7th moon [voice/action]

[vibrafinal]

...Has anyone else ever found a particular item in the shop, and thought that it must have been placed there to taunt you? Would the Malnosso even commit such a petty act? At least it should match the pansies...

[With that said, Cecil can be found at any point on the road between the item shop and house 32, bearing... a flower in a small vase?]

Comments

[paladinlost]

Seventeen years of trying is a good start, at least.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, yes, it's a very good start!

[paladinlost]

Of course, they'll have to be followed by quite a few more decades.

[lostinmyway]

Yes, you can't stop now. That wouldn't be very good.

[paladinlost]

It'd be a bad example for Ceodore and the others, if nothing else.

[lostinmyway]

A bad example?

[paladinlost]

Parents should never teach their children to give up easily.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, no, that wouldn't be good at all.

[paladinlost]

I've made it my life's mission to be the best example I can be.

[And look how that turned out.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, my. What a wonderful idea!

[paladinlost]

It's not an idea so much as a vow, truly.

[lostinmyway]

A vow?

[paladinlost]

To raise a child that would be both strong and happy.

[lostinmyway]

[She smiles at that.] I think you've done a very good job.

[paladinlost]

Of course I did. We were dozens to have the same wish, after all.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, if you all put your hearts together, then of course it came true.

[paladinlost]

It takes a whole village to raise a child, they say.

[lostinmyway]

Oh, my. A whole village?

[Maybe they should ask for more help with raising Sophie.]

[paladinlost]

Children need to learn from many people, to have all the skills needed for adulthood.

[They can ask everyone in town!]

[lostinmyway]

Hmm. That sounds very important.

[Stella will no doubt be thrilled with the idea of Grune taking Sophie out to learn from all the citizens of Luceti. Including the villains.]

[paladinlost]

It is, if you want a child to have as many opportunities as he can.

[It'll build her character! Besides, mind control is always a good skill to know.]

[lostinmyway]

Oh, yes. Or she, too.

[Sophie is going to grow up to be one terrifying young lady.]

[paladinlost]

Or she. Sons and daughters both have a lot to learn.

[She'd have to, growing up in Luceti.]

[lostinmyway]

But they'll be just fine as long as they always do their best.

[The conflict on Melfes would be settled pretty quickly if Sophie were in charge, at this rate.]

[paladinlost]

Mine certainly has no problems with that.

[Why stop at Melfes? All conflicts in all worlds would be settled quickly!]