Gate of Memoirs/An Eye for an Eye

Some things just don't turn out the way you want them to--despite your worst intentions.
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Music: "Dark Pursuit"	Music: "Dark Pursuit"
 	
*"I did...what I believed was right."
*"And yet..."
*"... ..."
*"I can't remember clearly."
*"There was a painful flash, and then..."
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*Luro: Why?! 
*Luro: Why do I deserve this?!
 	
*A howling wind shakes the boughs, and the ghostly stag inclines his head at Luro.
 	
*Glaes: The Great Spirit has spoken.
*Glaes: None may tamper with the rules of nature.
 	
*Luro: I was doing the RIGHT thing.
*Luro: You're going to let those impurities tarnish our land?
*Luro: And you take my eye and shackle me to the night for this...
 	
*Glaes: Enough, Luro.
*Glaes: It was never for you to decide, but the Great Spirit's will.
*Glaes: You will never know true peace as long as you deny this.
 	
*Luro: Hah! Easy for you to say, immaterial spirit that you are!
*Luro: Do not forget. I too am born of this earth.
*Luro: I reject your 'will'...and I shall not rest until I have my justice.
 	
*The stag only shakes his head sadly, and the memory fades.
*Narrator: "In time, Owl learned to live with the shadows."
*Narrator: "Though confined to the twilight hours, forced to flee from the sun..."
*Narrator: "Owl found his cruel amusement in misleading the lost and the foolhardy."
*Narrator: "Before long, his cries became a harbinger of ill omen..."
*Narrator: "...And wise men and creatures alike shunned him."
*Narrator: "Condemned by all, Owl still lurks to this day..."
*Narrator: "Watching and waiting for his next victim."
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*Luro: Ah, yes. I've nursed that grudge for a long time, now.
 	
*Luro: Your book is rather accurate, little seeress.
*Luro: As expected of prophecy and fate.
*Luro: I daresay I've even lost count of the creatures that have crossed me.
 	
*Maeri: (I guess Mister Luro feels wronged by this Great Spirit...)
*Maeri: (But something feels off.)
 	
*(What's that, Woolie? You say there's more?)
*(You're right...there's an extra paragraph here!)
 	
**rustle*
Music: "Ghost"	Music: "Ghost"
 	
*Narrator: "Yet, the more they avoided him and his haunts..."
*Narrator: "...The less succumbed to the tragedy of a young life cut short."
*Narrator: "For the twilit forest was a place of danger—of sheer drops too soon for the eye to see, or perilously loose ground."
*Narrator: "Perhaps it was ironic. Perhaps Owl knew, but he did not believe..."
*Narrator: "So he continued his cruel games."
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*Maeri: (I see...)
*Maeri: (I think I understand now.)
 	
*Luro: By the look on your face, I take it you have found something of note.
 	
*Maeri: Well... Do you remember if you helped anyone?
*Maeri: Instead of scaring them away?
 	
*Luro: ...Was that a joke?
 	
*Maeri: No!
 	
*Maeri: I'm just thinking... Maybe you're not as bad as you think yourself to be?
 	
*Luro: Preposterous. I'd sooner laugh over their broken bodies.
*Luro: They deserve it.
 	
*Maeri: ... ...
*Maeri: (You saw that, right, Woolie? He looked a little sad there.)
*Maeri: Well, there's more here, so let's continue.
 	
*Luro: Good. And this time, I hope it sheds light on this sorry affair.