Emma/Dialogue

* Dilapidated Temple
* Dragonrot-related
* Ashina Castle
* Regarding Severance
* Drinking Sake & Eavesdropping

**Wolf**: Who are you?
**Emma**: My name is Emma. I am a doctor serving a certain master.
**Wolf**: What master?
**Emma**: Forgive me, but... for his safety, I cannot reveal his identity. However, my master gave explicit orders... to assist you in any way I can.
**Wolf**: ..........
 **Presenting Healing Gourd** | **Wolf**: You made this gourd?
**Emma**: Yes. It was intended for Lord Kuro. But it seems he entrusted it to you. I'm sure you may have noticed, but... The medicinal waters in this gourd spring forth on their own. Even after being emptied you'll find it full again, after a short rest.
**Wolf**: Yes. Is there a way to improve it?
**Emma**: Bring me Gourd Seeds.
**Wolf**: Gourd Seeds...?
**Emma**: Yes. Medicinal waters flow from Gourd Seeds. Adding new seeds will increase the volume of these medicinal waters. If you find any, bring them to me.
 **Talking** | **Emma**: I'd like to make a request.
**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: ... Please, show me your face.
**Wolf**: What?
**Emma**: ...... Hmm... this white mark... Is it a birthmark?
**Wolf**: No.
**Emma**: Then... that must mean it appears on those who have received the Dragon's Heritage... Or perhaps... it's a symptom...? Hmm...
**Wolf**: ... Are you done?
**Emma**: Yes, that will be all. I'm sorry... that was rather rude of me.

* Talking again

 **Talking again** | **Emma**: I still don't understand the particulars, but... It appears as though your body is no longer confined by the rules of our world. Come and see me if you notice anything alarming.
 **Giving Gourd Seed** | **Wolf**: Is this a Gourd Seed?
**Emma**: Yes. Bring it here. Plant the seed into the gourd. Perfect. Now the volume of medicinal waters in your gourd will increase.
**Wolf**: Such a strange medicine...
**Emma**: Is it strange...? Hmm... I don't take any offense to that. If it's effective then that's cause for celebration, whether it's strange or not. That's what my mentor Dogen taught me.
**Wolf**: I see.
 **Talking While Having Young Lord's Bell Charm** | **Emma**: Oh...? Did I hear the ringing of a chime?
**Wolf**: It was probably this bell. I was told to offer it to Buddha.
**Emma**: Does the bell hold any significance for you? If it does, talk to the Sculptor. He is quite knowledgeable when it comes to Buddha.

**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: As I thought... the difference is slight... and I can only see it from up close...
**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: Dragon's Blood stagnation. I believe you're showing its symptoms.
**Wolf**: Stagnation?
**Emma**: Dogen, my mentor, spoke of it once. The power of the Dragon's Heritage becomes tainted the more you use it. When the stagnation has built up too much, it overflows.
**Wolf**: What happens when it overflows?
**Emma**: Diseases spread, apparently. I hope this is just me being unnecessarily cautious... But if you should notice anything alarming--
 **Talking After Resurrecting At Least Once** | **Emma**: Hmm... Notice anything different?
**Wolf**: ... Yes.
**Emma**: Like what?
**Wolf**: I died... The Divine Heir's voice reached out to me... And suddenly I was alive again.
**Emma**: So you died... and now you're alive again. So that means it has to do with resurrection.
**Wolf**: Resurrection?
**Emma**: Lord Kuro... It's said to be a power of the Divine Heir's Dragon Heritage. Those who have been given the power of resurrection - they are revived upon death. Repeatedly.
**Wolf**: ......... Impossible.
**Emma**: Yes. It is rather strange. And yet, it is happening here and now... Let me know if you notice any more changes. I don't think the power of resurrection comes without a cost.

**Emma**: My mentor Dogen spoke of it before. He said that repeated death causes the Dragon's Blood to stagnate. And stagnating past a certain point will cause the Dragon's Eye to overflow... You're showing symptoms of overflowing stagnation. That is my diagnosis. If you should notice anything alarming, come and see me.
**Wolf**: There must be a way to treat the Dragonrot.
**Emma**: The first step is to look through my mentor's research and see if I can discover a way... The Dragonrot and the overflow of stagnation... There must be some link between the two. For my research... I need you to find me blood samples from others who are afflicted.
**Wolf**: I'll see what I can find.
 **When Emma is With the Sculptor Afflicted with Dragonrot** | **Wolf**: What are you doing?
**Emma**: ... Hm? Oh, I didn't realise you were here. The Sculptor has been coughing blood... I took a sample of this blood for my Dragonrot research.
**Wolf**: A sample of his blood?
**Emma**: Yes. Blood that he's coughed up. The colour of the blood itself appears to be tainted... stagnant. But... the Sculptor's blood alone isn't enough to reach any conclusions...
**Wolf**: Is there anything I can do?
**Emma**: Yes... Bring me samples of blood coughed up by others that suffer from the Dragonrot. If I have more, I'll be able to learn more about the disease.
**Wolf**: If I come across anyone afflicted by the Dragonrot, I'll ask them.
**Emma**: Thank you.

* Talking again

**Emma**: For my research... I need you to find me blood samples from others who are afflicted.
**Wolf**: I'll see what I can find.
 **After Obtaining Dragonrot Sample** | **Wolf**: I've obtained one.
**Emma**: A blood sample. Let me see... The colouration is very similar to the Sculptor's. The colour is just slightly tainted. But what's this...? Hmm...
**Wolf**: Do you have enough blood?
**Emma**: ... I believe so. Allow me to continue my research into the Dragonrot. When we speak again, it's likely I'll have made a breakthrough. In fact, count on it.

* Talking Again

 **Talking Again** | **Emma**: I've been waiting for you.
**Wolf**: Any progress?
**Emma**: Yes, I've found some answers. The source of the Dragonrot is the stagnation in your blood.
**Wolf**: What causes the stagnation?
**Emma**: The blood has only a limited amount of power available to it. Let's say you've used all of this power... and then you attempt to resurrect again. The resurrection still occurs, but... It must draw on power from another source.
**Wolf**: From those that have the Dragonrot?
**Emma**: I believe so.
**Wolf**: For those who have the Dragonrot...
**Emma**: The natural life force that everyone has, that allows them to live their lives and function as human beings, has been taken from them. Their blood has stagnated.
**Wolf**: Can it be cured?
**Emma**: Yes, by giving back what has been taken. Here you are.
 **Talking** | **Emma**: There was a Dragonrot epidemic in Ashina once before. Back then, a cure was not achieved... every single person who caught it, died.
**Wolf**: ... I see.
 **After Sculptor is Cured** | **Emma**: It seems the Sculptor's Dragonrot has been cured.
**Wolf**: You had him take the medicine?
**Emma**: Yes. Please, give this to him. *(Gives Ashina Sake)*
**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: It's his favorite "tea." I thought it would be a fitting way to celebrate his return to health.

**Emma**: Oh, is this Dragonspring? I'll have some. Ahh....Goodness.
**Wolf**: What's wrong?
**Emma**: Nothing, it's just whenever Lord Isshin got his hands on Dragonspring... Everyone would start gathering at Ashina castle and a rather rowdy party would ensue. Every time that happened, I'd leave Lord Dogen all on his lonesome, and I'd stroll around the rear of the castle.
**Wolf**: Behind the castle? Why?
**Emma**: ......... Well... I'd go to the Fountainhead Spiral.
**Wolf**: What is that?
 **Given Ashina Sake** | **Wolf**: I brought sake.
**Emma**: Oh my... That is generous of you. I accept. Ahhh... Delicious. As a doctor, I do have other uses for sake beyond just drinking.
**Wolf**: For purification?
**Emma**: Yes. It can also help those with a low tolerance for pain. But when I was a child, I couldn't stand the smell of it.
**Wolf**: You've been been doing medical work ever since you were a child?
**Emma**: Yes. I wanted to be of use to my mentor... Master Dogen. I used to compete with my fellow disciples to treat patients. In those days, arrow and sword wounds were frightfully common.
**Wolf**: ......... I see.
**Emma**: .........
**Wolf**: What's wrong?
**Emma**: It's nothing. Sometimes, shinobi would come for treatment as well. There was once... a rather difficult patient.
**Wolf**: Difficult in what way?
**Emma**: He said very little. I didn't know where he was hurt or how much pain he was in... I had no information to go on. It was maddening.
**Wolf**: I see.
**Emma**: ... None of this sounds familiar to you?
**Wolf**: What?
 **Given Monkey Booze** | **Wolf**: Here.
**Emma**: Oh, this is... This is Monkey Booze.
**Wolf**: Something wrong?
**Emma**: Well, let me try it. Augh! It... It burns so bad... Let's see... Yes, monkeys... I seem to have a strong connection with monkeys.
**Wolf**: You do?
**Emma**: Yes. I was rescued by a monkey after all.
**Wolf**: .........
**Emma**: You don't believe me, do you? ......... When I was young, I stood alone in the aftermath of a battlefield. I was alone, and staring dumbfounded. I could do nothing... neither cry nor even get angry. Complete shock... And then there was a monkey... eating a rice ball. A monkey... maybe an ape... Maybe... either way, he made it look so delicious. I remember being angry at that. But then, then he gave me the rice ball. It tasted so good...
**Wolf**: What a kind monkey.
 **Given Unrefined Sake** | **Wolf**: Here, for you.
**Emma**: Oh my... If this isn't... Lord Isshin's favorite sake. I'll have some!
Ahh, delicious. ......... Please.
**Wolf**: Hmm?
**Emma**: Say... something.
**Wolf**: ... There is something I'd like to ask you.
**Emma**: Of course.
**Wolf**: Who trained you to fight with a blade?
**Emma**: A blade...? I'm a doctor.
**Wolf**: Yes, but who?
**Emma**: ... Lord Isshin. But I only have a passing interest.
**Wolf**: I do not believe your skill counts... As a mere passing interest. Why did you learn?
**Emma**: Well, not to kill people...
**Wolf**: ...what do you mean?
**Emma**: No... I don't have the slightest desire to kill anyone. It's just...I would want to kill a demon if one were to appear.
**Wolf**: A demon...?
 **Discussing Severance with Sculptor** | **Sculptor**: Emma... Does that sit well with you?
**Emma**: I can't honestly say. To achieve their goal of Immortal severance... Either he, or Lord Kuro... Must die.
**Sculptor**: .........
**Emma**: Why does that have to be the only way...?
**Sculptor**: So... will you keep that from them?
 **After entering the alternate version of Hirata Estate** | **Sculptor**: ... Emma. Should you have let him go like that?
**Emma**: ... He would've gone anyway. I couldn't have stopped him.
**Sculptor**: You're probably right.
**Emma**: ... Say, Orangutan. I'd like to at least hold on to hope. The hope that he can accomplish it.
 **When the first invasion of Ashina Castle by the Central Forces is triggered, after the Ashina Sake, Monkey Booze and Unrefined Sake have been offered to the Sculptor** | **Emma**: Orangutan... The Central Forces are here.
**Sculptor**: ... Are they now? They never change their thieving ways...
**Emma**: Are the flames... still burning?
**Sculptor**: Emma... The answer to that isn't going to change. I could carve Buddha idols for all eternity and the flames of hatred would still rage on. The most I can do is keep them in check.
**Emma**: ......... Orangutan.
**Sculptor**: What is it?
**Emma**: If the time ever comes, then I'll...
**Sculptor**: ......... I have Buddha to carve... Good-bye...