The Orb Case/Keaton: Lupine Collector


Anna	Phew! Another victory down—who knows how many more to go! Good work out there, everyone!
The enemy never stood a chance! When we give it all we've got, no one can get in our way!		Keaton
Sharena	Keaton, I saw you diving in behind the enemy lines. I could hardly keep track of you! It was incredible!
You're beginning to understand the strength of the wolfskin, are you? Ha! I was barely even warmed up!		Keaton
Anna	I believe it! Seems like you've energy to spare. I'm just glad we all made it back safely... Which is what I wanted to talk to you about, Keaton... You weren't sticking to the plan out there, were you... The plan was that you'd wait in the forest to the north—but didn't I see you coming in from the south?
Er, well, you see... What happened was that, umm... I went with my gut instead! It seemed like that would be for the best! Never let me down before, anyway...		Keaton
Sharena	Your gut, huh? I see... Sounds like another way of saying it was your beast intuition!
Maybe! Listen—I think all that fighting just caught up with me. I'm gonna go take a nap somewhere.		Keaton
Sharena	Hey! Keaton! Aaaand he's gone... Didn't he say he was barely warmed up and was ready for more? But then he suddenly needed to go nap?
Hmm... Interesting.		Alfonse


Keaton	Hey, Alfonse. Have a minute? Can I ask you something?
Sure, Keaton. Judging by that look on your face, it must be something pretty serious.		Alfonse
Keaton	Yeah, I wanted to talk about that battle the other day... I want you to know I didn't just ignore the plan. I TRIED to follow the strategy, but I somehow lost track of my position and ended up behind enemy lines.
What? But I thought you said you were following your gut...		Alfonse
Keaton	That's what it felt life. I tried to go to the northern woods as planned... but I still ended up in the south!
So...you got lost?		Alfonse
Keaton	No, no. I know when I'm lost—not that it ever happens... My instinct was just off, that's all!
Oh, OK... Your instinct was off, so you got lost. Understood.		Alfonse
Keaton	Hmph. Anyway... You don't happen to know of a way to keep instincts properly honed, do you?
Oh, so you're looking for a way to keep yourself from getting lost? Hm... I'll ask around for some good tips!		Alfonse
Keaton	Really? You'd do that for me? Er, I mean...it's not a dire situation or anything like that, of course. I just figured, if there WERE some good methods, I might as well test them out. Y'know—just for fun!
The way your tail is wagging all over the place says it all, Keaton.		Alfonse
I can't guarantee I'll find anything helpful, but I'll do my best for you!		Alfonse
Keaton	Amazing! Thank you!


Alfonse	OK, Keaton. The best tip I came up with for not getting lost is to closely study a map of the area before battle. I have a map of Askr here... Would you like to borrow it?
A map, huh? Yeah, I guess that could work, but... I'm not sure I'll have time to look down at a map once I'm face to face with our foes on the battlefield...		Keaton
Alfonse	Fair enough... What about using the sun and stars to figure out which direction you're headed? You can use the sun during the day, and at night, you can use the stars. Wolfskin like you have incredible eyesight, right? That kind of thing would probably be easy for you!
Yeah, that could work, but...what if it's rainy or cloudy? I won't be able to see the sun or stars, will I?		Keaton
Alfonse	Hm. I suppose you're right. You could try leaving yourself a trail, so you can follow it back to where you started... I've heard of someone escaping a bewitched forest using that trick... All thanks to a bread-crumb trail!
What?! They left a whole trail of food behind them? What if someone followed them and ate their trail?		Keaton
Alfonse	W-well, you don't HAVE to use bread crumbs to mark your trail...
Still, I'm not sure any of these methods are going to work for me. Sorry, Alfonse, I know you went to a lot of trouble coming up with all those ideas for me...		Keaton
Alfonse	I'm sorry none of them have been helpful so far! I'll try to come up with other ideas that might work for you.


Alfonse	Hey, Keaton! I have a solution for you thanks to `【Summoner】`!
Really? You two came up with a good way for me to avoid getting lost? Let me hear it, then!		Keaton
Alfonse	OK. From now on, whenever you go into battle, just make sure one of us is there at your side! That ought to solve your problem! Even if you TRY to take a wrong turn, we'll be there to set you straight.
That's actually a really good plan... I'm impressed! There's no way I'll get lost now!		Keaton
Alfonse	And if we start by assuming we'll be acting together, we should be able to strategize accordingly, no problem!
Well, I guess that's how it'll be, then... I suppose I'll just have to get used to having the two of you around. Personally, I'm not sure why it's a problem for me to just get wild and dig in behind enemy lines, but OK...		Keaton
Alfonse	You can try to sound glum all you want, Keaton, but the wagging of your tail is telling a different story.
Just get ready for the next battle... Brace yourself for seeing everything a wolfskin is capable of!		Keaton
Alfonse	I can hardly wait!
With you keeping me on track, I'll be even better than before! Just watch— I'll be unstoppable! Ah-roooooo!		Keaton