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Oh, is your disease thing better yet? I read that people outside can get Stone Disease really bad. Are you okay?

I'm fine, I'm fine. Never better.

Gavial! You're really back!

It's good to see you alive and well after all, Gavial!

No mistake, you need to be our next Great Chief!

Dream on. I'm only on leave. Came back to see how things are going.

Gavial, didn't you say you were ostracized from your tribe?

Yeah. Why?

Gavial, who-who is this person?

Huh? Tomimi, you can speak standard Sargonian now? Pretty fluently too.

Yep! I learned it just so I could speak with you, Gavial!

Not bad. I guess I'll write to you in Sargonian from now on, then.

...So, um, Gavial, who are all these people?

Oh, this one's Dr. {@nickname}. Doctor, for short. Counts as my boss, I guess?

And then the rest are all friends from work.

Gavial's boss... are you actually stronger than her?

No.;......;Yeah, way stronger!

So how'd you get to be Gavial's boss, then?

Gavial, this one looks pretty weak to me.

No way!

I've got bigger problems, Tomimi. Zumama's people stole our aircraft engine after the crash. She's got minions now?

What's an aircraft engine? Is it like one of those motory things? Wait, um... huh? Zumama?

What about her?

Ah, um, Zumama's the chief of a tribe now. There's a lot of people who think she'll be the next Great Chief, too.

Aah... So that's how it is. Could've been her crew that took us down, too. She's the only one who was into those weird wacky gizmo weapons in the first place.

...Yeah, yeah! If you wanna find Zumama, the ceremony's starting tomorrow, and every aspiring Chief is gonna be at the Temple. Zumama'll be there for sure.

So all we gotta do to find her is head there, huh? Ha! Perfect.

Hey, didn't you say your cute little noggin wanted to compete for it too? Go on, show me how far you've come in all these years!

(Quietly) I still want you to be the Chief, Gavial.

Huh? Whawazzat?

N-Nothing!

Doctor, emergency maintenance has been completed. Are we setting off now?

Nice work, Lancet-2. Yeah, we're heading to the Temple next.

Wowww! The machine talks!

I like to think I'm ready for it, but it still hurts my heart a little whenever I get that sort of reaction. Not that I technically have a heart...

Aircraft won't explode now, right?

It won't, but it's not exactly ideal to just leave it here...

Yeah, true. I don't want Kal'tsit giving me the death stare either.

I-If I send, um, some of my people out to take it back to my tribe, would that help?

Your tribe? Huh? Hell, I didn't realize. So our little girl's a full-grown clan leader now, huh?

Yes! It actually used to be your tribe, Gavial.

Well, damn. No wonder I recognized a couple of faces...

Oh, also! Gavial, we changed the tribe's name now! 'Wilderness's Will' is now 'Gavial's Will'!

Hah?

Because we all think you're the best, Gavial!

Uh—*cough* *cough*—okay, whatever. I'll leave you to it.

Did everyone get that?

Yeah!

Ah, in that case, I think Mr. Dylan and I will stay with the aircraft.

I understand you're going to meet a large number of people. I would only cause problems if I went.

And the aircraft does need guarding.

What? You're not gonna go see the ceremony? It's a hell of a treat.

Don't worry about it. I prefer the quieter side of things, anyway.

Suit yourself. I guess it'll be just me, the Doctor, and, uh, Kay going, then.

And me! And I'll bring some of my people with us too!

Off we go!;......;What about Kay?

Please wait a moment, Doctor. What about Kay?

What's up, Doctor?

Hm? Wait up. Where'd Kay go?!

Oh, huh. You're right, she was just here. Where'd that little rascal run off to?

When you say Kay, do you mean the one jabbering away over there like she's half-possessed?

I'm not gonna let you hurt the Doctor, Reunion!

Nooo! Don't steal my honey biscuits! Get back here!

Kay appears to be fighting the air... Um, this could be a case of poison-induced hallucination.

Oh! Shit! I forgot to warn you! There's a hell of a lot of mushrooms and fruits growing wild along the road here, and more than most of them you can't eat. If you do, you end up like that.

Forgot the kid was even wilder than me. I bet she snuck off while we were busy talking and helped herself to the buffet.

Uh, damn it. Okay. Go tie her up and take her back with you, Lancet-2. She'll be fine after a while, probably.

Leave it to me~

Oh, one last friendly reminder. Our surroundings are quite hot, but such environments are prone to drastic nighttime temperature swings. Please bring the necessary supplies with you.

Oh, nice catch. Doctor, Tomimi, you two make sure you grab what you need from the aircraft.

It's a long way to the Temple from here, and the rainforest won't have anywhere decent to sleep. Get ready to spend the night in the open.

Rainforest's same as ever, huh.

It's been a really long time, hasn't it, Gavial?

Never liked this place. Air's stifling, and the ground gives too easy. Can't place a single firm step.

A lot of tribes have moved into the rainforest, though.

That so? ...Hey, Doctor, looks like you're up. How'd you sleep last night?

Decent.;......;I've never felt more alive.

You adapt fast, huh, Doctor? Hell, I thought you wouldn't be able to stand roughing it out here.

Haha. Your eyes say it all.

Yeah, I'd believe you if you weren't trying to rub your temples.

Didn't I tell you, Doctor? Gotta be ready. It's not about to get any easier.

Here. Scrounged up what I could find nearby to make some soup. Go on, it'll wake you up.

Hey, speaking of which. Never realized it until I went looking, but actually, there's a hell of a lot of medicinal plants that grow around this rainforest.

...Gavial's actually taking care of people...

G... Gavial, I didn't sleep good either...

Huh? And you call yourself an Archosauria?

Archosauria... *wail* Gavial doesn't remember our original name...

Hmm? Oh, crap, I did forget. I mean Tiacauh, don't I.

Damn, I don't think I've used that word at all since I left. Doctor, you make a note to yourself. We don't divvy ourselves up by race here.

I mean, from that perspective, uh, lemme think... I'm an Archosauria, Zumama's a Phidia, and there's also Liberi... yeah, that's your three, more or less.

But we all count ourselves as Tiacauh. Means 'one valiant in war' in our language.

Also, not that I think you're gonna need it, but you might like to know we call this place Acahualla. 'Land where the forest overgrows.'

Alright, enough bawling your eyes out. Get your people in gear and let's move.

(Whimper)

Rhodes Island. Doctor...

Oh, yeah, right. So, a company is...

Ah, I know that! Since you left, Gavial, I've been learning about the outside world!

Oh yeah? That adds up. You dress different from how you used to, too, now that I think about it.

Yep! This is really fashionable on the outside!

I don't really get fashion. Is she right, Doctor?