#### At first: >[!quote]+ *Ah. Oh... I-it's you, is it? Well. Nice to see you again. So you've been invited as well, I see. Then we're [[Recusants|comrades in arms]], henceforth. You watch my back, and I'll watch yours, yes?* >[!quote]+ *I, um, I can tell... You're wondering about [[Lanya]]... Well, you see, I... After much internal debate, I've come to realise... Revenge is not the answer. According to [[Lady Tanith]]... I've got the stuff of [[champions]]. And [[champions]], ironic as it is, are oft forced to walk a tainted path. It hit me like a bolt from the blue... That my former thoughts were simple naiveté. Of course, my heart weeps for [[Lanya]]. That unfortunate incident was a cruel twist of fate indeed. But succumbing to the pain and sadness caused won't make me a [[champion]], will it. [[Lanya]] knows this, I'm certain. [[Fate]] has laid hard roads for us both. But such is true of any road trod by [[champions]].* >[!quote]+ >*I always resented these hands. Their pale complexion, a far cry from any warrior's. The shame of [[House Hoslow]]. But that won't be the case for long. They'll be darkened by grit, once I've set out on the path of [[champions]]. "The tale of [[House Hoslow]] is told in [[blood]]" after all.* #### Later: >[!quote]+ Ambient >*It's just as my [[Juno Hoslow|noble brother]] says. I'm a complete fool. I can't believe I thought I could become a [[champion]].* >[!quote]+ Ambient >*Ah, it's you, is it. I'm terribly sorry, but would you mind giving me some time to myself? I haven't achieved anything at all thus far. Even though I've dirtied my hands time and time again. I'm still yet to achieve anything. Perhaps I am a fool after all... No. It's worse than that. As things stand I've given up on the path of revenge and sullied the name of [[House Hoslow|my house]]. What an easy mark I must have been... How did it take me so long to realise, honestly... There's just no end to my foolishness, is there...* >[!quote]+ Ambient >*Perhaps I am a fool after all... No. It's worse than that. As things stand I've given up on the path of revenge and sullied the name of [[House Hoslow|my house]]. What an easy mark I must have been...* #### Details: >[!location] [[Volcano Manor]] >[!questline] >Preceded by: [[Dialogue - Diallos @ Roundtable Hold 2]] >Followed by: [[Dialogue - Diallos @ Jarburg]] #source #dialogue #diallos #mt_gelmir #volcano_manor