Rebirth 5/Script

Part 4 Final Chapter: Rebirth - Part 5[]

Before Battle[]

(Flashback begins)

Ashera: Lehran... I will not...countenance this plan.

(CG of Ashera's chamber appears)

Lehran: Hear me, Goddess Ashera... Yune's imprisonment within the medallion has begun to change you. Order and chaos, you are one being, comprising both parts. The one must naturally affect the other.
Ashera: Even so, I will not return Yune to this body. She is unstable, and I must be perfect in order to protect this world. It is as I have said, Yune must be destroyed.
Lehran: Ashera, you mustn't! You cannot survive without your opposite. Please, you must not do this. Your world still needs you.
Ashera: Lehran, you have ever been a wise and kind- hearted child. In deference to you, I will place my faith in your kind one last time. For the next thousand years, I shall sleep as well. When I wake again, I hope it is to a world of peace and order, where all prosper as equals. If I do, then I will know that you have advised me well. I will reward your counsel. I will also allow Yune to return to me. I will once again be the goddess of creation, whole and complete. Ashunera, the Dawn Goddess... The name your ancestors gave me so long ago. I should like to hear it again.

(CG of Lehran holding his medallion appears)

Ashera: However, during this thousand years, if the chaos of war should arise and awaken Yune from her slumber in the medallion... I will know that you have strayed from your path, and I will punish your failure as I would reward your success. And then you will know my judgment. You will pay for your sins, each of you to the last.

(CG shifts back to showing Ashera's chamber)

Lehran: In the names of our people, we vow to keep this covenant. There will be no great war between laguz and beorc for a thousand years. So pledge Altina of the beorc, Dheginsea of the dragon tribes, Soan of the beast tribes, and I, Lehran, of the bird tribes.
Ashera: If you believe during this thousand years that you have created a world that has outgrown the atrocities of war... Or if you feel the world has fallen beyond hope of redemption, you may sing the galdr of release and awaken us both. Your heirs will possess that ability as well... Sing to awaken us, and tell us your tale. Tell us of the world your two kinds have built in our absence. We will listen, and we will judge fairly and impartially. This is our covenant with you.

(Flashback ends. The scene shifts to the party, who stand before Ashera)

Ike: It's her...
Yune: Ashera.

(Yune runs up to Ashera)

Yune: Ashera! It's me...Yune. Can you hear me?
Ashera: ...
Yune: Please! Please listen to me! You don't need to pass any more judgment! You can return the people to normal!
Ashera: I cannot. There are still people in my world who are made of fallible flesh. This imperfect world has passed beyond control. Now, I shall pass my final judgment.
Yune: Wait! You can't violate the terms of the covenant, Ashera! One thousand years still hasn't passed. We were woken by galdr, not by mankind's war.
Ashera: It doesn't matter.

(CG of a massive battlefield appears, where Beorc and Laguz fight each other)

Ashera: During my long sleep, beorc and laguz continued to fight. The children of flesh will never learn nor grow. Time will pass as always, but nothing can change the destiny of mankind.

(CG fades)

Yune: You have to look deeper! The first judgment didn't turn everyone to stone, and I'll tell you why. Because these people are not "people" as we know them. Ashera, these people have become something new!

(CG of Ashunera and the Zunanma appears)

Yune: People--the Zunanma--are the only living creatures of this world that we didn't create. Animals evolved to become Zunanma, who then became laguz and beorc. That evolution continues today!

(CG fades. Yune walks closer to Ashera)

Yune: Ashera... I'll tell you a secret you didn't know.

(Yune shows Micaiah's brand to Ashera)

Yune: Children can be born of both a beorc and laguz parent. They are still very few in number, but if allowed to flourish, mankind might become anything! If the two races continue to evolve, I'm sure something wonderful will emerge! You can't just bring that to a halt.
Ashera: Do not claim certainty of anything. The children of this world are born of chaos, and nothing could be more uncertain. The world does not require the evolution of man. My responsibility is to protect order, the balance of all life-forms. Beings that evolve without my guidance will only destabilize and threaten this world. Because of that--
Yune: You have to wipe out everything made of flesh? Is that what you're trying to say? ...Very well then. You and I have nothing more to talk about. My only choice is to defeat you.
Ashera: Yune, do not be absurd... You cannot overthrow me, just as I cannot overthrow you.
Yune: Of course not. But they can. Everyone! The time has come! Defeat Ashera, or everyone you love will be a statue forever!
Ashera: These people, they carry your blessing, Yune... You mean to fight me?

(Ike walks up to Ashera)

Ike: Ashera, our goddess... This is the world--and we are the people--you created. You make it sound as if we're some sort of filthy creatures that just decided to settle down here and cause trouble.
Yune: Ike! Don't say it like that.

(The CG of a massive battlefield reappears)

Ike: We're not perfect. Sometimes our brains tell us one thing, while our emotions tell us another. And war... The more we try to avoid it, the worse it is when it comes to us.

(CG fades)

Ike: People are probably the dumbest creatures alive.
Yune: But... Somehow you're also the most endearing. It's your imperfections that make you so interesting... Imperfections very similar to ours.
Ike: We know that we've messed up. We'll do our best to avoid more war and to make peace our highest priority. Ashera, just give us one more chance. All we ask is for one more chance.
Ashera: You expect me to reverse my judgment? The goddess of order cannot be so... mercurial. My decision is final.

(Ike points Ragnell at Ashera)

Ike: So that's how it's going to be, huh? Then we will fight...and we will save our people. Make your peace with whatever the gods worship. Your end is near.
Ashera: My end is near?
Ike: In every battle that mattered in my life, I've always been the one left standing, no matter how slim my chances. This battle means more than any of the others, because it's for the life of every person that I've ever cared about. I will win this fight.

Battle Begins[]

(If Lehran survived, he walks in from the west)

Lehran: Forgive me, goddess. I must end my service to you now. My dear goddess, Ashera. Please forgive me!
Ashera: Lehran...
Lehran: Everything I've done was a mistake. This is all a result of my weakness. The changes were unbearable to watch, too frightening to understand. It grew painful to accept change, and with that my heart filled with cowardice. I was overwhelmed by the pain, and could think of nothing but soothing it. As long as I suffered, I was blind to anything else, even to the beautiful things of the world. I can see it now... The people deserve compassion. They deserve to have their lives back!
Ashera: No. You were always too flexible, too inconstant. You cannot sway me any further.
Lehran: Ashera... My goddess... Please.
Ashera: Be silent now and watch as I erase these beings that confuse your simple heart.
Lehran: ...

(Continued)

Turn 1[]

Yune: Everyone, listen carefully. In order to reach Ashera, we must first destroy the aura protecting her. Got it? Attack the aura.

Talking to Lehran with...[]

Ike[]

Ike: Sephiran... I mean, Lehran...
Lehran: I can't apologize enough. I was so terribly mistaken, and now there's nothing I can do to help.
Ike: Don't worry.
Lehran: What?
Ike: Wanting to do something that matters is enough. Sometimes, how you feel is more important than how you act.
Lehran: Ike I... there's no one that I think more highly of...
Ike: No time for compliments. We still have work to do here.
Lehran: Yes... yes we do.

(Ike leaves)

Lehran: Head up! Eyes forward! I will not back down! Altina... Give me strength!

Micaiah[]

Micaiah: Um...
Lehran: Yes?
Micaiah: You're Lehran, aren't you?
Lehran: Yes.
Micaiah: You... Forgive me for asking, but... Aren't you my--
Lehran: Can we talk about this later?
Micaiah: What? Oh, I mean, of course... Sorry to bother you...
Lehran: Child, you couldn't possibly bother me. It's just, the talk you and I must have is going to take a long time. I don't think Ashera would wait for us to finish.
Micaiah: Oh... Very well.
Lehran: What is it?
Micaiah: Oh, nothing... Never mind.
Lehran: Micaiah?
Micaiah: Y-yes?
Lehran: Looks like you could use some backup. I'm good with a staff, too, you know.
Micaiah: Th-thank you.

Sanaki[]

Sanaki: You finally made it, Sephiran.
Lehran: Sanaki, I...
Sanaki: I was starting to wonder I would punish you.
Lehran: I'm sorry?
Sanaki: You are my subordinate, after all. I've decided that leaving one's empress to die is punishable by drowning in a pool of rancid butter.
Lehran: Of course it is, my empress.
Sanaki: I hope you're a strong swimmer.

Kurthnaga[]

Kurthnaga: You're Lehran...
Lehran: Prince Kurthnaga... How you've grown.
Kurthnaga: You know who I am?
Lehran: I've resided in Goldoa for more than seven hundred years.
Kurthnaga: I... I had no idea.
Lehran: That's because I was kept in hiding. But I did meet you several times, when you were just an infant.
Kurthnaga: I remember a... a mysterious man with black wings. Was that you? I always thought that was a dream...
Lehran: ...
Kurthnaga: I was always so fascinated by that man and his songs... I remember him well, and fondly.

Ashera's aura is destroyed[]

Yune: The aura is gone.
Ike: Excellent. Now we can finish this.
Ashera: ...

Engaging Ashera[]

Ashera: You would face me in battle? I need no further evidence of your kind's imperfections. This will hardly be a battle at all. Simply an end. Perish, flawed one.

Ike attacks Ashera[]

Ashera: It is tragic that you are too limited to see how hopeless this is. You cannot hope to defeat the divine.
Ike: You're right. We can't hope to defeat you.
Ashera: Then why continue?
Ike: You haven't left us much choice. I'd rather die like this instead of being turned into some mindless statue.
Ashera: Simpleminded fool...

Micaiah attacks Ashera[]

Ashera: Don't waste your energy, fleshling. You are physically unable to harm me.
Micaiah: Yune... I'm fine. I can hear you. No, I'm not afraid. I know you're with me.

Kurthnaga attacks Ashera[]

Ashera: Ah, son of the dragon king... You may be the greatest among the enfleshed, but you are no match for me.
Kurth: Goddess Ashera, please listen to me. We know that we are clearly imperfect, but you, unnaturally created of pure order... Might that not be considered an imperfection?
Ashera: No, I am perfect. Free of emotion, I have no doubts. Therefore I commit no errors.

Lehran attacks Ashera[]

Ashera: Lehran, you have joined my enemies?
Lehran: My goddess... Never before have I defied you in even the least thing. But I have seen the error of my ways and wish to save the people whom I once desired to destroy. I am one man, and my life is precious. How much more precious are the lives of the countless multitudes?

Ashera is defeated by someone other than Ike[]

Ashera: ...
Ike: It's over. It's all over...
Micaiah: We did it. Our fighting is finally done. Now the people...
Ike: Now the people should all turn back to normal.
Micaiah: Yes!
Ike: Let's get out of here. I'm sure the others are getting tired of waiting outside.
Yune: Wait!
Ike: Huh?!

(Ashera revives herself)

Ashera: ...
Ike: What... What's going on? This is insane! We defeated her...
Ashera: You defeated nothing. This is nothing at all out of the ordinary. Mortals cannot defeat the divine. It is not possible.
Micaiah: But... We won... General Ike... We have to fight one more time! The people out there need our help!
Ashera: You can try as many times as you like. The result will always be the same. There is no way for you to win.
Micaiah: I can't believe that! General Ike, you can do it! Forge a new destiny for us! Ike, please... You've got to!
Ike: I don't need encouragement. I'd fight to the end no matter what. Ashera, you can't stop me. It doesn't matter if you're a goddess. It doesn't matter if I have no way to win. Fighting defines me, and I will not lose.
Ashera: When will you tiresome gnats surrender?

Ashera is defeated by Ike[]

Final Strike[]

(Movie "Final Strike" plays. Ike stands ready with Ragnell, while Yune stands next to him)

Yune: We have to put an end to this. Take all the power I have.
Ike: Thank you. I'll use it well.

(Ragnell gleams as Ike readies it. Yune glows with a powerful blue aura, and sends it to engulf Ike and Ragnell. Ike, now glowing with said aura, prepares himself. Movie "Final Strike" ends)

(A battle screen appears, where Ike strikes down Ashera with a single blow)

Gods' End[]

(Movie "Gods' End" plays. Ike breathes heavily as Ashera dissipates into millions of motes of light. The blue aura around Ike leaves him, and reforms into Yune, who walks up to Ike)

Ike: What of you? Are you leaving?
Yune: I am. But I believe it's for the best. This world does not need gods. We have always failed you. We've made you weak. That's why we must...go.

(Yune looks down sadly, but Ike gets a determined look on his face)

Ike: You don't have to leave.
Yune: Hm?
Ike: It's true, we don't have much use for gods. But, well... You show us what we should aspire to. We need inspiration. You give us a reason to grow. To become more than we are.

(Ike kneels to look Yune in the eye)

Ike: And if we don't have that, Yune, we're nothing more than statues.
Yune: Can you forgive me for the pain I've caused?
Ike: I don't know. But you have already forgiven us. How could we not?

(Yune nods, touched)

Ike: We are all family. We will try to understand one another, even when we disagree.
Yune: You're right. I will try. One more time.

(Yune slowly dissipates while Ike stands up. Ike reaches towards the blue mist as if to stop Yune from disappearing, but only grabs empty air. He looks at his hand for a second, before a bird's cry is heard. The bird flies up through the ceiling and into the sky, and the bright sunlight. Ike watches with a pensive look on his face. Movie "Gods' End" ends)

Life Returns[]

(Yune flies through the clear sky as a bird. She flies over petrified soldiers, and light falls onto them as she passes. The light unpetrifies the soldiers, who gasp at being freed, and at the light falling around them. One soldier readies his lance as a tiger laguz is also unpetrified; the laguz detransforms, and stretches as if he just got out of an uncomfortable sleep. The soldiers are wary, but the tiger laguz just stares at them and gives a small smile. The soldier slowly smiles as well, and he and his comrades all drop their weapons one by one. The scene pans away as the tiger stretches again, and everyone starts to mill about and wonder what to do now.

Next, Begnion is shown, as well as the petrified citizens in the streets. Light also falls onto them, freeing them. Crimea is next, then Gallia, then Phoenicis and Kilvas, then Goldoa. The scene pans to the clear, bright blue sky as Yune flies into the sun. Movie "Life Returns" ends)

After Battle - Epilogue[]

(In front of the Tower of Guidance)

Sothe: Well, I guess this is over. We'd better be on our way.
Ike: Are you going back to Daein?
Micaiah: Yes. Everyone's waiting for us.
Sothe: We have to start rebuilding all over again. Hopefully, this will be the last time.
Ike: Don't say "hopefully." Make it the last time. If anyone can do it, you two can.
Sothe: I don't doubt it. But thanks for the vote of confidence.
Micaiah: Thank you, Ike. I won't ever forget you.

(Endings for Micaiah, Sothe, Edward, Leonardo, Nolan, Laura, Ilyana, Aran, Tauroneo, Zihark, Jill, Haar, Fiona play)

Pelleas' Departure[]

(Requirement: Pelleas is alive)

Pelleas: I'm sorry.
Almedha: But that's... I don't believe you! Because, see, my dear, you have the mark! Wait. Don't you have a mark?
Pelleas: No, Mother. Lady Almehda, is that the reason you thought me to be your son?
Almedha: I...
Pelleas: And that is the reason why Izuka chose me out of all the children at that orphanage.
Almedha: Stop! This is impossible! You are my son. I am your mother, and I say so!
Pelleas: Lady Almedha, your only memories of your son were of him as a baby. You yourself said so. In other words, he already had a mark, even as a child.
Almedha: Yes, that's so. What of it?
Pelleas: This mark--my mark, here--is called the "Spirits' Protection." When I was thirteen, I chose to make a pact with the spirits.
Almedha: What?!
Pelleas: When I learned that you were one of the dragon clan, I began to doubt. And slowly my doubt turned to certainty. I'm sorry, Lady Almedha. I'm sorry that, though it was never my intent, I ended up deceiving you. I'm sorry, but I am not your son.
Almedha: P-Pelleas...
Pelleas: But still... I was happy. It was fleeting, but... I knew the feeling of a mother's love. You have my thanks.
Almedha: I... Ah...sniff...

(Endings for Pelleas, Nailah, Volug, Rafiel play)

Caineghis: Ah, Ike. Your work out there was superb.
Ike: Hey, you aren't quite over the hill yet yourself. You know, I always wanted to go one-on-one with you, just once.
Caineghis: Hah. I would have expected you'd had your fill of fighting.
Ike: I've had enough of kill-or-be-killed to last me a lifetime. But something simpler, some way of testing our respective strengths...
Caineghis: You mean controlled matches, with all the little rules they have. In a peaceful world, we need such things. Especially we laguz. Without a fight now and then, we go a bit strange in the head.
Ike: That's the honest truth. I'd rather try to order a river to change course than stop a bunch of rampaging laguz!

(Endings for Caineghis, Giffca, Skrimir, Ranulf, Lethe, Mordecai, Lyre, and Kyza play)

???: Wait... Sister!

(Micaiah and Sothe turn around)

Sanaki: You're my older sister, aren't you?
Micaiah: What do you mean?
Sanaki: It makes sense. All the pieces fit. The galdr of release... The goddess Yune's voice...
Micaiah: It's true. Inside the tower, I heard the voices of many hearts, and I knew. I am descended from Lehran and Altina. Misaha, the former apostle, was my grandmother.
Sanaki: Yes, I thought so. In that case, my sister, please consider staying in Begnion. With your power and charisma, you could do so much good here.
Micaiah: No, I'm afraid I can't.
Sanaki: Wh-why not?
Micaiah: Daein is my home, and Daein needs me to help it heal and rebuild. Not Begnion.
Sanaki: But Begnion--
Micaiah: Begnion has you, Empress. You will be a just ruler. Make your country proud to have you.
Sanaki: Will I...never see you again?
Micaiah: Hardly. I think that what our countries need now is a sense of family and friendship. I ask that you sign a treaty of alliance with Daein and announce that we are equals.
Sanaki: I will! Of course! Once things settle down in both of our countries, that will be the first thing I do...Sister!
Micaiah: Thank you, Empress Sanaki. ...My dear little sister.

(Endings for Sanaki, Sigrun, Tanith, Tormod, Muarim, Vika, Oliver, and Stefan play)

Ike: Will you be heading back to Gallia first?
Tibarn: We'll stop by Gallia, then wing straight on to Serenes.
Ike: Serenes? Why there?
Reyson: The Empress Sanaki has kept her promise. Serenes will be formally ceded back to us. She said we may return immediately.
Ike: Ah, I see. That's good to hear.
Tibarn: Sometimes birds change their feathers. The hawks, the herons, even the ravens. We're thinking we'll all settle down together.
Reyson: All this time, we've sorted ourselves by our ways of thinking and seeing and living. If we can respect each other's opinions and learn to compromise, we can learn to live together without strife.
Ike: I don't think it will be that easy, but it still ought to be simpler than getting beorc and laguz to treat each other decently. You set a good example, Reyson.
Tibarn: All the major issues look like they'll be handled soon. The only thing we can't agree on is hunting and eating meat.
Reyson: The forest creatures are off-limits! Needless displays of violence as well. You know we will not budge on that.
Tibarn: Tell me... Have you ever heard of a vegetarian hawk? Or a raptor that doesn't scream victoriously at the skies after a kill?
Ike: Meat, huh? That's a thorny problem...

(Endings for Tibarn, Naesala, Reyson, Janaff, Ulki, Leanne, Nealuchi, Volke, Kurthnaga, Ena, Nasir, and Gareth play)

Ike: Well, Your Majesty. Shall we be off?
Elincia: Yes, let us. To Crimea. To our homeland.

(Endings for Elincia, Renning, Geoffrey, Lucia, Bastian, Kieran, Marcia, Makalov, Astrid, Nephenee, Brom, Meg, Heather, Danved, Calill, Titania, Shinon, Gatrie, Oscar, Boyd, Rolf, Rhys, Mia, and Mist play)

Almedha's Discovery[]

(Requirement: All of the following must be true - Soren and Micaiah fought in P3-Ch7, Rivals Collide; Pelleas was not killed in P3-Ch13, Blood Contract, thus it must be at least the 2nd playthrough; Soren and Pelleas fought in P3-Final Chapter, From Pain, Awakening; Soren and Pelleas both survived the entire game)

Almedha: You are Ike, of the Greil Mercenaries?
Ike: And you're the dowager queen of Daein. I heard some of what you've gone through. I'm glad that you're safe.
Almedha: Ah, indeed.
Ike: In light of that... Can I do anything for you?
Almedha: I think not. I think I have seen enough.
Ike: As you wish. Well then, Lady Almedha, Prince Kurthnaga. Take care of yourselves.
Kurthnaga: Yes. And you as well. I know we shall meet again!

(Ike leaves)

Kurthnaga: Are you satisfied, my sister? You wished so strongly to meet with General Ike.
Almedha: I only did so because Pelleas said... He said that it would be wise if I were to meet with him.
Kurthnaga: Did he say why?
Almedha: "That child," he said. It was the last gift he could give me. He wouldn't say anything more.
Kurthnaga: A gift? By meeting General Ike?
Almedha: What about that beorc could possibly be... Wait... Ah! Wait! Wait, stop a moment!
Kurthnaga: Sister!?

(Soren appears)

Soren: Yes? You needed something?
Almedha: You are... What is your name?
Soren: Soren.
Almedha: I-I see. That...that is a fine name.
Soren: Thank you...?
Almedha: You're welcome.
Soren: Is that all?
Almedha: Ah, yes, yes. Pardon me. Calling out to you like that... I was confused.
Soren: Don't let it trouble you. If you'll excuse me.

(Soren leaves)

Almedha: I don't believe it.
Kurthnaga: That boy is the staff officer for the Greil Mercenaries. What made you call out to him like that?
Almedha: I...
Kurthnaga: Sister?
Almedha: Because I have lost the power of my birthright, I thought... Maybe I wouldn't be able to... That I might not be able to recognize my own child. But when her own true son stands before her, no mother could fail to know. Oh, my son, you've lived and grown strong.
Kurthnaga: You can't mean... Soren is your son?

(Endings for Soren and Ike play, as well as for Lehran, if he's alive)

Return of Ashunera[]

(Requirement: Lehran is alive)

Lehran: Welcome home.
???: Could it be that you were here all this time?
Lehran: Alas, no, I am sorry to say. But for several days, I've somehow felt as though you would soon return.
Ashunera: Well, I'm home. And I'm glad to see you again, Lehran.
Lehran: And I am glad to see you as well, Goddess Ashunera.
Ashunera: How long has it been? A hundred years? Five hundred?
Lehran: About twelve hundred years.
Ashunera: I see. For mortals, that is many, many lives.
Lehran: Yes. The peace we once had is on the verge of crumbling again.
Ashunera: That is unfortunate. The miasma of war is beginning to shroud the world. However, I shall not again be frightened. As one born of the hopes of man I shall protect this world.
Lehran: Yes.
Ashunera: Lehran. I've missed your songs. Would you sing for me now?
Lehran: I...I no longer...
Ashunera: Well, then I will sing. And you may sing with me. Is that all right?
Lehran: ...Yes.

(Credits roll)

In days long past, a young man strode the lands of Tellius.

He was simple yet true, his deeds brave and noble. He reunited two races long at war, and healed the heart of a goddess long gone mad. Ask any you meet be they young or old, beorc or laguz, of a hero named Ike and you'll receive a warm smile and a tale or two of faith, courage, and honesty.

Fin

Base Conversations[]

Soren (*)[]

(Requirement: All of the following must be true - Ike and Soren had an A support in PoR, and it was transferred to RD; Ike and Soren have an A support active in RD; Soren was taken into the Tower of Guidance as a party member; Ike's Memory Scene was seen)

Soren: Ike... Um... Were you joking when you said you couldn't remember how we met?
Ike: Well, sorta. It was a long time ago.
Soren: How could you forget?
Ike: Relax, Soren. I got to thinking, and I remembered. I remember what happened in Gallia on the day we first met.
Soren: Ike...
Ike: Mother had gone shopping with Mist that day. I was wandering around the village all alone. I walked to the edge of the forest, looking for a stick I could pretend was a sword. There was a raven-haired boy lying on the ground.
Soren: I remember the huge oak tree by the clearing... I'd been sleeping in the hollow by the roots.
Ike: He looked like he was my age. He was as skinny as a twig, wearing rags and covered in dirt. He looked like he was near death. I took out my lunch and I handed it to him. He made a noise like a scared animal and shied away. He was suspicious of me at first, but eventually he took my sandwich and started to eat. It was like he'd never eaten before in his life. I didn't have anything else to feed him, so I told him to come to my house. But he kept shaking his head no.
Soren: I was afraid you were going to trick me. Afraid that you were going to chase me away after taunting me with food, just for a laugh...
Ike: I told the boy that I'd bring him some food the next day at the same time and place. He finally nodded when I said that. It made me happy. I felt like I was doing something right, helping this boy. Like I was the only one who'd do that.
Soren: ...I was happy, too. Not just because I wasn't hungry anymore. Because someone finally would talk to me. So I went back to the village again the next day. I was scared of the other villagers and their rocks and sticks, but I still went back.
Ike: That's right. That was Gallia back then. The beorc abused and tormented the Branded because the laguz shunned them. They wanted to avoid upsetting the laguz.
Soren: The villagers threw stones at me, called me an animal and a devil. But on the next day, the village was littered with corpses. Soldiers and peasants were in a panic.
Ike: It was my dad. He went crazy when the spirit of chaos in the medallion touched him.
Soren: I walked through the empty streets, checking bodies to see if you were dead. But I couldn't find you. I decided that you had to be alive. I took money and food from the village and headed for Crimea, a land of beorcs.
Ike: Soren...
Soren: On my way to Crimea, I kept seeing laguz from the beast tribe. They were terrifying, but after a while I realized something. They never attacked me. They all seemed to notice something about me, and then pretend they couldn't see me. That look was burned into my mind, and it was always the same. They'd scowl, then walk away like they'd never noticed me. In a way, that left me feeling colder and more alone than if they'd attacked me. Hate... That I could understand. This was denial. They made me feel like I wasn't supposed to exist at all. That my simply being alive was an affront to the world. That was how the beasts treated me. And I hated them for it. It sat in my heart like a lead bar. Like a glacier.
Ike: ...
Soren: When I reached Crimea, I took refuge in a church along the way. They took my brand to be a sign that I had been trained in the arcane arts. They took good care of me, and taught me things. Once I had learned to speak and behave like other people, I wandered Crimea for several years. Then I finally found you.
Ike: But I'd...
Soren: Yes. You'd forgotten that day in Gallia. But I didn't care. My only wish was to see you again. I just wanted to see the only boy who had held out a warm hand when I had nothing.
Ike: Soren... Don't cry.
Soren: Don't cry? What? I'm not crying...
Ike: Soren, you're smart, but you're no good when it comes to your emotions. Come over here.
Soren: D-don't treat me like I'm a child! I'm not that--
Ike: Come on.
Soren: Shut up! Shut up...
Ike: Then I'll come over to you.

(Ike hugs Soren)

Ike: It's all in the past, Soren...
Soren: ...Sniff... Sniff... Gwuh... Wahhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhh!