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“Well. There they go again.”
“I was surprised at how easily you agreed to tell Ricki about such a dangerous dungeon.”
“And surprised as well that you didn’t feel the need to escort her there.”
“I gave her good directions. She’ll find it.”
“She’s grown up a lot since I met her.”
“I imagine so.”
“I, too, felt that it was time to share some pertinent information with our little leader, given how serious our situation may soon become.”
“I assume she shared what I recently told her.”
“She did.”
“Then I’m sure you understand the future we may be facing.”
“I wonder if there will come a time when you feel it necessary to share your REAL secret.”
Who wants to guess Paws’ secret?
Let’s place our bets here!
My money is on “he’s the god of dungeons”
a god, definitely. I hopped aboard that train ages ago
Not betting, but my intentionally-wrong guess: he’s actually the Emperor; he’s trying to collapse his own empire before it destroys itself, because he’s decided that running an empire is less fun than building it in the first place.
OMG! Secrets? Rikki, I am your FATHER
ooooh Paws bond up (which happens only as you progress the story, like in Persona 5)
…I gotta point out, the energy here is perfect for reading Amadeusz’ lines as though voiced by Xemnas. (Or any other cartoonishly evil series supervillain.)