{[14012501, The three young clerics…
headed for the Catacombs, to seek Kindling.]}
{[56000000, ...Mmn...ahh...]}
{[56000010, ...Aah...mmn...]}
{[56000020, ...Hmm...mm...]}
{[56000100, ...This may strike thine ear as somewhat peculiar, but...]}
{[56000110, Long ago, in my homeland of Oolacile,
I was beset by a creature from the Abyss.]}
{[56000120, I would have perished then,
were it not for the great knight Artorias.]}
{[56000130, In truth, I saw little of what transpired,
for mine senses were already fled!]}
{[56000140, But even still, there was something about Artorias...
A certain balance of the humours...]}
{[56000150, ...That quite perfectly fits your semblance.]}
{[56000160, Heavens, could it be that...]}
{[56000170, ...]}
{[56000180, Oh, dear me. That was Oolacile,
many centuries ago.]}
{[56000190, Please excuse my fanciful musings. ]}
{[56000200, Excuse me for such whimsical utterances.]}
{[56000210, Only, it was so very odd...]}
{[56000220, You, and Artorias. I owe my life to each of you.
And both seem to share some resonance of sorts...]}
{[56000230, Perhaps it is the nature of true greatness.]}
{[56000300, I still think on that creature from the Abyss that preyed upon me.]}
{[56000310, My faculties were far from lucid, but I quite clearly sensed certain emotions.]}
{[56000320, A wrenching nostalgia, a lost joy, an object of obsession,
and a sincere hope to reclaim it...]}
{[56000330, Could these thoughts belong to the beast from the Abyss?]}
{[56000340, But if that were true, then perhaps it is no beast after all?]}
{[56000350, Oh, please forgive my ramblings.]}
{[56000360, It's just that, I wish to know the truth.]}
{[56000370, And no one, not even loving Elizabeth, will tell me.]}
{[56005000, Aah...]}
{[56005010, Eek!]}
{[57000000, ...Whatever thou art, stay away...]}
{[57000010, ...Soon, I will be consumed...]}
{[57000020, ...By them, by the Dark...]}
{[57000030, Oogh...]}
{[57000040, Grrah!]}
{[57000050, Hrgg, hrgggrah!]}
{[57000100, ...Thou art strong, human...]}
{[57000110, ...Surely thine kind are more than pure Dark...]}
{[57000120, ...I beg of thee...the spread of the Abyss...
...it must be stopped...]}
{[57000130, Cough!]}
{[57000140, ...Ah, Sif, there you are, all of you...Forgive me...]}
{[57000150, ...For I have availed you nothing...]}
{[57005000, Hrgg...]}
{[57005010, Hrggraaah!]}
{[57005020, Hrggraaah!]}
{[57005100, Hrgkt!]}
{[57005110, Ergkt!]}
{[57005120, Hrgg!]}
{[57005200, Hrggraaah!]}
{[57005210, Hrggraaah!]}
{[57005220, Hrggraaah!]}
{[58000000, Hm? A visitor, have we?]}
{[58000010, Thou must be the one who freed Artorias.]}
{[58000020, An old friend he was, and thanks to thee...]}
{[58000030, He left this world with honour intact.]}
{[58000040, ...And here I am, retired and blind.]}
{[58000050, Of little help to thee, I am afraid.]}
{[58000100, Well, thou hast come again. This is a surprise.]}
{[58000200, Well, thou com'st again. Thou art a strange one.]}
{[58000300, Good morrow...Is the Black Dragon posing thee duress?]}
{[58000400, Yes, I thought as much.]}
{[58000410, He is called Kalameet.]}
{[58000420, A ferocious dragon indeed, even mighty Anor Londo dared not provoke his ire.]}
{[58000430, I see little good coming from this, but...]}
{[58000440, ...Thy intent is to persevere... to the bitter end, hmm?]}
{[58000500, Hah hah hah!]}
{[58000510, Good, good. What is bravery, without a dash of recklessness!]}
{[58000520, I have taken a liking to thee.]}
{[58000530, And I owe thee much for thy service to Artorias.
Now watch, and see how Gough hunts dragons.]}
{[58000540, Hrrmmm...]}
{[58000550, Haah!]}
{[58000560, Hah hah! Yes, a truer shot was never loosed!]}
{[58000570, That bat will be grounded for a good spell!]}
{[58000580, The rest is in thine hands. I await good tidings.]}
{[58000590, Ahh, dragon slaying. Knighthood's highest calling...]}
{[58000600, ...Strange. I am rarely wrong on such matters...]}
{[58000700, A wise choice. Why foist thyself unto the fiery maw?]}
{[58000800, The Black Dragon troubles you yet, I see.]}
{[58000900, ...Hmm, yes, I see. I was mistaken...]}
{[58001000, ...Art thou prepared to challenge great Kalameet?]}
{[58001100, Yes, surely that is best.]}
{[58001200, Ah, hello there. What of Kalameet?]}
{[58001210, He is an ancient dragon.
Skyward or no, he will not be put down easily.]}
{[58001300, Why, thou hast defeated Kalameet!]}
{[58001310, Wondrously played. Lord Gwyn's blessing upon thee.]}
{[58001320, That beast will never take to the skies again.]}
{[58001400, Farewell, human.]}
{[58001410, Lead thy life as thou seest fit.]}
{[58001500, Farewell, human.]}
{[58001510, I await good tidings.]}
{[58001600, Farewell, proud human.]}
{[58001610, May every honour be bestowed upon thee.]}
{[58001700, If thou seeketh to explore this domain, be wary of a black dragon.]}
{[58001710, I fear thee no match for this terrible beast.]}
{[58001800, I should confer...If thine was the blade to which Artorias fell.]}
{[58001810, Then thou must be wary of Ciaran.]}
{[58001820, She had strong feelings for the great Artorias.]}
{[58001830, The poor, poor girl.]}
{[58001900, Me?]}
{[58001910, There is very little to be said.]}
{[58001920, What good is a dog, with no hares to hunt?]}
{[58001930, ...I am lucky to be alive, I suppose.]}
{[58002000, Now, do not mistake my words.]}
{[58002010, I cherish my work. Wood carving is a nuanced art.]}
{[58002020, I would have much to talk about with that blacksmith.]}
{[58002030, In truth, how is the old chap, I wonder?]}
{[58002040, Still hammering away, I should hope.]}
{[58002100, The dragons shall never be forgotten...]}
{[58002110, We knights fought valiantly, but for every one of them,
we lost three score of our own.]}
{[58002120, Exhilaration, pride, hatred, rage...
The dragons teased out
our dearest emotions.]}
{[58002130, ...Thou will understand, one day.]}
{[58002140, At thy twilight, old thoughts return, in great waves of nostalgia.]}
{[58002200, Ahh, this Greatbow?]}
{[58002210, I shan't need it, with no dragons to hunt.]}
{[58002220, I know not if a human could even operate it, but here...]}
{[58002230, Thy need outweighs mine.]}
{[58002300, Hm? A visitor, have we?]}
{[58002310, Thou must be the one who freed Artorias.]}
{[58002320, An old friend he was, and thanks to thee...]}
{[58002330, He left this world with honour intact.]}
{[58002340, And I see that the great black dragon Kalameet is dusted by thine hand.]}
{[58002350, Wondrously played. Lord Gwyn's blessing upon thee.]}
{[58002360, I am retired, and blind.]}
{[58002370, To receive a visit by one as lofty as thyself, is a great honour indeed.]}
{[58002400, I see that thou hast dusted the great black dragon Kalameet.]}
{[58002410, Wondrously played. Lord Gwyn's blessing upon thee.]}
{[58002420, I see that there is at least one legend among ye humans.]}
{[58002430, Dear me... That old bat will never fly again.]}
{[58002500, Thou com'st again, legend of humans.]}
{[58002510, It is always an honour to speak with thee.]}
{[58002600, I suspect thou hast taken a gander at it,]}
{[58002610, But the Dark of the Abyss, which swallowed poor Artorias,
threatens to devour our entire land of Oolacile.]}
{[58002620, It seems that this dire fate is unavoidable.]}
{[58002630, But, seduced by a Dark serpent or no,]}
{[58002640, They awoke that thing themselves, and drove it mad.]}
{[58002650, ...One's demise is always one's own making.]}
{[58002700, If thine wish is to succeed poor Artorias, and challenge the spread of the Dark,]}
{[58002710, Then thou must face Manus, Father of the Abyss.]}
{[58002720, The Dark emanates from Manus himself.]}
{[58002730, Even if this land shall expire,
thou may be able to prevent further corrosion.]}
{[58002740, ...But even so, one day the flames will fade, and only Dark will remain.]}
{[58002750, And even a legend such as thineself can do nothing to stop that.]}
{[58005000, Cease this.]}
{[58005010, Stop it, I say.]}
{[58005020, Understand this. I wish thee no harm.]}
{[58005030, Stop that!]}
{[58005040, By the Gods!]}
{[58005100, Ahh, so this is true human nature.]}
{[58005110, Artorias is in your debt, but thou leavest me little choice...]}
{[58005120, May you perish, for the good of all!]}
{[58005200, Mmgraah!]}
{[58005210, Mmgraah!]}
{[58005220, Hahh...]}
{[58005300, Oog!]}
{[58005310, Ooph!]}
{[58005320, Hrg!]}
{[58005400, Arrgggg!]}
{[58005410, Humans...hmph...]}
{[58005420, What vile creatures...]}
{[58006000, Hello]}
{[58006001, Thank you]}
{[58006002, Very good!]}
{[58006003, I'm sorry!]}
{[58006004, Help me!]}
{[59000000, Hm...Oh, let me guess...]}
{[59000010, Snatched by a shadowy limb,
and dragged off to the past?]}
{[59000100, Yes, of course. Exactly what happened to me.]}
{[59000110, We are both strangers in this strange land.]}
{[59000120, But, at least now there are two of us.]}
{[59000200, Oh, well, my mistake...]}
{[59000210, But we are both travellers.]}
{[59000220, We ought to help one another out.]}
{[59000300, Oh, still alive, are you?]}
{[59000310, Think of anything that you might need?]}
{[59000400, Oh, for Juniper's sake.]}
{[59000410, Put some spring into your step!]}
{[59000420, Mwah hah hah!]}
{[59000500, Oh, you again...]}
{[59000510, What ever's the matter? No, I can tell. 
You need me more than ever.]}
{[59000520, Mwah hah hah!]}
{[59000600, So long.]}
{[59000700, So long.]}
{[59000710, ...We'll be seeing each other...]}
{[59000720, Gee hee hee!]}
{[59000800, Did you happen across Knight Artorias?]}
{[59000810, The legendary Abysswalker, from the old tales.]}
{[59000820, ...Well, if you haven't, it's just as well...]}
{[59000830, He's a colourless sort, if you ask me.]}
{[59000840, Mwah hah hah!]}
{[59000900, Did you really slay Knight Artorias?]}
{[59000910, I'd heard the Abyss found him first,
but even still...]}
{[59000920, That's absolutely treacherous.]}
{[59000930, Yes, magnificently so!]}
{[59000940, Mwah hah hah!]}
{[59001000, So, what did that giant mushroom make you do?]}
{[59001010, Not that I care. It's none of my business.]}
{[59001020, But I do wonder about those sorceries of hers...]}
{[59001030, Heh heh heh...]}
{[59001100, Hm? I've little to talk about, really.]}
{[59001110, Oh, you know me. What do I know?]}
{[59001120, Heh heh!]}
{[59001200, What? If you've something to say, then say it!]}
{[59001210, Just don't say the wrong thing...]}
{[59001220, Heh heh heh!]}
{[59001300, ...Oh, you!]}
{[59001310, You have quite some nerve. Or are you just thick?]}
{[59001320, Fine, then. What is it that you need?]}
{[59001400, I'll be seeing you.]}
{[59001410, If you survive your travels...]}
{[59001500, ...Well, you've quite the nerve!]}
{[59001510, I've had enough of you!]}
{[59001600, Believe it or not,]}
{[59001610, Oolacile has brought the Abyss upon itself.]}
{[59001620, Fooled by that toothy serpent,
they upturned the grave of primeval man,
and incited his ornery wrath.]}
{[59001630, What could they have been thinking?]}
{[59001640, But to you and I, it's all ancient history.]}
{[59001650, You have to ask yourself. Does it really matter?]}
{[59001660, Heh heh heh...]}
{[59005000, Oh! It's come to blows, has it?]}
{[59005010, Fine, then. I've had enough of you, anyway!]}
{[59005100, What now? You think this my fault?]}
{[59005110, How very, very petty of you!]}
{[59005120, Very petty, indeed!]}
{[59005200, Ooph!]}
{[59005210, Erg!]}
{[59005220, Oww!]}
{[59005230, That bloody hurts!]}
{[59005300, There!]}
{[59005310, Ah-hah, there!]}
{[59005400, What? Now you're feeling the heat?]}
{[59005410, You should have thought long and hard...]}
{[59005420, Before you sided with a bloody mushroom!]}
{[59005430, Nyah hah hah hah hah!]}
{[59005500, You damn fool.]}
{[59005510, I am Marvellous Chester! What did you expect?]}
{[59005600, Hrrg...]}
{[59005610, You win...please...]}
{[59005620, Oh, please...have mercy...]}
{[60000000, ...Human...]}
{[60000010, ...Why have you the ring of Artorias?]}
{[60000011, ...Why have you the soul of Artorias?]}
{[60000020, ...I am Ciaran, and that is a keepsake.]}
{[60000100, ...That ring...]}
{[60000110, It was purloined by a man in a long coat...]}
{[60000120, I know not how you came upon it,]}
{[60000130, but its owner met his death here.]}
{[60000140, He was a dear companion,
and I wish to return the ring to his grave.]}
{[60000150, Would you be willing to part with it?]}
{[60000200, Thank you. You are very kind.]}
{[60000210, Please take this. I no longer need it.]}
{[60000220, May the Lord guide thee.]}
{[60000300, Yes, of course...]}
{[60000310, ...]}
{[60000320, ...I must not be presumptuous.]}
{[60000330, Artorias would not have approved.]}
{[60000400, What is it? Something else?]}
{[60000410, Have you changed your mind?]}
{[60000500, ...Then you have no business with me...]}
{[60000600, ...Are you human?]}
{[60000610, ...I forgive you.]}
{[60000620, I am here to pay respects to a dear friend.]}
{[60000630, Please, allow me a moment alone.]}
{[60000700, ...You, is that not...]}
{[60000710, The soul of the man who fell on this spot?]}
{[60000720, He was a dear friend. I wish to pay proper respect, with that soul.]}
{[60000730, Would you be willing to part with it?]}
{[60005000, Hmph, you humans...]}
{[60005010, ...always taking what you please.
Then, I shall do the same.]}
{[60005011, ...always resorting to force.
Then, I shall do the same.]}
{[60005100, Hrk!]}
{[60005110, Erg!]}
{[60005120, Ooh!]}
{[60005200, Hmph, such conceit...]}
{[60005210, How did you imagine that
the Lord's Blade would not reach you?]}
{[60005300, But, how...]}
{[60005310, You humans...]}
{[61000000, Well, look at this one.]}
{[61000010, From what far-away age hast thou come?
Thy scent is very human, indeed.]}
{[61000020, ...But, not intolerable...]}
{[61000030, Ah, Princess Dusk's saviour.
Thine aura is precisely as she described.]}
{[61000031, Princess Dusk has spoken of thee.
Thy aura is precisely as she described.]}
{[61000040, I thank thee deeply,
for rescuing Her Highness.]}
{[61000050, But Princess Dusk is here no longer...]}
{[61000060, ...snatched away by that horrifying primeval human.]}
{[61000070, And so I must ask...
Couldst thou once more play the saviour?]}
{[61000100, Thank you.]}
{[61000110, I am Elizabeth, guardian of this sanctuary.]}
{[61000120, Something of a godmother to Princess Dusk.]}
{[61000130, I shall assist thee, to my utmost.]}
{[61000140, For I am one with the sorceries of Oolacile.]}
{[61000200, Yes, I understand.]}
{[61000210, We care dearly for Princess Dusk,
and are apt to blur our boundaries.]}
{[61000220, I am ashamed to have been so imposing.]}
{[61000230, But should thine heart be changed,
speak to me again.]}
{[61000240, This sanctuary, and the sorceries of Oolacile,
are my domain.]}
{[61000250, My strength could surely assist thee in thy travels.]}
{[61000300, Hast thou reconsidered?]}
{[61000310, Such that thou might rescue dear Dusk?]}
{[61000400, Yes, yes, of course.]}
{[61000410, But shouldst thine heart be changed,
speak to me again.]}
{[61000500, Thank goodness thou art safe.]}
{[61000510, What is thy wish? I offer thee my all.]}
{[61000600, Struggling, are we?]}
{[61000610, If there is anything I can do,
never hesitate to ask.]}
{[61000700, I have awaited thee.
Thou hast rescued Princess Dusk,]}
{[61000710, ...and rid us of that terrible primeval human.
Even halting the spread of the Abyss!]}
{[61000720, I salute the grandeur of thine enterprise.]}
{[61000730, Please, allow me to express my gratitude.]}
{[61000740, I thank thee... as do we all.]}
{[61000800, May the flames guide thee.]}
{[61000900, Thou shalt see further on.]}
{[61000910, An abyss was begat of the ancient beast, 
and threatens to swallow the whole of Oolacile.]}
{[61000920, Knight Artorias came to stop this,
but such a hero has nary a murmur of Dark.]}
{[61000930, Without doubt, he will be swallowed by the Abyss,
overcome by its utter blackness.]}
{[61000940, ...Indeed, the Abyss may be unstoppable...]}
{[61000950, Still I have faith, that Princess Dusk 
may be rescued yet...]}
{[61001000, Thou art from a time far, far ahead.]}
{[61001010, There are many things I wish to ask.]}
{[61001020, ...But I know that I must not.]}
{[61001030, The perils of our time are overwhelming enough.]}
{[61001100, Hah hah...Was thine eye, glancing hither?]}
{[61001110, Thou needst not hide thy wonder.]}
{[61001120, I am a mushroom, after all.]}
{[61001130, Hee hee hee...]}
{[61001200, Not long ago, I had another visitor.]}
{[61001210, A human like thineself, from a far-away time.]}
{[61001220, Only, he was dreadfully odious...]}
{[61001230, And I am afraid that he is still amongst us.]}
{[61001240, He wore a hat and a long black coat...]}
{[61001300, I will remember thee,
but I will keep thy story to myself.]}
{[61001310, This is the best way,
for thou art come from a time far ahead.]}
{[61001320, No-one will sing thy praises,
but yet thy greatness shall live on.]}
{[61001330, For it shall be my purpose,
to remember all thou hast done for us.]}
{[61005000, Ah!]}
{[61005010, Ooh!]}
{[61005020, Aaah!]}
{[61005030, Stop that!]}
{[61005040, Please, no!]}
{[61005050, Stop!]}
{[61005100, Aiieeek!]}
{[61005110, Aiieeegh!]}
{[61005120, Ooh...aah...]}
{[61005130, But, why... Why... Dear Dusk...]}