atailoftwoworlds | Quotes from Scenes Part II

Leaving Lindblum for the Outer Continent - talk with Regent Cid

Dagger
"I make no excuses for my mother's behavior, but I shan't forgive Kuja for taking advantage of her!"
"But first, we must rescue Steiner and the others..."

Regent Cid
"I'm afraid I can't spare any soldiers. They must remain to protect our citizens."

Zidane
"Hey, Dagger. I'm telling you, they'll be fine."
"The best dragon knight of Burmecia, the female general of Alexandria, and Rusty... How could they lose?"
"Besides, you have me to protect you!"

Dagger
"Then I'll look for Kuja."

Leaving Lindblum for the Outer Continent - conversation between Dagger and Zidane

Zidane
"I wonder what Brahne is going to do..."

Dagger
"Zidane..."
"Do we really have to go to the Outer Continent...?"

Zidane
"Hey, what's up with you? You said you wanted to go."

Dagger
"What if..."
"What if something happens to you or Vivi...?"
"I might not be okay on my own."

Zidane
"Are you worried about me?"

Dagger
"What? Well, I mean, um..."
"A princess needs her elite guards, you know...?"
"I'd be stranded without you guys!"

Zidane
"Are you trying to flatter me by calling me your elite guard?"

[Dagger looks pissed off]

Zidane
"Sorry, I was only kidding."
"You'll be fine with me."
"What about you, Dagger? We don't know anything about the Outer Continent."

Dagger
"I've made up my mind."
"I don't want my mother to commit any more atrocities."

Zidane
"Alright, then. I'll protect both you and Vivi!"

Dagger
"Thank you..."

Hitting on Lani in Fossil Roo

Lani
"I've been looking for you, Princess Garnet."

Zidane
"H-Have we met?"

Dagger
"(Quit flirting with her!)"

Zidane
"Yes, ma'am..."

Entering Conde Petie

Zidane
"We came all this way, and there's still no Mist at all..."
"Yeah, and what a weird-shaped... village? What is that thing?"

Dagger
"Maybe it's a temple of some kind."

Quina
"Is very delicious shape. Inside might have fine cuisine!"

[Quina goes into building for food - yay!]

Zidane
"Geez... All s/he ever thinks about is food."

Dagger
"Well, all you ever think about is girls..."
[Dagger goes into building]

Zidane
"Uh, that's right! My mind is filled with thoughts of...you!"

Vivi
"..."

Zidane
"..."

[Vivi goes into building]

Zidane
"Maybe I'm trying too hard..."

Meeting Dagger and Black Mages in Black Cat Synthesis Shop in Black Mage Village

Dagger
"Oh, Zidane..."

Zidane
"What's up, Dagger?"

Dagger
"I was telling them why we're here."

Zidane
"Why are we here?"

Dagger
"Zidane!"

Zidane
"It's just a joke. Geez, don't get mad."

Dagger
"Can't you see, I'm trying to make them understand?"

Black Mage No. 32
"What's a 'joke'? Is it scary?"

Zidane
"It's something funny! Right, Dagger?"

Black Mage No. 192
"You don't seem so bad."

Black Mage No. 32
"'Cause you're here to fight the bad guys!"

Zidane
"That's right!"

Dagger
"You're unbelievable, you know that?"
"Hey, where's Vivi?"

Zidane
"I don't know where he went..."

Dagger
"That worries me..."
"I'm going to look for him!"

[Dagger exits, lol]

Zidane
"H-Hey, Dagger!"
"Not again..."

Zidane's Past - this one has references to corporal punishment if that makes you uncomfortable

Dagger
"Zidane... Vivi just walked out."

Zidane
"Maybe he's letting us have a little romantic quiet time."

Dagger
"I'm serious!"

Zidane
"...I wouldn't worry too much."

Dagger
"But..."

Zidane
"He's trying to figure something out for himself."

Dagger
"......"

Zidane
"Think about it..."
"Vivi's never met black mages like himself before."

Dagger
"But what if they're being mean to him, or saying nasty things?"

Zidane
"Do you really think the people of this village gathered to do something like that?"

Dagger
"......"

Zidane
"Maybe... Just maybe, he'll find what he's looking for."

Dagger
"...Find what?"

Zidane
"A place to call home."

Dagger
"Home...?"

Zidane
"Yeah... A place where he belongs..."

Dagger
"Hey, Zidane... When you said home..."

Zidane
"What's the matter? Can't fall asleep?"
"How about a bedtime story? Let's see... Once upon a time..."

Dagger
"There you go again, teasing me..."

Zidane
"Once upon a time......there was a man."
"There was a man who didn't know where he came from..."

Dagger
"...Zidane?"

Zidane
"This man had longed to find his birthplace ever since he was a small child."
"His birthplace. A place he only remembered in his dreams..."

Dagger
"Why...?"

"He wanted to know more about himself, maybe. About his parents, the house where he was born..."
"One day, the man left and went on a quest to find the answer."
"His only clue was the blue light he saw in his dreams..."

Dagger
"A blue light?"

Zidane
"Yeah. He thought it might be a memory of his birthplace. An ocean, maybe...?"

Dagger
"Did he find it?"

Zidane
"Hey, you're jumping ahead. A lot of things happened along the way."
"Alright, we can skip ahead... No, he never found it."
"How could he? His only clue was a colored light."
"So he went back to the home of his adoptive father..."

Zidane
"What do you think his father did when he came home?"

Dagger
"...Welcome him home?"

Zidane
"No way!"
"The father raised his fist and beat the son he had worked so hard to raise..."

Dagger
"Why?"

Zidane
"I don't know..."
"But you know what surprised him even more?"
"The father smiled, after beating up his son!"
"Can you believe that? He just gave his son a beating."
"But this is what the man thought when he saw his father smile..."
"This is my home. This is the place I call home."
"The man is still looking for his birthplace. But he already has a home. Maybe..."
"...it's the same for Vivi. He's looking for a place to call home."

Dagger
"I wonder if Vivi will stay in this village?"

Zidane
"Who knows... that's for him to decide."

Leaving the Black Mage village in the morning

Dagger
"Really?"

Black Mage No. 144
"Yeah, I think that's what you're looking for."

Dagger
"Thank you!"

Zidane
"What's up, Dagger?"

Dagger
"Zidane! Someone saw a silver dragon in the northwest part of this continent."
"The people of Conde Petie said there was a place called Sanctuary, where entrance is restricted..."

Black Mage No. 144
"I think this 'Kuja' said something about a secret being hidden on this continent."

Zidane
"You heard him say that?"

Black Mage No. 144
"Yeah. Something about the source of the Mist..."

Dagger
"Maybe we can find out more if we go there. And maybe save my mother..."

Zidane
"Right..."

Dagger
"Oh, where's Vivi?"
"If Vivi says he's staying behind..."

[Enter Vivi]

Vivi
"Wait for me!"

Dagger
"Vivi?"

Vivi
"Everyone in this village asked me to see the outside world and tell them about it."

Dagger
"I see..."

Zidane
"Oh, man! I thought Dagger and I'd get to spend some quality time together."

Quina
"What you say?"
[Enter Quina]
"You no can leave me here. I starve."

Zidane
"Oh yeah, I forgot about you..."

Zidane
"Hey, mister... Are you the holy guy?"

David Heavenguard
"Aye. Ah'm Father David."

Zidane
"What are you doing, hanging around this hallway?"

David Heavenguard
"Well...a priest has much tae worry aboot, ye see?"

Zidane
"Yeah...whatever. Look, we wanna get past this village."

David Heavenguard
"Hmph! Tradition states that only those who undergo the ceremony kin approach the Sanctuary."

Zidane
"So, what the heck is that ceremony about, anyway?"

David Heavenguard
"Well, after a man an' a woman are blessed in holy union, they leave oan holy pilgramage tae the Sanctuary."

Zidane
"So...basically it's a wedding... and a honeymoon, right?"

David Heavenguard
"Ah dinnae ken yir words, lad, but methinks ye understan'."

Dagger
"So we can go to the Sanctuary if we undergo that ceremony, right?"

Zidane
"Oh, hey, Dagger! So yeah, that's the deal."
"Whaddya think? We can go if we get hitched. But there's no way we'd actually-"

Dagger
"Let's do it."

Zidane
"What!?"

David Heavenguard
"Sae ye wantae be joined, eh? The ceremony's only fer dwarves, see..."
"...But we have sae few young folk nooadays. We're doon tae ninety-nine couples."
"Ah was worryin' aboot that very thin'..."
"But what's the hairm? Now we can have oor hundredth ceremony!"

Zidane
"..."
"Uhh... Dagger? Wh-What's going on?"

[Scene changes to ceremony]

David Heavenguard
"Speerits o' the moontain, Speerits o' the wood..."

Zidane
(Uh... Now, how did I get into this?)

David Heavenguard
"Watch ower this man an' woman as they begin their journey..."

Zidane
(We gotta do this ceremony to get past this village...)
(And only a guy and girl can have the ceremony...)

[Flashesback to ceremony preparations]

Zidane
"Now, hold on a sec, Dagger!"
"Don't you get it? This is marriage, m-a-r-r-i-a-g-e!"

Dagger
"No kidding... But we have to do it to go on, right?"

Zidane
"Yeah, but... But that's not reason enough!"

Dagger
"Oh, come on."

[Back to present]

Zidane
(What is she thinking?)
(She's supposed to get angry and say no way!)

David Heavenguard
"...In sickness an' in health..."

Zidane
(Of course we're just trying to get past this village...)

David Heavenguard
"...Have the strength to cairry ye through the trials..."

Zidane
(Could it be that she... likes me?)

David Heavenguard
"...An' the wisdom tae follow the path..."

Zidane
(Gotta admit, I was pretty deep that night in the black mage village. Maybe that's when she fell for me? I'm such a stud!)

David Heavenguard
"May the blessin's o' heaven be upon this man an' woman!"

Zidane
"Dagger! Now we're man and wife!"
"Time for the kiss..."

[Tries to kiss her but she walks away and he falls flat on his face.]

Zidane
"Playing hard to get, eh?"

That manly bonding scene.
Zidane
"Vivi..."
"You better get some sleep before we leave tomorrow."

Vivi
"I tried to stop worrying about things, but I just can't."
"I know you told me not to think too much, but..."

Zidane
"That's because we're different, Vivi."
"You don't have to do everything my way, you know?"

Vivi
"I want to stop... I don't wanna feel like this anymore."
"What if I keep feeling like this?"

Zidane
"Vivi..."
"Well... In the end, it boils down to two simple choices."
"Either you do or you don't."
"You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers."
"It's not fair..."
"...but that's the way things are."
"The choice is yours."

Vivi
"Zidane..."

Zidane
"I just wanna protect the people I'm with."
"Doesn't matter whether I can or not. It's what I believe in."

[Screen moves so we can see Eiko eavesdropping]

Eiko
"I knew it! I was right!"
"Zidane is the man for me!"
"He's right. You either do, or you don't."
"My choice is clear! I wanna go with Zidane!"

Zidane
"You wanna know a trick to get your mind off things?"

Eiko
"Okay."

Zidane
"This is an age-old ritual between male friends!"

Eiko
"Uh-huh."

Zidane
"Come over here, Vivi. Let's go together."
"Doesn't it feel nice to let yourself go under the stars?"

Eiko
"......"

<Tinkle.>

<Tinkle tinkle>

[Eiko, not surprisingly, gets very disturbed and runs off]

Madain Sari - the Memory Earring gets stolen

Zidane
"What's going on, Eiko?"

Eiko
"It's... It's..."
"The precious stone that has been passed down in this village for generations is gone!"
"My grandparents said..."
"They said that we should take care of it because it's a symbol of the summoners' heritage."

Zidane
"Well...how about crying for a change? It'll help."

Eiko
"I'm not gonna cry! I'm a grown-up now, and crying won't help one bit!"

Zidane
"Alright. How about we start looking for clues?"

Dagger
"I'll help, too."

[Everyone looks around]

Eiko
"Is it..."<Hiccup.>"Is it my fault?"<Hiccup.>"Is it 'cause I broke my promise and opened the Iifa Tree's seal?" <Hiccup.>"Everyone...everyone was watching over the stone."

Zidane
"Eiko?"
"It just happened that way! It wasn't your fault."

Eiko
<Hiccup.>

Zidane
"Besides, we're the ones who made you open the seal!"
"You understand, right? The real villain is the thief who stole it."
"So, let's just look for some clues and get that stone back, okay?"

Eiko
<Hiccup.>
"Okay!"
"I wasn't going to cry, you know. After all, I'm a grown-up!"

Zidane
"We know, Eiko. But if you feel like crying, just cry."

Eiko
"I'm gonna go pray to my grandparents! I'll be right back."

[Eiko leaves. Zidane scratches his head, then turns to Dagger]

Zidane
"If you need to, you can cry, too, Dagger."
"My shoulder's always available."

Dagger
"Yeah, thanks."
"What about you, Zidane?"
"What do you do when you need to cry?"

Zidane
"Oh, I get real clingy when I'm sad!"

Dagger
"Cut it out!"

Zidane
"Hey, I was serious."

Dagger and Zidane boat scene

Dagger
"Zidane..."

Zidane
"It's okay. Keeping singing. 'Cause it's our song, right?"
"I'm surprised you found this place."
"You got the talent to be a bandit! How 'bout you and me team up? We'll call ourselves 'The Betrothed.'"

Dagger
"My talent's up to snuff, but that name isn't."

Zidane
"Hehehe. You're really something these days."

Dagger
"If I am, I must've gotten it from you."

Zidane
"Naw... It's all because you made the effort to learn."

Dagger
"No, it's because you stuck with me."
"Without you, I couldn't have made it to Lindblum, much less seen a whole new continent."
"Everything I tried to do on my own was a total failure. I couldn't stop my mother..."
"At times I almost lost hope..."
"You helped me so much... Not just you, either."

Zidane
"Yeah... Vivi and Eiko helped out at the Iifa Tree. Quina was real helpful when we left the continent."
"Freya, Steiner... and even Beatrix, who I thought was our enemy."

Dagger
"I haven't forgotten... I want to believe everyone is alright, but sometimes I just can't."
"I hope I can live up to the hopes of everyone who has helped me."

Zidane
"You don't have to feel so responsible, Dagger."

Dagger
"But I do!"

Zidane
"Nobody wants you to feel that way."
"They didn't do it all for you, either. Each was following his own path."

Dagger
"His own...path?"
"Well, what about you?"

Zidane
"Huh?"

Dagger
"Why did you come with me?"

Zidane
"Hey, that's Ipsen's line."

Dagger
"Ipsen? Who's that?"

Zidane
"Ipsen is a character from a play, but he's a real-life adventurer. I think the play is based on his adventures."
"It kind of goes like this..."

"Ipsen and his good friend Colin worked at a tavern in Treno."

"One Day, Ipsen got a letter. The letter was so wet from rain that most of the writing was illegible."

"The only part he could read said "Come back home." Nowdays, we have airships and stuff, but back then, it was really hard to travel."

"He didn't know why he had to go back, but he got some time off, gathered his things, and set out on his journey home."

"He walked a thousand leagues through the Mist. Sometimes he was attacked by vicious monsters, but he made it, because his friend Colin was by his side."

"And then, after much time on the road..."

"He had to ask Colin something."

""Why did you come with me?""

Dagger
"And? What was Colin's answer?"

Zidane
"Only because I wanted to go with you."

Amarant (Red-haired man) joins the group

Zidane
"What now? You want some more, eh?"

Red-headed Man
"The victor lives, the defeated die, you know the rules."
"Your actions yesterday were incomprehensible to me."
"Tell me! Why didn't you kill me!?"

Zidane
"Well, that's a tough question..."
"Are you really that unhappy that I let you live?"

Red-headed Man
"I'd rather die as a warrior than live as a beggar."

Zidane
"Then come with me."

Dagger
"Zidane!"

Vivi
"What!?"

Red-headed Man
"What are you after?"

Zidane
"Follow me and maybe you'll understand."
"Besides, you're pretty good in a fight."
"We could use someone like you. We're hunting a man down."

Red-headed Man
(Hmph. His only constant is his unpredictability...)

Zidane
"Huh? You say somethin'?

Red-headed Man
"Very well. I'll find out what makes you so strong."

Iifa Tree - Zidane and Amarant argue

Zidane
"Kuja went down that trunk."

Eiko
"Say, Zidane... How are we gonna get up there?"

Zidane
"Can't we climb there?"

Eiko
"Not me!"

Vivi
"M-Me neither."

Dagger
"I don't think I can, either."

Zidane
"We came all this way... Now what?"

Amarant
"What's the problem?"
"You should just go by yourself!"

Zidane
"We gotta go face Kuja together."

Amarant
"How did this wimp end up beating me?"

[Amarant walks towards Zidane and nearly knocks Vivi and Eiko over]

Vivi
"Whoa!"

Eiko
"Hey!"

Zidane
"Hey, Amarant! Watch where you're walking!"

Amarant
"'He who hesitates is lost.' You'd best remember that."

Eiko
"You almost knocked me down!"

Zidane
"Well, I prefer 'My way or the highway.'"

Amarant
"Whatever. Like you actually have a plan."

Eiko
"Oh yeah, smarty-pants!? Don't forget you're the one that lost to Zidane."

Amarant
"Shut up, brat."

Zidane
"A plan...huh?"
"That's right, Amarant! You owe me one, remember? It's payback time!"

Amarant
"Shoot."

Zidane
"There's some gargant grass around here, so a gargant can't be far. I want you to catch one for me."
"Then we can all get on and ride it to the top."

Amarant
"Why should I do all that when I could just take the kids up myself?"

Zidane
"Huh...?"

Amarant
(How'd I ever let this dimwit beat me?)

[Amarant picks Eiko and Vivi up]

Eiko
"H-Hey!"

Vivi
"Whoa!"

[Amarant, Vivi and Eiko jump down and disappear]

Zidane
"He sure has spirit."
"Alright, Dagger... I'll just carry you piggyback."

Dagger
"Huh? Hey! Zidane! Wait just a-"

Zidane and Dagger argue about whether or not to go and help Brahne at the Iifa Tree.
Zidane
"Amarant's right. Let's split before we get dragged in."

Dagger
"No... I can't... I can't let anything happen to my mother."

Zidane
"Dagger?"

Dagger
"Zidane, I... I have to save her!"

Zidane
"Uhh, Dagger? She extracted eidolons from you and started a war!"

Dagger
"I still don't want her to die!"

Zidane
"But she didn't care one bit whether you lived or died!"
"You don't have to call her mother anymore!"

Dagger
"She's my only mother!"
"I don't care if you don't understand!"