[Raine's voice is dry and remote to cover exactly how stunned she is. The spirits they have already been awakening on their way; that shouldn't be so hard, but what if it puts those in the other world to sleep as well? And on the heels of that thought it is stunningly obvious where Gnome and Volt and Celsius and Shadow have gone: not some long-hidden undiscovered ruin, but never here, in Sylvarant, in the first place.]
[The solution to that mystery is not near so satisfying as Raine had hoped.]
Neither Genis nor I can handle a sword. We'd have to search for someone suitable...
[She shakes her head.]
I take it the Great Seed is what remains of the Tree. What is the Eternal Sword? And why would it require your death?
[Raine was resigned to sacrifice, though she disliked it; there had seemed to be no other way, and if Colette was all right with it, then she would do what she needed to support her student through the regeneration of the world. That was no different for Kratos, were it his life necessitated. If the safety of the worlds demanded, and if Kratos was determined, then she would work toward what was necessary. Except--]
[Well, none of her students would accept it so peacefully. Perhaps she shouldn't, either. She looks troubled by the time she stops talking, despite her best efforts.]
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[Raine's voice is dry and remote to cover exactly how stunned she is. The spirits they have already been awakening on their way; that shouldn't be so hard, but what if it puts those in the other world to sleep as well? And on the heels of that thought it is stunningly obvious where Gnome and Volt and Celsius and Shadow have gone: not some long-hidden undiscovered ruin, but never here, in Sylvarant, in the first place.]
[The solution to that mystery is not near so satisfying as Raine had hoped.]
Neither Genis nor I can handle a sword. We'd have to search for someone suitable...
[She shakes her head.]
I take it the Great Seed is what remains of the Tree. What is the Eternal Sword? And why would it require your death?
[Raine was resigned to sacrifice, though she disliked it; there had seemed to be no other way, and if Colette was all right with it, then she would do what she needed to support her student through the regeneration of the world. That was no different for Kratos, were it his life necessitated. If the safety of the worlds demanded, and if Kratos was determined, then she would work toward what was necessary. Except--]
[Well, none of her students would accept it so peacefully. Perhaps she shouldn't, either. She looks troubled by the time she stops talking, despite her best efforts.]