Please understand. What your mother did is not your fault.

I have always considered you my daughter, no matter what blood you carry.

I do not know how true his words were. He seemed to have almost an unwordly aura about him.

But I can't take that chance. I apologize for the melodramatics of this whole ordeal.

If your group truely intends to stand against him, I will do what I must to help you.

I don't know how you all plan to do it. I know of the blockade, and as you come as torchbearers of Ion, I imagine you're seeking to prevent an all-out war.

But however it happens, Lumines, you must see to it that your mother's crystal is safe.

I don't have any promise he still has it. I don't know how many other families he's hurt in similar ways. If he's so willing to resort to holding the dead hostage he's likely extorted more families than ours.

You need to stop him, and get her back.

Father. I promise you.

I will get her back.

We will stop his ambitions, no matter the cost.