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[armum]

[How many full-fledged knights come for a stay? Lightning is armored, armed and looking every inch a servant of her goddess, Etro. This woman doesn't do weak and she is pausing only to address any who might be watching. Then, when her message is concluded, she will continue on her way. Time doesn't fix itself, you know, and she has a little sister to guide...to find...

Her job is never done - or so it feels.]

Was this your desire, great Etro? [Her exhaled breath lifts her pink fringe.] I am Lightning Farron, a servant of the Goddess Etro. If it was by her will that I was brought to this location, so be it, but I sense that someone has interfered. I must return to Valhalla.

[She glances at her audience sharply.]

The unseen will reveal itself in time.

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( video )

[armum]

It is inevitable. What we don't know, what we don't wish to see, will make itself known in time. [If it exists as even a bare possibility, it needs attention. Lightning glances at him, solemn.]

The future is always ominous. We cannot see the effect of our actions. [She gives a short nod.] I am out of her hands. It changes little.

[alternas]

( cryptic, dude. all of this is so cryptic.
in fact, noctis is even squinting trying to make sense of what he thinks might be some kind of... double-speak? )

Isn't that just like saying you can't outrun your fate? Unless you're talking about something more tangible like, a way home or something... Which, if you're wondering, hasn't been found yet.

[armum]

[That's what happens when you spend too much time in the presence of a goddess. Lightning really doesn't have any answers; she just knows that every action has a reaction and she can't be selfish anymore.]

Fate...changes. What held true yesterday doesn't hold true for tomorrow. We can't take anything for granted.

[There is something hopeful behind her words; it's just hidden under uncertainty.]

I will return to finish what I started.