Words without Sound

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
==Objectives==
* Search the area for Meteion.
* Search for Meteion beneath the Hungering Gardens.
* Search for Meteion north of the Hungering Gardens.
* Search for Meteion east of the Hungering Gardens.
* Speak with Hermes.
==Script==
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Hythlodaeus 	Hm? Why am I always so forward thinking? I simply wish to enjoy all that life has to offer!
 	
Venas 	I was prepared to swoop in if need be, but 'tis clear you have faced your fair share of monstrous opponents.
 	
Emetselch 	Hermes said he would not be long, yes? Then we shall wait here until he emerges...
 	
Emetselch 	Ugh, this is an exercise in futility... You have to be the one to find her, [Player Name]! Follow her voice!
 	
Hythlodaeus 	If I cannot perceive her aether, what else have I to offer but my rousing support!? Ahh, Hermes truly is a master of his craft...
 	
Venas 	I've strained my senses to their limits, but found nothing. You must calm your mind, that you might hear it─that you might feel her silent voice!
 	
Hermes 	Meteion! Where are you!? Please, answer me! What has happened to you? To your sisters...?
 	
Meteion 	It seeps...into my mind... Our voices... Reporting...
Meteion 	No, no! Hermes mustn't hear them! I have to run...to hide...
 	
Meteion 	Greetings...and salutations...
Meteion 	Commencing report...
Meteion 	Oh...oh no, we can't tell them that! We must run... Run far away!
Meteion 	Please... Don't follow me...
 	
Meteion 	How...? How did it come to this...?
Meteion 	Is this the reason we traveled to the stars? Why we sought out other life-forms?
Meteion 	Is this it? Is this the answer!? No, it cannot be...it cannot be!
 	
Meteion 	Compiling report for dissemination to Hermes and all peoples of Etheirys...
Meteion 	Processing expedition data... Preparing profiles on intelligent civilizations...
Meteion 	Formulating answers to the question...
Meteion 	Finalizing report...
Meteion 	No, [Player Name]... You mustn't listen!
Meteion 	It's wrong...it's all wrong...
 	
Emetselch 	Any sign of Meteion?
Emetselch 	Panicked and confused... Which will make it all the more difficult to predict her movements.
Venas 	Hermes. What do you make of this situation?
Hermes 	The Meteia are linked to a single mind─a shared consciousness which connects them across any distance. I suspect something has happened which disrupted its usual harmony...
Venas 	How might we access this shared consciousness of theirs?
Hermes 	Much as you would approach any sentient being: directly.
Hermes 	In the Meteia's case, that means speaking to any incarnation within physical reach.
Venas 	So unless we can track down the Meteion we just lost, we have no means to communicate with them...
Venas 	No way of knowing what befell her sisters; no way to provide directions or guidance.
Emetselch 	Then we had best set our musings aside, and concentrate on how we might find her!
 	
Emetselch 	A frantic search will avail us little. We must be clever about this...
 	
Hythlodaeus 	'Tis a shame there is no registered concept we could use to create another Meteion. Assuming of course we could link her to the shared mind! But no, if it were a viable solution, Hermes would have surely suggested it...
 	
Venas 	In the Final Days, aether is twisted by the invasion of dynamis from beyond the star, its progress intensified by feelings of fear and despair and anguish...
Venas 	Nay, I like not the picture which emerges with these latest pieces.
 	
Hermes 	Oh, my dear Meteion... What did you witness out there that frightened you so?
Hermes 	Why do you seek to keep it from us? How terrible could it possibly be...?
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
==Etymology==
The name of the quest is taken from a lyric in "Answers" ("Words without sound, these lies betray our thoughts").
Category:Endwalker Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV