Gate of Memoirs/Captain of My Soul

Words of encouragment uttered by a continued existence, or kindred spirits in different times?
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Music: "Overcome"	Music: "Overcome"
 	
*Up the treacherous rocks they thundered, leaving the ravening beasts behind.
 	
*Despite her fears, Kyria steels herself as Svad carries her higher and higher.
 	
*Finally, at a plateau, the stranger reared their horse around and looks skyward, waiting with bated breath.
*A massive black shadow dips out of the clouds, and silently glides further north.
*Seems like we're on the right track.
*We should keep moving and press the chase. Are you good to go?
 	
*Kyria: You know, ...
*Kyria: For someone who claims to be a stranger in these lands...you certainly know it well.
*Kyria: You just seem to have such a...sense for things.
*Kyria: Are you an angel? Father Birg says the Light bornes them to places of great suffering and evil.
*Kyria: I mean, you did fall out of the shimmering air.
 	
*Let's just say I'm here for a good reason.
 	
*Kyria: All right. I'm just happy you're here, then.
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*You momentarily zone out from Kyria's recounting.
*Odd clothes? Strange weapon? Appearing out of a ripple in space?
*Being here for "a good reason"?
*That's...a summoner, all right.A summoner with a task, like you.
*But a summoner with *your* name, doing things you don't recall—
*Could it be an imposter? Or are you misremembering things...?
 	
*Kyria: You've gone pale all of a sudden... What's wrong?
 	
*You wave away her concern, and gesture for her to continue.
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Music: "Tree of Gaia"	Music: "Tree of Gaia"
 	
*They carried on in silence, stopping only for a brief respite near an underground pool.
*Even the water seemed tainted; neither the stranger's horse nor Svad wanted anything to do with it.
 	
*Gazing into her reflection, Kyria notices the weariness in her eyes.
*Nothing compared to how much the others had suffered, but pain was still pain.
*The burden of some self-divined purpose, led on by a stranger from on high...
*Was it all just a terrible delusion of grandeur?
 	
*Kyria: Oh!
 	
*I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.
*I just thought you needed some company, but I can leave you alone, if you like.
 	
*Kyria: No, it's all right.
*Kyria: I'm just thinking...
 	
*About?
 	
*Kyria: Well. I'm sure you can see I'm no highborn.
*Kyria: My brothers were conscripted at an early age. We were all good riders, as are any children of the steppes...
*Kyria: The only thing we're destined for, is a short and brutish life. Maybe happy, maybe fulfilling.
*Kyria: It just never crossed my mind I'd be out here trying to slay a dragon, when all I really wanted was to just—Not die.
 	
*Kyria: It's foolish and ironic, isn't it? It's not really going to change anything.
 	
*The stranger draws closer, and places a warm hand on Kyria's.
*I'm honestly not an "angel"—whatever those are—but I do know that if anyone is in charge of your fate...it should be you.
*That's what I think, anyway.
 	
*Kyria: I see...
*Kyria: That's a good sentiment.
*Kyria: Light bless you. Whoever you are.
*Kyria: I ask no reward for this foolishness, only to know I've done the best I could.
 	
*You have and you will, I'm sure of it.
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*Something about the stranger's words feels familiar.
*In another time or place, perhaps...
*The very same sentiments, and the same convictions.
*Hadn't the Light guided them, too?