The High and Low Our Souls Await
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When thus I hail the Moment flying:
"Ah, still delay—thou art so fair!"
Then bind me in thy bonds undying,
My final ruin then declare!
Then let the death-bell chime the token.
Then art thou from thy service free!
The clock may stop, the hand be broken,
Then Time be finished unto me!-Faust, J.W. von Goethe: Part I, Act II, scene vi
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When Fandaniel delivers Zenos’ summons, Dietrich answers it. Seated now in the ruins of the Garlean imperial palace, Dietrich will finally get a real conversation with the man who’s occupied his thoughts since Ala Mhigo.
He will receive answers—and they will make a wager.
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- Part 1 of The High and Low Our Souls Await
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With his friend finally returned to Garlemald, Zenos receives his guest and prepares him for dinner. However, the process is more… something, than he anticipated—and Zenos struggles to discern just what he's feeling.
And had his friend only kept his promise to him, he might not be feeling it at all.
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- Part 2 of The High and Low Our Souls Await
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Man’s active nature, flagging, seeks too soon the level;
Unqualified repose he learns to crave;
Whence, willingly, the comrade him I gave,
Who works, excites, and must create, as Devil.-Faust, J.W. von Goethe: Part I, Prologue in Heaven
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As he waits for work on the Ragnarok to be completed, Dietrich pursues the blasphemy haunting Ala Mhigo—and unexpectedly encounters Zenos in the Royal Menagerie. For the first time since Dietrich’s initial, ill-advised journey to Garlemald, the two of them have a proper conversation. They discuss the past and the present, although neither of them can guess at what the future might hold.
At a loss for what else to do, they hunt blasphemies and attempt to find the answer together.
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- Part 3 of The High and Low Our Souls Await