"[arriving in the first age, regardless of which] Much to learn. First, the stone Slate. Pick it up from the pedestal and take it with you But know this about the Slates: They too are abominations, made by the Bahro creatures' abuse of the Art of Writing. Still... they carry great power. You will find that you can write on the Slates, anything you wish. There are some elementary symbols the creatures understand. At least in this way, you can use the Bahro hindrance for your good. They will take it, if you drop it. They will obey it, if you order them. They will return it, in time. As you learn, you will have more control."

"[meeting in Direbo, the Age found in the Great Shaft] Ahh, Direbo... an Age for resting. Such a peaceful place, and the way to get to the first Age. There, that... profane thing, and the other pedestals like it, are not of D'ni. They are a regrettable part of this journey. The pedestal will allow you to link in a manner similar to the Book that brought you here, but know this: They are perverted tools of the creatures. The creatures... you've seen them. Always watching. Calling to one another in the darkness. Loathsome... wraiths. They are not as we are. Remember that."

"[lower in the Great Shaft] Stand in awe. The surface is three miles above us. Three miles! Our construction was triumphant... and tragic. You will not be able to continue downward without providing fresh air to the tunnels. Raise this floor, and power the fans. I trust you can discover how?"

"[meeting in the Great Shaft] Rehgahro Tiwah. The Great Shaft. Amazing, is it not? Built by those from beneath - my people. I am D'ni. It was this shaft that permitted the great-grandmother of Yeesha to find our deep city. Rather than bore you with tedious details, you need only know this: She killed us all, and the great D'ni city lies lifeless and ruined. There is a room at the end of this first elevator, a small room with a D'ni rest Age Book, for the D'ni who would have travelled this path. The Book will link you to Direbo. I will come to you there."

"[meeting in the passageways to the Great Shaft] I apologize for the goggles earlier, but my eyes are not accustomed to the sun in this Age. I've taken the same journey, the same quest... and failed. I'm not proud of my failure, yet I think that what I learned will be useful in your quest. Your journey continues through that door."

"[first meeting, at the Great Shaft near the Cleft, leading to D'ni] You have seen Yeesha. She was, I'm sure, not very hospitable. You're confused, no doubt. My name is Esher. It is my pleasure to meet you. She has given you the quest... yes, the quest. The quest to carry the Four, the quest to release the Tablet, the quest that is proving to be more difficult than she anticipated. Many have taken the quest, and the Tablet still has no master. I will tell you what she will not. I will help you, when she will not. But she and I agree on this point: do not give her the Tablet. She has lied to you already, uttered words that bite her heart as they leave her lips...for she wants that Tablet more than anything! She desires what she can no longer feel, but once tasted. You must not, whatever happens, give it to her. Ah... she is the desert bird that longs to fly. She has dreams of taking flight in her ambiguous world, filled with vague clouds and shadowed air. Careful... she is a clever one. I'm sorry, I'm overwhelming you. [chuckles] Look for the hole in the ground. That's where your journey begins. I will find you."

"[imager in the eder tomahn in the lower part of the Great Shaft] What am I left with? Why did he leave this weight on me? Did I ask for this? Did I ask to lose my brothers? Did I ask to cause the death of Calam? Did I ask to watch my mother die? Did I ask to be my father's tool? Did I ask for so much power? Did I ask to be so alone?! [pause] Father, I wish you could hold me..."

"[imager in the eder tomahn in the upper part of the Great Shaft] What will I become? I will make something more of me. I will rebuild what I am. Is there anyone who is master over me? Have I not become the Grower? The Grower... yet all I grow is anger. Watching them call, watching them fail. Waiting, watching! I am the Grower! How can I wait much longer on such fools?"

"[imager in the eder tomahn (rest station) going down into the Great Shaft] How could this be?! On their backs, this fallen empire was built! What hypocrisy... such abuse of power! I think they even deluded themselves into believing their own lies! It pains me to the point of ill... it makes me pleased that they are dead! [pause] What I hate is in me..."

"[first meeting, in K'veer] So, friend, the Tablet has responded to you. Of course. If you're seeking my father, his time has passed. He won't be requiring your assistance. The Book to his cursed island lays locked and gathering dust in his prison. That Book... along with his pain and his burden, have been passed to me. And now you will know it, too. You will listen carefully. This is not to be taken lightly. The Tablet has responded to you. It will be your burden. Choose wisely in the end, for there will be no second chance. Many have taken this Tablet, and they tried not to let go. It is the power of the Writing; it seduces all who try to hold it. I have held it, tasted its sweetness... but I can hold it no longer. They have served too long. Always serving. Ever watching... and now, perhaps, you will see how to release them. First, collect what's been scattered, and then the Tablet will be released. And then you will hold it. You will find, in each Age along the journey, that there will be help... and there will be hinderance. You will start this journey where I started, where my father Atrus started, where my great-grandmother Ti'ana started. You will end this journey here, when the Tablet is released. When you return, the Tablet will be yours. When the Tablet is yours... do not give it to me. What you still don't understand, you have failed to hear or don't need to know. Begin..."

"[opening cinematic] My journey has come to an end. I have lost my home, my Books, my sons... I've lost my father, my grandmother... my dear wife, Catherine. And now I fear my only daughter's gone as well. And for what? For the slimmest hope that things could be put right? What began as my tedious life in the Cleft, holding out hope for more, has returned to the same. I've gone to great lengths to watch the end be written. Now... now I find myself alone in a sandstorm in Tomahna, waiting for a single grain of sand to fall. D'ni's future is like an hourglass; as the final grain slips through, I wait and I tremble, losing hope that the hourglass will be turned over once again. The Age may simply end, expended and lifeless. I have passed my cursed burden onto my cherished daughter, Yeesha. She has either understood and embraced it, or the weight of it has crushed her. I fear it has been far too long, and my hope has waned. If Yeesha has failed, is anyone left who can understand? Oh, I am old, and so tired... and once again, I am useless. Today, I will put an end to my useless waiting, and go on to a better place."

"after the second memory is restored; Sirrus' Dream-form detaches, and is destroyed in the Dream-paths] She's free. You have done well, traveller. The one you know as Yeesha has rediscovered her waking mind. Even now, she begins to return there. The interloper cannot follow her. The strands of Dream close in on him, and without a Guide to shield him, he will be completely crushed under their weight. Return, now, to your waking life, until the next time you wish to travel... in Dream."

"[after the first memory is restored] It's working. We must move swiftly; the traveller knows what you're doing, and will try to impede you. Go!"

"[returning to Dream from the old Memory Chamber] You are a most unusual traveller, my friend. The vision you witnessed here last time served you well, yet you still see Dream as dark and slightly dangerous. Why? I see the answer in your need. You're not just looking for visions this time. You seek the very memories themselves. The one you know as Yeesha is still here. She's been unable to return to her waking mind, because her connection with it was severed prematurely. Come. I will take you to her. Yet the strands of Dream are shifting, even as we approach. I sense the connection reopening, so when we reach her... [finding Yeesha's Dream-form, with a monstrous creature connected to it - Sirrus' Dream-form] Interloper! That traveller has no Guide. He's using Yeesha's memories to remain anchored in Dream. Otherwise, he would be lost and quickly crushed amid Dream's constantly shifting waves of possibility. Why is she not aware of him? There! Do you see the anchors he's using? They are very powerful memories, which both Yeesha and the traveller have in common. Somehow, he's jumbled them up and is using the confusion to hide himself from her. She cannot return to her waking mind while he is attached. You can release her. By entering both memories and replaying them correctly, you may startle the traveller enough so that he reveals himself. I will send you into the first one now, and await your return."

"[after completing the ancestor puzzle] You have succeeded. I can feel the Ancestors' wisdom at work. Pay attention, for you will never see this revelation again. [the Ancestors reveal Sirrus' color marble code for the old Memory Chamber] The answer has been seen. There can be no turning back. Goodbye, traveller, until we journey together again."

"[first journey into Dream] Not what you expected, is it, traveller? You are here because you want to find the answer to something that troubles you. Why, then, wouldn't Dream seem dark and mysterious at first? Do not be afraid. The fragrance of your offering still lingers. It pleases me. So, I shall light this darkness for you, and lead you to the ones you call "the Ancestors". [the light level rises, as what looks like a swarm of fireflies goes by] He is not an ancestor. Like yourself, he is but a traveller here, and if his guide brings him close, you should touch him, to experience as much of Dream as you can. Dream is often visited by such creatures - temporary inhabitants, seeking the enlightenment they cannot find in their waking lives. They do not have the wisdom to shape Dream, as the Ancestors do, but they can still learn much by seeing what possibilities exist here. Sometimes, they come just to seek distraction."

"[in the Memory Chamber, after finding a Guide, and giving it a sacred offering] Time seems to be against us. Fortunately, there is little I can say to prepare you for what you are about to experience. The mirror realm is different for everyone who travels there, but your Guide will be waiting in his true form to meet you, and will explain what you really need to know. Please, lie down. [player does so] Normally, I would remain until you return, but with everything that's happened today, I cannot. So, should you decide to leave Dream without getting the answers you seek, you will have to return to it later, without help. In that case, just focus on the all-seeing eyes of the Ancestors, and you should be able to travel there. Are you ready? Then gaze on the eyes high above you, and let your journey begin."

"[first meeting, in the Hall of Spirits] Do not be afraid. My sisters and I can speak with you now. Anya told us you needed help, so while you were exploring this physical manifestation of Serenia, we decided to travel her mirror realm - a world in which our ancestors have great power, and which we call... "Dream". We asked the ancestors to show us what happened to Yeesha, but the things they revealed did not make any sense. We think it's because the message is intended for you. This disturbed us, for it means you must travel to Dream, something you must never do without a Spirit Guide. Normally, finding the Guide best suited to your true nature takes time, but we have decided to help, by examining the weave of your past actions. Please, place your hand on the cloth. It will allow us to know which Guide you must seek."

"["worse" ending: taking the Tablet to Myst and placing it to the recepticle in the library; Esher links in, and paces anxiously around the room] So, you have listened to my wise counsel, and have brought the Tablet. Well done. There was... no way for your feeble mind to comprehend the... power of this Bahro Tablet. It was meant for a worthier master. You couldn't fully grasp that the master of the Tablet was the master of the Bahro... master of their full power. It was really only yours briefly, and only then... to give to a true master. Did you think you would gain a piece of its power? Is that why you brought it? [laughs] Or perhaps my words... perhaps I don't give myself enough credit. Regardless, now... it is mine! [laughs madly as he begins drawing inscriptions on the Tablet] Yes, my powerful servants, your new master is here! Let's see what remarkable feats you can perform for me, the new master of the Art! [looks up at the player] Oh, yes... thank you... idiot! You performed... well enough. So, I give you... this wonderful island. Consider it a "Myst" opportunity. [approaches the tablet once more] Ironic, isn't it? This island that was always the place of escape has now become your prison. Now, let's see where this power will take me. Unlimited Ages, and an army of Bahro to do my bidding. What fun I will have! [continues to draw inscriptions on the Tablet, laughing insanely, before finally linking out]"

"["bad" ending: attempting and failing to give the Tablet to Yeesha, then linking to Myst; Esher emerges from the library] After everything... did you not trust me? After all the help I provided? All the aid and assistance?! [sarcastically] Well done... now it has slipped through her hands... wasted! Fool! [paces in agitation] Now your journey has been a waste, and this precious island that once represented escape is now your prison. We have all failed! You have accomplished nothing! And there is no way from here. No one will come for you. Myst Island is your end... forever. [turns away, gives one last, disdainful look, then links out of Myst]"

"[first arriving in Laki'ahn] I wish you could see Laki'ahn as I remember it. Anticipation. The calls of the beasts bellowing out of the warm airs. Then conversations, as we waited for the fires to burn, the battle to begin! This was a place of great strength and triumph. I wonder if you possess such courage? The door to the trade house is locked, but the jeweler door on the other side, that can be unlocked."

"[meeting near the harbor between the Memory Chamber and the village] There you are. My sisters say you are a friend, but if that is true, why does everything fall apart when you are here? The Life Stone is missing. Someone diverted the water course and took it out of the Root Chamber. You are a stranger here. You cannot begin to imagine the threat this poses to my people. The Memory Chamber needs that stone to survive. It nourishes her, keeps her strong and healthy, so she can collect our memories after we die. Without it... we may never see our loved ones again. I must alert the village. There are more stones in the southern hills, but it takes time to find them. If you truly are a friend, you will go to the Hall of Spirits and alert my sisters... although, if they're still travelling in Dream, they may already know."

"[first arriving in Noloben] Welcome to my Age - Noloben. When D'ni died, I fled here. [chuckles] From death to death. You will see the fingerprints of the creatures everywhere. This was their home, and they did not welcome me. To survive, I was forced to learn. You will learn here as well. It is not like the other Ages."

"[first arriving in Todelmer] Todelmer. Built to study the heavens, and glorious heavens you will find here. I'm only sad we were never allowed to finish. I've told you some of the story. Yeesha's great-grandmother, Ti'ana, came to us desperate for control, convincing our people to betray rules we had held for generations. And... we died. Yeesha claims such death, as painful as it was, had to be done. A plan of the Maker. And that she will rebuild... [derisively] She will rebuild. I will tell you, such delusive "wisdom" comes from vague feelings and daydreams, and that the Tablet you will have is far too powerful for such "wisdom". Todelmer... enjoy the beauty of the heavens, while you consider the power that can control them."

"[first arriving in Tahgira] I don't know why the creatures chose this place for the Slates. Tahgira... cold, barren. "Desolate", it has been described. However, also purposeful. No doubt Yeesha sees only evil here. This was... a prison Age, for those who committed monstrous crimes. They were sent to this place to live out their lives. Justice, not evil. Use the Slate to free yourself. The burden you carry is heavy, but for that, you will be thankful. [chuckles]"

"[after leaving the Dream] You've returned. I had hoped to discuss your experiences in Dream, but you can't always count on hope, can you? Not when so much of what the Ancestors have shown us has already come true. The others have gone to alert the village. I must go inside and protect the memories. I will not allow anyone to enter until this crisis has ended. I wish there was another way, but in all of our dreams, the last task always fell unto you. Good luck."

"[seeing the memory globe harvester destroyed by Sirrus] What happened? This is terrible! How are we supposed to maintain contact with the ancestors if we can't harvest any globes? [turns to face the player] Forgive me. I've seen your face so often in Dream, I forget you're still a stranger here. You've been inside the Memory Chamber; you've seen the colorful lights crowning her walls. These are the memories of my people, taken from their bodies after their spirits moved on. In Serenia, the Memory Chamber stores our memories, so that future generations can still visit us in Dream. Empty globes for storing our memories are formed underwater, and we gather them using the harvester. So if I'm unable to fix it... I must see how bad the damage is. [goes over to it, then turns back] Oh... I was supposed to tell you, a few of my sisters have gathered in the Hall of Spirits to dream. If you go there after they've awakened, you may be able to learn more about what happened to Yeesha. Good luck."

"[after following Yannin to the destroyed harvester] This is so not good. I'm not sure how we'll be able to repair it. Maybe... There's an older harvester near the Memory Chamber my ancestors used many years ago. We had to abandon that chamber because it was getting old - the pollens inside a Chamber can get deadly when that happens... Maybe... we could take parts and use them to fix this one..."

"[inside Dream: Sirrus explains his plan to Yeesha] See this globe, little sister? See how round and smooth and empty it is? When I turn this switch, the chair you're sitting in will activate. Lights will go off, and everything that's you will be sucked out of your body, leaving behind the perfect disguise for me to step into! Father and Mother will teach you the Art, never knowing it's really me doing the learning! Of course, I'll kill them as soon as I know how to write Ages, then I'll put my new memories back in my body, and no one will be able to stop me!"

"[first encounter, upon entering Serenia] I was starting to worry about you. In the Dream, you always arrived before third bell had rung. Welcome to Serenia. I am Anya, one of six now serving as Protector here. You may find this hard to believe, but my sisters and I dreamed you would be coming. You're searching for Yeesha. I fear she may be in trouble, but we have not seen her since we gave her the necklace two weeks ago. I will gather my sisters to help find her. In the meantime, you should consult the Memory Chamber. She always knows more about what's going on in this land than we do. Follow the ceremonial alley to her doors, and see what insight she has to provide."

"She will be alright, won't she? I mean, you won't stop looking until you find her. Yeesha used to come here every morning when she stayed with us, and spend hours feeding these butterflies. I think she appreciated them more than anyone else in her family, including Sirrus and Achenar. I wasn't a Protector when the brothers lived here, but I gathered they were more interested in the Memory Chamber and our funeral rites... as if death were something to be feared. We must trust in the guidance of the Ancestors. If they offer any new insight, I will pass it along."

"[first encounter with the player, on Serenia, coming out of the old Memory Chamber] It's you. Thank God you've come. Achenar's kidnapped my little sister. He says he'll kill her if I don't help him steal Serenia's treasures. Look, I know you have no reason to trust me. You saw me blow up the harvester, but I only did it to stop Achenar from poisoning the Memory Chamber. His confinement on Haven drove him totally insane. All he cares about now is destroying everything Father created. We have to stop him. Go back to Tomahna, and find my father. Explain everything that's happened here. For some reason, Achenar is terrified of Father. Maybe, if you bring him here, the three of us can somehow manuever my sick brother into a trap. I'll try to get Yeesha away from him while you're gone. Now go! Go, before it's too late!"

"[opening cinematic] I realized, as our group linked back to D'ni, that we should not restore the city as we had planned. The once magnificent buildings lay in ruin, a testament to the hatred that had consumed them. Too many people had fallen victim to that hate, to the prejudice and greed from which it sprang. Gazing out across the cavern, I decided to write another Age - one that would help the D'ni survivors begin again, free from the tragedies of their past. So with my wife, Catherine, supporting me, I put aside that past to write a future. More than a year has gone by since I finished writing Releeshahn. I have a new daughter, who I hope will someday link to the Age with me. And as I imagine Yeesha meeting the D'ni, those brave men and women who are building a new life for themselves, I realize I've been given another chance as well. A chance to learn from my mistakes... and leave the past behind me, once and for all."

"[imager on J'nanin, after finding the last symbol] You've done well, my sons. But there is still one task ahead of you. The Linking Book you see here links to an Age called Narayan. It's a very delicate Age, where civilization has emerged in response to the world's imbalances. It's also the first inhabited Age I'm sending you to alone, but don't be afraid. The knowledge you've acquired here will show you the way in. Use it, and see all that Narayan has to offer."

"["semi-good ending" - Releeshahn returned, but Saavedro left abandoned] And so, as I once again set my pen to the page, a heavy sorrow hangs over me. It's true that Releeshahn has been returned to us unharmed, that the Age I wrote to provide a new beginning is secure. But I can't escape the facts of its return. Nothing I can do will change the past. The anguish of decisions that were made must be carried with me forever. But if I had been the one to face Saavedro, if I had seen the life my sons had destroyed so callously, would I have left him stranded without hope? Would I have sacrificed his dreams to claim my own?"

"["real good ending" - Releeshahn returned, and Saavedro sent home] At last I can rejoice, for Releeshahn has been returned to me unharmed. The Age I hoped would provide a new beginning still lives on. I am sure that no danger shall befall it. And as I sit here, writing in this journal, I rejoice to know that Narayan, too, is safe. The secrets of its past have been unlocked, and old wrongs have finally been righted. I know now that we can't escape the past. Nor can we rewrite it, hoping to lessen our pain. The best we can hope for is to continue to learn, to take from the past only that which is good, and move on. Perhaps, in the process, we will build a brighter future."

"(welcoming the player) Breathtaking, isn't it? We call it "Tomahna". We moved here after Atrus finished writing Releeshahn. He wanted us to have a new home too. I'm so glad to see you. I told Atrus our paths would cross again. He was just going to grab something for your trip to Releeshahn, so he shouldn't be terribly long. Unless he decides to check over the whole house first, which means he could be hours resetting all his padlocks. But I know he was looking forward to introducing you to the D'ni, so he shouldn't be terribly long. Why don't you wait in his study?"

"(before entering the sunroom) You know, this trip is exactly what Atrus needs right now. I haven't been able to get him out of the house for months, ever since he found his journals out of place. But seeing how well the D'ni have settled in on Releeshahn should help him to finally relax."

"(If you return to Catherine after entering the study) Atrus doesn't usually keep people waiting this long. He's just been so concerned about his books. When he gets here, I'll tell him you're in the study."

"(If you try to enter Atrus's study, but find the wrong door, as it's locked) I'm sorry, the other door."

"[first spoken lines, in the observatory on J'nanin] Atrus? Is that you? Come to rescue your Book so soon? Not yet, old friend... not yet. [raises the Book of Narayan from the middle of the chamber]"

"[imager message on the first explored age] What's the matter, Atrus, can't remember how things work? Yet you explained this class so well when we first spoke of it in Narayan. "I want Sirrus and Achenar to learn everything they can, Saavedro! First from Amateria, Edanna, Voltaic, and finally from Narayan. When my boys come to see your people, I want them to see Narayan's traditions at work, so they can see how civilization can balance an Age." Do you know what they did when they finally came to us? You never came back. After class was over, you took your boys away, and you never came back. Sirrus and Achenar did."

"[imager message on J'nanin, after finding the first symbol] Not so easy, is it, Atrus? Running like a rat through a maze, looking for a sign that'll help you save your world. "Is it over here? Is it over there? Is it some place I can't find?" Sirrus and Achenar didn't care about saving Narayan. All that talk about "fixing instabilities", rewriting the Age so that we would be free to live our lives... that was just talk, to hide the truth of why they had come. But we believed their lies, Atrus. So we abandoned our traditions, forgetting that those traditions were keeping Narayan alive. And when the Lattice Trees started to die, I followed them here, to tell them what they had done... and they laughed. They said they would never fix Narayan! They said that they had already taken everything it had worth saving! So my dear old friend, Atrus, I've brought you to this place where your education begins. Find the remaining two symbols, and then come see what your boys did to Narayan."

"[imager message on the second age] Twenty years, Atrus! Twenty long years alone! They tied me to a post. They burned their Myst Linking Books in front of me. They took everything I had! My wife! My two baby girls! And then, when I finally made it back to Narayan, and I saw... I saw... it would have been better if I had died."

"[imager on J'nanin, after finding the second symbol] This what you expected, Atrus? When you followed me here, hoping to reclaim Releeshahn, is this classroom what you expected to find? I read your journal, you know. In Tomahna, after I found your linking book abandoned outside this observatory. I read all about the D'ni. How you started their world again. Can you really do that, Atrus? After everything that's happened to Narayan, could you start the world over again? I don't think so. I think there's too much blood on our hands, too many ghosts. Surely you can't change that with a pen stroke? One more symbol, Atrus. Narayan is waiting."

"[imager on the third age] This morning I woke up, and I couldn't picture Tamra's face. The little line at the corner of her lip that pulls her whole mouth down when she smiles, the flutter in her eyelashes... I tried so hard to picture her in my mind, put her down on paper, as if that might bring her back. But I couldn't do it. Atrus, I'm not you."

"[first face-to-face meeting with the player, on Narayan] What? You're not... where is he? Look, I know he's here, I have his Book. So where is he...? He didn't come. I take Releeshahn from him, and he sends you instead. [to himself] You idiot! You actually thought this would work?! You thought that you could force him into coming here and fixing things? Why? Why would he rewrite Narayan? Because of your messages, because of your paintings?! Look at your world! Look at what's left of it! When are you gonna get it through your thick skull that you do not matter to him?! [sighs, calming himself] No one could be alive out there. No one... [turns back to the player] We're stuck here, you know. The Linking Book back to J'nanin is gone, left behind when I linked out of Atrus' study. And as for getting into Narayan, look around you. This chamber is the only way in, and Atrus installed some kind of shield, and I have never been able to get past it. Not once in all these years. So you're just as stuck here as I am. At least until I open this Book, and I show Atrus what it's like to watch your friends and relatives die. [turns to leave, then stops and turns back] If you do find a way out of here, I suggest that you think very carefully about using it. Because the one thing I know about Linking Books - the doors they open... don't close behind you."

"[after the player unlocks the shield code, revealing the world of Narayan - damaged, but still alive] My God ...oh my God... they're alive? How did you... [realization dawns on him] The fourth symbol. [turns the lever, opening the shield through the door to the gondola - only for the outside shield to go back up; he turns the lever again, which deactivates the outside shield, but blocks the door] No! He gives me hope, only to destroy me with it! [turns the lever to open the door, then turns back to the player] But you see, I still have something he wants. Something that he sent you to bring back for him. Releeshahn... [points to the gondola] Drop the outer barrier. When I'm out by the gondola, switch the shields so the outer barrier is open. And in return, I'll give up Releeshahn. [walks out the gondola, then turns back to the player] Do it!"

"[after the player traps Saavedro on the gondola platform, sealing off the shield chamber] Oh, God. No. Idiot! Oh no. No! No! NO!!! No no no!!! No no no!!!! [breaks down sobbing, as the player goes downstairs to confront him] Oh, God. No. Please, don't do this to me! Not when my family could still be alive out there! Want the Book? Here, I'll give you the Book. [hands the player the Book of Releeshahn] Just... please, please, don't do this. Please! I can't do this again! Please, don't leave me trapped in here like this! I can't! No! NO! No no no! [breaks down sobbing, screaming "No!" inconsolably]"

"[if the player approaches and faces Saavedro after he being told to drop the barrier to the gondola] What are you doing? Go back inside and drop the outer barrier. Do it. Or I swear, I will let go of this book into oblivion. [if the player continues to stand] What are you waiting for? [yells louder] Drop the outer shield OR I SWEAR, I will let go of this book! [if the player waits long enough after this, Saavedro drops the book and hits the player with his hammer]"