Moravi Gate (Hard)

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*Zaira awaits you here. Will she listen to what you have to say…?*

## Summary

The Knights of Avillon confront Zaira once again.

## Content

Battle Slave: Commander… Food. Here.

Zaira: Thanks. What’s your name?

Battle Slave: No… name. Last master… said “you”. Or… “it”.

Zaira: …I see. It is time to eat. sit here.

Battle Slave: Slaves… sit apart. Not… in sight.

Zaira: You don’t need to do that here. Come, sit.

Battle Slave: I… sit.

Zaira: I’m no different from any of you. I’ve worked so hard to get here, to overcome the discrimination… But only the captain and a few allies in battle would take me seriously. I’m really no different from any of you. I may be a knight, but I’m still in the shadow of a different "master".

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(Sable Tempest) Zaira: Avillonian dogs! You dare invade Rhodon?

Fram: Hey, isn’t that…?

Charlotte: That’s the knight we saw in the Nibelon Woodlands!

Zaira: You… You’re the monarch from…!

"Lord": Zaira…

Fram: What do you wanna do, Highness? You said you were gonna recruit that knight, right? Want us to fight?

"Lord": Right now, we have no choice. But first, let me say something… Zaira, vice-captain of Rhodon’s knights.

Zaira: Hmph. Did you think I’d be impressed that you know my rank?

"Lord": Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Lord, the monarch of Avillon.

Zaira: I know. You’ve got some nerve, invading Rhodon like this.

"Lord": It might be strange for me to say this now, but I want to anyway. Zaira, you’ve been repressed your entire life.

Zaira: …What do you mean?

"Lord": You might not have identified it yet, but that feeling that’s always gnawing away at you is rage. That rage takes up the greatest amount of emotional space in your life. I… want for you to face that rage, and to control it so you can use it when you need to.

Zaira: Tch, stop talking like you know anything! You don’t know anything about me!

"Lord": …That’s not true. I know you, Zaira. I don’t expect you to believe me right now. To bee honest, I’m not sure I did the right thing by bringing this up now.

Zaira: …

"Lord": But I wanted to say it anyway. I want to talk to you more, to listen to you and get to know you better. There’s a lot I didn’t get to say to you before…

Zaira: What are you saying…? I’m sure… I’ve never met you… And yet… For some reason… When I look at you, I feel… something. I can’t explain it…

"Lord": Zaira…

Fram: Highness, did you cast some sort of spell on her?

"Lord": No, nothing like that. I mean, I can’t use magic to begin with…

Zaira: Aagghh! Stop trying to control me!

Johan: Your Highness, get behind me!

"Lord": Knights, ready yourselves for battle!

...

Zaira: Ngh… Soldiers, fall back!

Fram: Hey! You know Highness?

Zaira: …I’ve no association with foreign rulers. So how do you know me…?

Mei Ling: Knight in dark armor, your resonance is connected to that of my liege.

Zaira: Huh…?

Mei Ling: I am a rabbitkin shamaness. I can sense connections between people. I do not know how, but it is lear to me that you and my liege share a bond.

Zaira: What are you talking about…?

"Lord": …

Mei Ling: We rabbitkin believe that life flows in cycles. In this interminable flow, we believe the souls of those who are closely linked will be deeply affected, should they ever be miraculously reunited.

Zaira: Tch, I don’t care about the ramblings of an enemy knight! The one thing here that is certain is that you and I are enemies!

"Lord": That is true for now. But I’ll promise you one thing.

Zaira: … I’ve had enough!

Fram: Wanna let ‘em go?

"Lord": Yes.

Mei Ling: You will meet her again. The bond between you two is strong, almost as strong as your bonds with Lady Fram or Sir Johan.

Fram: Somethin’ about her is familiar to me too. Is it weird to say I was happy to see her?

Schneider: Do you think you knew each other in… a previous life…?

"Lord": That’s a good way to put it. You were all companions with Zaira in the life before.

Charlotte: She seemed like she’d be shy if she ever joined us!

Schneider: She seems to be awfully loyal to her country… Would she ever really join us?

"Lord": She’s been discriminated against her entire life because of the class she was born into. It’s not her country that she’s loyal to. She’s loyal to individuals, and has been raised to think a certain way. If we can take care of that, she’ll join us. That’ll be my job.

Fram: I hope it works out!

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