The Garden of Lost Will was a cursed object that robs anyone who's trapped inside it of their, well, will to live.
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＠Altria
I, uh... I never had much of that to begin with, so it wasn't so bad for me...
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＠Altria
But if [%1] had been in there just a[sr]little longer, [&he:she] might have...
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＠Altria
Might have...
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＠Altria
...Might have nothing![sr]You were standing right back up on your own in there!
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＠Altria
What the heck is your deal, [%1]!?[sr]How can your mind be built like Baggie's!?
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？1：Why so mad all of a sudden?
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＠Altria
I don't know, ask Habetrot! It just came out, okay!?
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？2：...Huh?
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＠Mash
I'm not sure why Altria is so upset either, Senpai.
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？！
＠Altria
Augh! What you did in there is so shocking it's actually kind of infuriating!
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＠Altria
It makes me wonder just how serious you are about, well, anything...
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＠Mash
I see. Now I understand.
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＠Mash
It's true. Senpai's mental state never changes, whether [&he's:she's] doing [&his:her] job as Master or just being Senpai.
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＠Mash
Even when [&he:she] seems to be casually eating [&his:her][sr]dinner, [&he's:she's] actually quite serious about it.[sr]It's very strange.
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？1：Say what?
？2：Uh...
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＠Altria
No, that's not what I'm...[sr]...
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＠Altria
...Then again, maybe it is.[sr]You really don't run from anything, do you?
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＠Altria
Even in Norwich, you ran all the way to the harbor even when everyone was trying to stop you.
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？1：Hey, you didn't run away, either.
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＠Altria
You know, I guess I didn't, did I!? I sure didn't go to the harbor, though!
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？1：Uh, I didn't mean that.
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？1：I meant from being the Child of Prophecy.
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＠Altria
...
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＠Count Peperon
Oh my, is that romance in the air!? Wait, no, hang on. That's not romantic love. It's platonic love and admiration!
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？1：Pepe!
？2：A Nightcall!
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＠Mash
R-right, I almost forgot. I was only able to find this place thanks to Peperoncino!
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＠Mash
I went after Baobhan Sith after she abducted you two, but then, just when I was trying to figure out where you were...
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＠Mash
Peperoncino swooped in and saved the day!
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＠Count Peperon
You know it, hon. It took a lot out of me, but I ran all the way here with these long legs of mine. There's a reason I'm so proud of them♡
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＠Count Peperon
I wasn't sure at first whether I should help or not, but Mashie was just barreling ahead so frantically.
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＠Count Peperon
I mean, she sprinted from Edinburgh to New Darlington so fast she actually kicked up dust clouds.
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＠Count Peperon
So I simply couldn't help but step in, you know?
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？1：Thanks, Count Peperon. By the way, what is this place?
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＠Count Peperon
New Darlington.
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＠Count Peperon
I noticed Mash because I've been keeping an eye on the place from a nearby hill.
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＠Count Peperon
New Darlington is Beryl's citadel. I've been looking for a chance to sneak in for a long time.
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＠Count Peperon
Up till now, I never found any openings I could use thanks to all of Morgan's monitoring spells...
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＠Count Peperon
But when I saw that Mashie was about to charge straight in from the main gate...
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＠Count Peperon
I thought, “Oh well, c'est la vie” and stopped her before it was too late. Then we snuck in together.
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＠Mash
That's right. Peperoncino used Shugendou[line 2][sr]I mean, magecraft, to find you, Senpai.
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＠Count Peperon
All I did was follow the thread of the bond you share with Mash.
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＠Count Peperon
If anything, I'm the one who should be thanking you.
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＠Count Peperon
I never would have known this place was on the outskirts of New Darlington otherwise.
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？1：New Darlington's outskirts?
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＠Count Peperon
That's right. We're in an underground sanctuary.
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＠Count Peperon
We came in through a little church[sr]out in the woods near the shore.
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＠Count Peperon
Too bad it looks like this place is positively overrun with nasties now...
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＠Count Peperon
Anyway, let's focus on getting out of here, shall we? This is the deepest floor of the sanctuary[line 2]a prison eighty meters belowground.
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＠Count Peperon
It's a long and winding way back to the surface,[sr]so make sure you're nice and limbered up first.
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＠Count Peperon
I assume it was super cramped in that tiny little b[line 2]Altria?
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＠Altria
Y-you've got it all wrong, Count... I don't think any kind of love is in the cards for me for[line 2]
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？1：Haven't seen that face in a while.
？2：Altria. Altria!
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＠Altria
![wt 0.5][charaFace A 5][sr]Y-yes, I'm ready! Of course I'm ready!
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＠Count Peperon
(Oh my, her shoulders are as tense as anything. I do hope she'll be able to loosen up eventually...)
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＠Count Peperon
Well, we can worry about that later. Besides, it doesn't look like I need to stick my nose in any of that. I have a feeling time will solve a lot of these problems.
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＠Altria
Huh?
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＠Count Peperon
Oh, don't you mind little old me! Now come on! Let's hurry to the surface!
