will the war bring my country
to ruin?
[Seadall]
I admit...I'm not really sure myself.
[Citrinne]
I... I see. Well, thank you for the reading.
--- B ---



[Citrinne]
...
[Seadall]
Citrinne, are you still worried about my reading
the other day?
[Citrinne]
I am.
[Citrinne]
I have thought of little else since.
[Seadall]
I see.
[Citrinne]
Brodia's towns... Have you ever been?
They're wonderful.
[Citrinne]
Especially after a nice, long bout of rain.
[Citrinne]
The sun peeks out from the clouds and all the
buildings glitter─like a scene from a fairy tale.
[Citrinne]
As a young girl, I used to sit by the window
during storms and wait for that moment.
[Citrinne]
I would even skip my ballroom dance practice
and just sit there, waiting...
[Seadall]
It's a beautiful story...like one from a book.
[Seadall]
But reality isn't storybook beautiful very often.
You can't just sit and wait for the rain to stop.
[Citrinne]
What?
[Seadall]
Sitting and worrying about what Brodia's fate
might be won't help your homeland.
[Citrinne]
I know that.
[Citrinne]
I'm not waiting by the window anymore. I'm out
there in the mud, fighting for Brodia.
[Citrinne]
But I'm just one person. I can't protect the
kingdom on my own.
[Citrinne]
And that... Well, it breaks my heart.
[Seadall]
...
[Citrinne]
I have to go. Excuse me.
[Citrinne]

[Seadall]
Citrinne...
--- A ---



[Citrinne]
Seadall, I apologize for losing my composure
the other day.
[Seadall]
No, don't apologize. I can see how much Brodia
means to you.
[Seadall]
But I wanted to share this with you.
[Citrinne]
Share what?
[Seadall]
I had a feeling you'd come, so I read Brodia's
fortune again.
[Citrinne]
And...what did you find?
[Seadall]
It's not that Brodia has no future. It's that a fog
had settled around Brodia's future.
[Seadall]
I can finally see it.
[Seadall]
I suspect the powerful feelings you hold for
your home have driven the fog away.
[Citrinne]
What did you see? What was on the other side
of the fog?
[Seadall]
Brodia, after the rain has passed.
[Citrinne]
...
[Seadall]
A period of darkness and strife will pass over
Brodia and other countries...
[Seadall]
But when it's over, the sun will shine from
between the clouds on your home.
[Citrinne]
...
[Citrinne]
Haha, thank you. I hope you're not just
humoring me.
[Seadall]
Huh? What do you mean?
[Citrinne]
That fortune... You're not just saying that to
make me feel better?
[Seadall]
No. I'm not running a scam or trying to make
you feel good. I don't need to do that.
[Citrinne]
I pray that is the case.
[Citrinne]
I have to say, with your help, I have been able
to face reality in a way I couldn't before.
[Citrinne]
I can't passively wait for the future to come.
I have to take it into my own hands.
[Citrinne]
For Brodia's sake. For the world's.
[Seadall]
I believe you will, Citrinne. And you have
my support.
[Citrinne]
Thank you.
[Citrinne]
Ah! I nearly forgot. You must allow me to
compensate you for your services.
[Seadall]
Once peace has been achieved, you could give
me a tour of Brodia.
[Seadall]
I love exploring places I've never been before.
[Citrinne]
That's a wonderful idea! Let's travel to one of
the towns sometime soon. After a storm.
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