It's... a long story. We fell through the ground and found the people who'd moved down there, to escape the disasters that befell this land in the past.
Approach the topic with the others lightly—especially Xie Lian.
[not that it sits well with rochalizo either (and if he lets his thoughts loose for a moment, their screams echo in his ears), but...]
There were monsters down there, who would've followed us back to the surface. The only way to stop them was to collapse the entirety of the underground tunnels. Of course, doing so would kill the people living there, so we tried to persuade them to evacuate with us.
Those ten we brought are the only ones who took the risk and agreed, despite their society's utter fear of the surface. Even knowing what was coming—and that they couldn't avoid the monsters forever—the others decided that they would rather die underground than dare to leave.
... It is what it is. Everyone—us, the children, and those who stayed behind—made the decisions they could best live with, out of the options provided.
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More relevantly to everyone else, though, we did find a note. There was also writing on the walls we found and memories of this land's past... though I suspect it was intertwined with our own memories, so it was difficult to make sense of.
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Then hopefully there will never be cause for you to take up the title. I only had one brother and was not so lucky.
[In any case!!!]
You carry yourself quite well, all things considered.
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Well, of course. I may not offer practical value to my family, but that's no excuse to embarrass them and myself in court by behaving like a lout.
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Though I think all four of you that arrived yesterday seem determined to push yourselves too far.
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[he tilts his head.]
It's not as if the situation doesn't call for it.
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May I ask you what you did when you were away?
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It's... a long story. We fell through the ground and found the people who'd moved down there, to escape the disasters that befell this land in the past.
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No, because out of necessity, we effectively killed everyone and everything else down there.
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Pardon?
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Approach the topic with the others lightly—especially Xie Lian.
[not that it sits well with rochalizo either (and if he lets his thoughts loose for a moment, their screams echo in his ears), but...]
There were monsters down there, who would've followed us back to the surface. The only way to stop them was to collapse the entirety of the underground tunnels. Of course, doing so would kill the people living there, so we tried to persuade them to evacuate with us.
Those ten we brought are the only ones who took the risk and agreed, despite their society's utter fear of the surface. Even knowing what was coming—and that they couldn't avoid the monsters forever—the others decided that they would rather die underground than dare to leave.
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The cave-in.
[Yuri mentioned it before. It makes sense now.]
I'm terribly sorry you had to make such a choice.
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... It is what it is. Everyone—us, the children, and those who stayed behind—made the decisions they could best live with, out of the options provided.
[...]
More relevantly to everyone else, though, we did find a note. There was also writing on the walls we found and memories of this land's past... though I suspect it was intertwined with our own memories, so it was difficult to make sense of.
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[Guess Ziekers plans to do that again, huh.]
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It shouldn't be an issue. Yuri has the original note, but we made copies.
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