Dromarch's Wisdom

## Introduction

**Dromarch**

*"My Lady... Over there. The capital's standing army."*
**Nia**

*"I see 'em."*
**Rex**

*"Let's keep our distance, yeah? Best let sleeping Gogols lie."*
**Nia**

*"Good call..."*
**Dromarch**

*"Be not alarmed. The troops that captured us were Ardainian military, yes, but from the Gormotti regiment."*
**Pyra**

*"Those aren't the same?"*
**Dromarch**

*"Quite different, in fact. One can learn many things while in a Titan battleship's brig, and I made good use of the opportunity."*
**Nia**

*"Damn. They chucked me into solitary, so I don't know anything..."*
**Dromarch**

*"It does seem they have separate procedures for Blades and Drivers... In any case, once I abandoned thoughts of staging a break-out, I did make sure to keep my ears open for intelligence."*
**Pyra**

*"Did you hear anything else?"*
**Dromarch**

*"Let me think... The soldiers over there are, as I said previously, from the capital's garrison...but those other ones actually belong to the First Imperial Guard, 2nd Battalion."*
**Rex**

*"Huh? What's the difference?"*
**Dromarch**

*"Beyond the bridge is Hardhaigh Palace, the imperial residence. Therefore..."*
**Pyra**

*"Oh, I've got it! The palace guards belong to a different unit. Of course!"*
**Dromarch**

*"Indeed. Then, above the Imperial Guard rank and file, you have the Carraig special guard unit... And higher yet, the Special Inquisitor... The Flamebringer herself."*
**Rex**

*"Wow..."*
**Nia**

*"Armies, man. I could never deal with all this hierarchy crap."*
**Dromarch**

*"Ever heard the expression, "know thy enemy"...?"*
## Option 1 (Dromarch +200 Trust)

**Rex**

*"Nia, how was Torna organized?"*
**Nia**

*"Torna...? It was all centered around Jin. Not exactly structured, though. But we all had our assignments."*
**Pyra**

*"What was yours, Nia?"*
**Nia**

*"I was..."*
**Rex**

*"Naptime specialist?"*
**Nia**

*"Shut it! I was, uh, general support. I hadn't been there long, so I mostly just helped out with whatever."*
**Rex**

*"Hah. Not much of a change, then."*
**Dromarch**

*"It is as you say."*
**Nia**

*"Stop making it sound like I'm some useless layabout! I mean, I can make ruska dumplings and stuff, so..."*
**Pyra**

*"Well then, maybe we could cook something together?"*
**Nia**

*"M-mhm... OK, you're on!"*
**Dromarch**

*"My Lady, are you sure that's..."*
**Nia**

*"Both of you'll sing a different song when I stuff your faces with my food!"*
**Dromarch**

*\*sigh\* "...You had best steel yourself, Master Rex. My Lady's cooking is not what anyone would call "conventionally tasty"..."*
**Rex**

*"Ugh... Maybe I shouldn't have riled her up..."*
## Option 2 (Dromarch +300 Trust)

**Rex**

*"Got any other good ones, Dromarch?"*
**Dromarch**

*"The smallest unit in the Ardainian army's structure is the ten-soldier decade. It includes eight foot soldiers alongside the squad leader and a deputy. Six to ten of these decades can then form a unit called a century. But eight is the usual number."*
**Rex**

*"Hah, neat..."*
**Dromarch**

*"Mm... ...Master Rex. You did ask for a, "good one," correct?"*
**Rex**

*"I did."*
**Dromarch**

*"Would you not say that was a "good one," then?"*
**Rex**

*"Uh, which part?"*
**Dromarch**

*"I said that commonly, eight decades form a century. Eighty men...and yet, they are a century."*
**Rex**

*"Ohhhh, now I get it..."*
**Nia**

*"Rex... He's done his best, so just throw him a bone, will ya?"*
**Rex**

*"Ah, yeah, no, that was a very good one! Uh-huh, very good."*
**Dromarch**

*"I have doubts about your sincerity..."*