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[Video - What Is To Come]

[Naesala is standing around in a lavishly decorated manor with another laguz, a white-winged one with blond hair.]

Very good. I'll go stumble around until I find something to eat. Please...make yourself comfortable.

Naesala!

Yes?

Thank you. For everything you've done. I...I appreciate it.

Don't be ridiculous. We're old friends, are we not?

Right you are! Old friend.

[Naesala heads down some hallways until he meets up with a raven laguz underling.]

Is everything in place?

Yes. That Duke Tanas cannot sit still. He is literally...quivering with anticipation. It's not pretty.

I bet it isn't. Just make sure that mountain of suet stays hidden. If Reyson catches so much as a glimpse of his bulk, he will take wing.

Understood.

Now, time to put on the finishing touches. This, too, I do to raise up Kilvas. Reyson, please don't judge me too harshly. That being said, I'm sure you will. Ah, well. Such is life. Enjoy your new one... Old friend...

[Naesala, Reyson, generic raven.]

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Naesala? What was that about?

I wouldn't know. It hasn't happened.

Yet anyway.

Yet.

I really hope that this was something you were ordered to do.

Duke Tanas is aware of the blood pact, as are most of the Begnion senators, and wouldn't have been afraid to use it for the sake of his... the most flattering way to put it is 'obsessions'.

Even if it means turning your friend over to him. What is his obsession exactly?

Beauty. In every conceivable form.

That is odd.

It might not be as bad if he weren't a hideous lump of fat himself...

Perhaps he is trying to make up for his own lack of beauty?

That's the thing, is that he considers himself to be the most beautiful creature alive. You would not believe how many paintings he commissions of himself...

The herons are next-highest on his list, an opinion that is far more widely shared.

.... He sounds like a very strange and unpleasant man.

I really hope that you figure out a loophole to save your friend.

He is.

Thank you, Rose. I will, if I have anything to say about it.

I know you cannot disobey something like that if you want to protect your people, and for that I cannot fault you for those actions. I would be a big hypocrite if I did.