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[trinitycrusades]

[Grey, deadened wasteland, as far as the eye can see. The camera shows the midst of a huge battlefield, littered with long-dead bodies and fallen war machines. In the distance there are ruins of a whole city: derelict skeletons of buildings that have all been long abandoned and fallen into disrepair. In the midst of it all is a lone paladin, taking

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[pathtowalk]

It is good to see you, Cecil.

Rosa will be delighted to see you.

[trinitycrusades]

Frimelda! It's been quite some time.

I hope she can forgive me, for disappearing so suddenly...

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[pathtowalk]

It has? It must have been much longer for you, in which case... it has only been a few weeks since you departed, here. No more than two, I would say.

[she smiles.] I'm sure that she will.

[video] pfft

[trinitycrusades]

It has been months, for me. Have you been well? [Enquiring after everyone's wellbeing seems to be all he's doing. But after remembering what a sorry state Gaia had been in after the Lunar Cry, he has good reason to.]

I hope so. [Slight chuckle.] Rydia has already scolded me for disappearing on her like that.

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[pathtowalk]

[That long? Really... the spell that brings them all here really does surprise, if time passes so differently. Still, at the question she nods.] As well as can be said. I have been... attempting to aid the villages between Lindblum and Dali. There is... not much that remains. There are few survivors. [A sigh.] It has been a difficult journey.

[A smile at that.] A return was what they wished for. I'm sure they are all relieved.

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[trinitycrusades]

That could not have been easy for you, Frimelda. [Even in his homeworld, they were only just beginning to rebuild thanks to the effects of the moon. Gaia isn't so different in that respect.] Has the monster population begun to dwindle since the Lunar Cry, or is the situation as severe as it was before?

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[pathtowalk]

[Frimelda nods, though it is only slight.] It was... certainly troubling. Though, it had to be done. I am grateful for the support I received from Auron.

She considers that for a moment.] In some places, yes. Places that are defended, most certainly. Places were the monsters are left unchecked, unchallenged... places where settlements once stood, from what I have seen, or do not have the strength of arms to repel or reduce the numbers... they roam freely.

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[trinitycrusades]

Auron? Is that a friend of yours?

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[pathtowalk]

An acquaintance... perhaps a friend.

He was planning to scour the Mist Contient, as well. I offered to go with him.