Isatunoll
The Singing Blade
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Limited Conversation
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Harding: “…toldar isatunoll vedun gar valos atredum. But “valos atredum” is nothing like “isatunoll.”
Rook: “Isatunoll.” I remember. After you touched the dagger. “The prayer, the proclamation. Isatunoll.” W-what exactly are you proclaiming?
Harding: They don’t remember. No one remembers. We don’t even know what we lost.
Dialogue options:
- Flirt: You’re cute when you’re focused. [1]
- Affable: Am I interrupting? [2]
- Sarcastic: You lost me. [3]
- Stoic: Start making sense. [4]
1 - Flirt: You’re cute when you’re focused.
Rook: You’re not hearing a word I’m saying, are you?
Harding: Uh-huh.
Rook: You know you’re adorable, right?
Harding: Sure, whatever you think is best.
Rook: (Laughs)
Harding: Hmm? What? What’s happened?
Rook: I said, “You’re adorable.”
Harding: You’re poking fun at me.
Dialogue options:
5 - Never!
Rook: I would never poke fun. I respect you too much.
Harding: Is that so?
Rook: A hundred percent. So what’s “isatunoll”?
6 - A little.
Rook: Maybe a little. Not that you’re not adorable. Anyway. Is everything okay?
Harding: Oh, yeah. There’s just a lot to go through.
Rook: So what’s “isatunoll”?
2 - Affable: Am I interrupting?
Rook: You’re busy. I shouldn’t interrupt.
Harding: No no, wait. Sorry. Please stay. We can talk. About the Stone, about “isatunoll.” Maybe explaining it to someone else will help get my thoughts in order.
Rook: So what is it? What does it mean?
3 - Sarcastic: You lost me.
Rook: Harding? Are you in there?
Harding: I’m sorry, what?
Rook: Uh, what does “isatunoll” actually mean?
4 - Stoic: Start making sense.
Rook: What? What did you lose again?
Harding: “Isatunoll.”
Rook: Yes, but what is it?
7 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Dwarf Rook:
Harding: When I say “isatunoll,” does it mean anything to you? Does it stir anything in you?
Rook: No…?
Harding: And you’re a dwarf. So that’s interesting.
Harding: Isatunoll is an affirmation. A statement of existence. Of… of being. It means “I am here.” But… no, not “I.” “I” is singular. But it isn’t “we,” either. “We” is multiple, but also separate…
Rook: What?
Harding: Isatunoll is the eternal hymn that encompasses all time. All spaces. I am. We are. This. And that. Here. There. Now. And forever.
Dialogue options:
- Affable: I like that you’re excited. [8]
+ Harding Approves - Sarcastic: Right. If you say so. [9]
- Stoic: This isn’t helping. [10]
8 - Affable: I like that you’re excited.
Rook: What’s important is that you’re happy.
Harding: Happy? Happy’s not it. Whole. Right, maybe.
9 - Sarcastic: Right. If you say so.
Rook: Okay. Whatever works for you.
Harding: Words aren’t enough. It’s hard to put into words something you just feel.
10 - Stoic: This isn’t helping.
Rook: How does this get us anywhere?
Harding: Right. I guess, it would be like a mage explaining how magic feels to someone who doesn’t have it.
11 - Scene continues.
Return to previous tree.Harding: I’m certain “isatunoll” describes how we—the dwarves—once were. But none of the books say anything about it. None of the histories are right. If we forgot something so important, what else did we forget?
Rook: I don’t know.
Harding: I’m sorry. I don’t expect you to have an answer. Thanks for letting me babble, by the way.
Rook: Anytime. That’s what I’m here for.
+ Harding Approves