Depths of Despair/Anankos: Seething Silence

Anankos: Seething Silence - C

Lilith	Hmm... I wonder what the problem could be. The horses seem to be feeling rather down...
Hello, Lilith! Thank you for working so hard taking care of the horses!		Sharena
Lilith	...
Lilith? Hello?		Sharena
...Can you not hear me? Lilith? ...LILITH!		Sharena
Lilith	Oh! Princess Sharena! Happy to see you out on patrol! You sure do work hard, don’t you?
Oh, Lilith! Thank goodness! You were worrying me there for a moment. You seemed to be lost in thought... Is everything all right?		Sharena
Lilith	To tell you the truth, the horses have been acting a little strange...
Hmm... They seem the same as they always are to me...		Sharena
Lilith	It’s a very subtle difference... I think they are afraid of something.
Afraid of something? Any idea what it could be?		Sharena
Lilith	This is only a guess, but it could be...me making them afraid.
What? How so?		Sharena
Lilith	Horses are sensitive creatures. They respond to even the slightest of changes. They may be sensing my worry...
You’re worried? What’s on your mind, Lilith?		Sharena
Lilith	I haven’t been sleeping well. I don’t quite know how to put it to words, but it’s haunting me...
A problem you can’t even put into words, hm? Well, that is quite the problem then...		Sharena
Lilith	I’m sorry, Princess Sharena. I wish I understood it myself.
... You don’t understand? How strange... I believe you know perfectly well what the origin of your unease is.		Lilith
Lilith	*gasp*
Oh! It’s the scary Lilith!		Sharena
Lilith	You remember this flavor of unease, don’t you? As if you could ever forget your connection to supremacy...
N-no!		Lilith
Lilith	Try as you might to suppress that fear, you cannot keep him out.
Would you...be able to give us just a little more detail than that? ...Huh? Oh. She’s gone... Well, I hope nothing terrible is going to happen to Askr...		Sharena
Lilith	...

Anankos: Seething Silence - B

Laslow	You’re right. The horses do seem to be in something of a mood, don’t they? How can I be expected to take women out on the town when this is what I’ve to contend with?
Did someone put a curse on them?		Selena
Odin	Don’t look at me! I may be a proud descendant of darkness, but I would not curse an innocent beast!
Yeah, yeah. Settle down. Look, here comes Lilith—and her timing could not be more perfect. Hello, Lilith. What is it you wanted to talk with us about?		Laslow
Lilith	There is something I want you all to hear, as people who are aware... of Anankos, the Silent Dragon.
What?! Anankos? That’s what this is about? W-wait a second... Shouldn’t you not be able to speak about any of this outside of Valla? If someone hears, we could all disappear...		Selena
Odin	It’s all right if we’re talking to Lilith, right? She already knows everything... She’s Anankos’s daughter, after all!
R-right... Well, we’re all still here, so it seems like it’s all right.		Laslow
Lilith	Forgive me for springing this on you all, but you’re the only ones I could discuss this with. I believe it may be my unease that is spreading to the horses...
You’re infecting the horses with your unease? Is that what you’re telling us?		Selena
Lilith	I’ve been feeling more and more disturbed recently...and last night, I had a truly awful nightmare.
Can you tell us more about your dream, Lilith?		Laslow
Lilith	Anankos, the Silent Dragon appeared to me...
...		Odin
Lilith	In my dream, Anankos hated the world and everything in it. In his madness, he sought to destroy humankind, forcing Nohr, Hoshido, and Valla into conflict... But his hatred could not be sated. It always demanded more. Anankos grew aware of worlds that lay outside this, and his hate found a new target...
He may come to Askr, then, if your vision is true. Would he be brought here like we were, by summoning?		Odin
Laslow	If Anankos learned of Askr, there is no doubt he would view it as a target...
And that can only lead to terrible things! With such power, he truly is a force of nature.		Odin
Selena	Odin! We don’t need to scare Lilith any more than she already is!
...		Lilith

Anankos: Seething Silence - A

Odin	I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare Lilith with all that...
Even if Anankos were to be summoned here... Anankos would be bound to the summoner the moment he arrived, so we’d likely be safe from him.		Laslow
Selena	Do you really think a human can hold back a dragon with such incredible power?
Y-you’re right...		Lilith
Odin	Now you’re the one scaring Lilith, Selena! You’ll spook the horses too if you’re not careful.
You’re right... Sorry.		Selena
Lilith	If the summoner’s power proves insufficient to suppress him...
Askr will be laid to waste.		Lilith
Laslow	Y-you!
The Silent Dragon’s advance troops have finally revealed themselves! Get behind us, Lilith!		Odin
Lilith	I-it’s all right! We should hear her out for now.
The hatred of King Anankos will swallow every world. All living things will meet their end. The future he desires, the future in Lilith’s dream...King Anankos will make it reality before the end.		Lilith
Lilith	No! That can’t happen!
You know I speak the truth. Father’s blood courses through your veins the same as mine. You know the depths of father’s hatred for humanity. You know annihilation cannot be avoided were such a force of destruction be brought here...		Lilith
Lilith	...

Anankos: Seething Silence - S

Lilith	If Father were to set foot in Askr, destruction would sweep across the land as an unavoidable consequence.
Y-you’re not wrong that if Anankos, in his hatred, were to force his way into Askr, it would be disastrous...		Laslow
Odin	Urgh! We’re supposed to be the ones who are able to do something about this, but...
It’s true. The part of Anankos that still has goodness in his heart asked us to save the world from its end.		Selena
Lilith	You do not have the strength. But if there were any possibility this world could survive...well...
There’s a possibility?		Lilith
Lilith	This may be no more than my imagination, but here in Askr... Heroes have been gathered, and much potential lies within their many hands. And there may yet be a future in which a path that eases Father’s pain opens before us...
Are you saying it’s possible that Father could be freed from his long suffering? He believed himself betrayed by humanity, abandoned all reason, and was driven to madness... If he were able to regain his trust in humanity here in Askr, then...		Lilith
Laslow	It’s possible Anankos could come to his senses?
What are you getting excited over? Were you not listening? This is no more than my imagination, surely.		Lilith
Selena	But even you would prefer it if it were possible to save Anankos, would you not?
I am Anankos’s faithful servant. My desire is for whatever he wishes. It is as simple as that.		Lilith
Lilith	... Father... If you trust in humanity could be restored... I believe we may be able to change your path from that of ruin... Please, Father... If it’s possible for you to trust again...
I am the forgotten god. The betrayed king. The buried dragon... Who was it whose words have come to me now? All before me is consumed by darkness. All that remains in my heart is memory of betrayal.		Anankos

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