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[quote][b]Remus (Aug 14, 2003 11:19 a.m.):[/b] Here are the "Goodbye" conversations Xan has with those who come to see him off before he leaves Tianar at the end of the game. THELIENT "I'm sorry to see you go, Xan. You'd make a fine Guardian, with more training." "Liar." "Alright, you'd make a terrible Guardian, but at least we could keep an eye on you. You make the Council nervous. We still don't know if we can trust you with the power you weild." <smile> "What makes you think you have a choice?" "It's that kind of talk that makes us nervous." "I don't intend to go running after any other threats to the continued existence of the galaxy without letting the Order know, if that's what you're worried about." "Are you sure you won't reconsider? Think of what you could learn about yourself here. About the power inside you. Think of what *we* could learn about you here." "I'm not interested in being studied, even by myself. I just want to go someplace quiet and grow old." "Then go with peace in your heart and balance in your actions." "Thank you." ROOK "Rook." "Xan." "I suppose if the Council decides that I'm too dangerous to leave alive, they'll send you." "I have had the opportunity to observe and study your habits and routines. I have an operational understanding of the limitations of your perception. I would be the obvious choice." "Yes, well. Let's save the goodbyes, then." "Be seeing you." BAEN "Lin would be proud of you." "Of you as well. A true Guardian now." "I miss her." "Me too. Take this. I'd have given it to you before, if it had occurred to me to part with it." "Lin's pendant. No. You keep it. She would have wanted you to have it." "Keep making her proud, Baen." "I'll try. You try to." KHET "I trust that my debt is fulfilled?" "More than. You were a tremendous help on Roth. Thank you, Khet." "Don't thank me. If you convince me that I did you a favor for free, I am required by ysarii law to commit suicide." "Oh. Then yes, debt repaid. With exact change." "I suppose you'll go back to being a mercenary, then?" "It's what I do. I have a reputation to uphold. Infamy isn't so easy to maintain as you might think." "I'd wish you luck, if it didn't cost so many so much." "So long as I'm not hired to track down any more terran demi-gods, I shouldn't need luck." "Goodbye, then." "Goodbye, Xan." ARRAXIS "The Grand Priestess sends her regards, and asks that I convey her regret that you will not be returning to Draco." "She'll get over it. Seila will accomplish much more." "She will have a much more difficult time than you would. She was the commander of the army which killed so many of our soldiers. Her safety will be a constant concern." "I'm sure she can handle herself." "Be that as it may, the Grand Priestess has permanently reinstated my rank and assigned me as the commander of Emissary Panir's personal guard." "Sounds like an honor." "It is... unprecedented." "I have worked very hard to build a support base for the extermination movement. I myself will have many enemies when I return to Draco." "I'll bet. Do you still agree with them?" "No." "When you were my slave, I trusted you a great deal. I became so used to your presence on the plantation that I relied upon you, forgot that you were not there of your own free will." "I think now that you used your witch powers to nurture my attachment to you, but I do not care. When the rebellion came, I felt betrayed, and I hated you. Now I have stolen a glimpse at another universe, where things would have gone quite differently, and I see how noble you were, and are. You are a credit to your species." "Thanks. I think." "I see now that the Grand Priestess is right; we draconans have leaned upon the crutch of terrans for far too long. We tried to become the Masters, but we are still slaves to your species. We have yet to break our dependence on your kind. Only when we do can we truly be free." "What will happen to the terrans? Will they simply be expelled?" "I do not know. Perhaps someday the Commonwealth will give them back their homeworld. But not in our lifetimes, I expect." "One step at a time." "Indeed." "Good luck, Lord Arraxis. Take good care of her." "I will. Goodbye, Xan-Akaal." SEILA "So." "So." "This is it." "This is what?" "It. You know. We probably won't see each other again." "Why not?" "Well, I don't expect you'll be leaving your farm again. And I'm going to be very busy." "I suppose so." "Perhaps I can come visit some time. When the extermination movement takes a vacation." "I'll watch for you." "You keep away from those mai'Roth girls until I get there, understand?" "I don't think terrans and mai'Roth are compatible. Genetically and, er, physiologically, that is." "And you just keep that in mind. I've left Kariis with instructions." "I expect you'll liberate some starry-eyed young man who will follow you to the ends of the universe, until you have to marry him just to stop the draconan tabloids from drawing their own conclusions." "Hah! Let them. Where am I going to find *another* terran slave with reality-bending powers whom I can use to achieve my megalomaniacal schemes for galatic domination?" "Have you checked Draco's Tallahn plains? I hear they grow them there." "I'll check that out. But just in case, you're still reserved." "Noted." "I'm going to miss you, Xan." "No you won't. You'll be too busy." "How about I make that visit when Rion officially abolishes slavery?" "It's a date." "See you then, Xan." "See you then, Seila." EULIK "Don't say your goodbyes yet, kid, I'm your ride." "I know. I figured I'd get it out of the way, just in case your piloting gets us killed before we leave the atmosphere." "Get in the shuttle, smart ass." DRONE "Will Eulik be dropping you back on TC-2471 after he leaves Roth?" "Oh no, I cannot return." "What, not ever?" "Absolutely not. I am a being of free will and spirit now. To return would mean relinquishing my mind to the Queen once more." "But you didn't lose your free will when we returned." "We only visited. The Queen could not allow a free mind to live among the Hive. She would have to subjugate me again." "Oh. I didn't realize..." "Do not be troubled, Xan. The Queen gave me a mission: to explore this galaxy on her behalf. I will continue to do so, aboard the Wetakkan." "Sounds like fun. Adventure and excitement out among the galaxy's infinite mysteries, is that it?" "That's exactly what I told Eulik! He laughed at me." <chuckle> "Well, just try to keep the adventure and excitement to a minimum until you two drop me on Roth, OK?" "Aye, sir!"[/quote]
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