Tikal. I passed through Coba on the way. I need to head back there as well, their walls have almost no reinforcement. It would be much easier to get around if there were pack animals for sale.
[Flynn specifically, because Yuri knows Flynn's effect on people.]
Their leader threw them to the wolves for some stupid relic, and those stories they feed us about the incense? Whatever you've heard, the reality is worse.
[Which is something Yuri actually admires, but is he going to admit that? Nope.]
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I haven't heard anything about any punishment. They're like the guilds with no Union to oversee them, as far as I can tell.
I'm going to speak with Jaguar. I know what you want the next move to be, but I need to try speaking to them first. He's the one in charge of our "guild," after all.
[Part of him wants that to be true, for Flynn's sake if nothing else. Yes, he'll be willing to step in if he has to, but the truth is—what he suspects Flynn doesn't get—is that he doesn't want to be necessary. He wants Flynn's version of the world to be reality. The tone of his voice reveals just how likely he thinks that is, though.]
Sure would be nice if they let us in on what they hell they were thinking.
[He's learned through knight training that information tends to be given on a need-to-know basis, to keep everyone focused on the task at hand. But in more recent cases, information was kept hidden for the sake of someone being able to pull the strings from afar. To keep everyone in the dark about their true actions.
And that's what Yuri thinks is happening here too. Maybe he's still a little raw from the betrayal, but if he lets himself get too bitter about it, he doesn't know if he'd ever let go of that bitterness.]
...All I can do is ask. I'll let you know what I find out, as soon as I do.
Are you sure you want to waltz in there on your own?
[It's not like Flynn can't take care of himself, and maybe in some ways this is something he feels he needs to do after what happened back home, but still. This isn't home, and they have no idea how these coterie leaders might react to them.]
We know that they're leaders. People must have trusted them at one point for a reason. They wouldn't have that kind of trust placed in them if all they did was attack people.
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How long have you been here again?
[You know what?]
Nevermind. I'm in Tikal. I'll head back and meet you. Someone needs to keep an eye on those coterie idiots, anyway.
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[It's been a busy few days. He pretty much started his traveling the moment he arrived, which means he didn't get a journal until recently.]
You were just there? In Kiichpan? How bad was it? I've heard the reports, but...
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Bad. Half the city was burned to the ground.
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…I see. All the more reason for me to be there.
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[Flynn specifically, because Yuri knows Flynn's effect on people.]
Their leader threw them to the wolves for some stupid relic, and those stories they feed us about the incense? Whatever you've heard, the reality is worse.
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[It feels almost ridiculous to ask.]
Is there no law here? No punishment for whoever did this?
[Because of course that's where his mind is at right now.]
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[Look at this. A familiar discussion.]
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[like a broken record huh]
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[Which is something Yuri actually admires, but is he going to admit that? Nope.]
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I haven't heard anything about any punishment. They're like the guilds with no Union to oversee them, as far as I can tell.
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[Probably for the best Yuri can't see him- he looks like all the wind's been taken out of his sails.]
Guilds with no Union, and leaders with no written law to hold them accountable against. That's what you're saying the situation is?
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I'm going to speak with Jaguar. I know what you want the next move to be, but I need to try speaking to them first. He's the one in charge of our "guild," after all.
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[It's on the table, though.]
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[Like what, a few days?]
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[Get off his back!!!]
This isn't Terca Lumereis. I'm not doing anything until we understand what's happening.
[Killing Viper could be way more trouble than its worth at this point. Who knows.]
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Good. I... want this to be just a simple misunderstanding. Maybe there is a plan we don't know of. Maybe there's a punishment in place.
[Maybe he's just trying to blind himself again, as he does.]
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[Part of him wants that to be true, for Flynn's sake if nothing else. Yes, he'll be willing to step in if he has to, but the truth is—what he suspects Flynn doesn't get—is that he doesn't want to be necessary. He wants Flynn's version of the world to be reality. The tone of his voice reveals just how likely he thinks that is, though.]
Sure would be nice if they let us in on what they hell they were thinking.
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[He's learned through knight training that information tends to be given on a need-to-know basis, to keep everyone focused on the task at hand. But in more recent cases, information was kept hidden for the sake of someone being able to pull the strings from afar. To keep everyone in the dark about their true actions.
And that's what Yuri thinks is happening here too. Maybe he's still a little raw from the betrayal, but if he lets himself get too bitter about it, he doesn't know if he'd ever let go of that bitterness.]
...All I can do is ask. I'll let you know what I find out, as soon as I do.
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[It's not like Flynn can't take care of himself, and maybe in some ways this is something he feels he needs to do after what happened back home, but still. This isn't home, and they have no idea how these coterie leaders might react to them.]
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[And he's fully certain of that. Absolute confidence in it.]
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