Brady: Ah, if it ain't Inigo.
Inigo: .....
Brady: Hey, Inigo? Can ya hear me?
Inigo: .....
Brady: Inigo! Ya listenin' to me!? Don't ignore me!!
Inigo: Huh — w-what, Brady? You surprised me... what's wrong, speaking up in such a loud voice all of a sudden?
Brady: "All of a sudden" like hell! I've been callin' at you for ages!
Inigo: Wha — really? Ahaha... sorry about that.
Brady: Seriously... what're ya daydreamin' about anyway?
Inigo: Um... no, it's nothing.
Brady: Let me take a guess. You're imaginin' yourself dancin' over at the plaza where the festival grounds are?
Inigo: .....!! N-no way! O-of course not...
Brady: Come on, I hit the bull's-eye on that one. Your eyes are dartin' around and everythin'. You suck at lyin'.
Inigo: I-I'm not lying. There's no way I'd think about something like that! We're in a battle right now, you know? The only thing that's in my head right now are Risen, Risen, and only Risen!
Brady: The hell, "Risen, Risen, and only Risen"? That's pretty intense, in that case.
Inigo: R-right right, a little intense, maybe. My mood's gotten a little impatient because we need to hurry up and beat all these Risen, you know. So it's not like I thought that watching the festival might inspire some new choreography! Or that after the festival restarts, I want to make the people of this town smile with my dancing! Or that the sight of the festival is burnt into my eyes and that I want to make use of that for dance practice! I didn't think about any of that at all! Not one a bit, okay!
Brady: ...... you're just diggin' yourself into a hole, y'know. If you didn't notice, I dunno, your idiocy is almost freshin'.
Inigo: Nngh...
Brady: Well, I knew you were thinkin' that, anyway. I heard about your dream here and there since long ago, so of course I'd understand. Especially with that distant look of yours and all.
Inigo: Haha... I give up...
Brady: .....
part 2
Inigo: .....
Brady: Still imaginin' yourself dancin', Inigo?
Inigo: Aah, Brady. You saw me again, huh... honestly, it's a little embarrassing.
Brady: Not really. It's your dream, after all.
Inigo: W-what's with you all of a sudden... it's disconcerting, being answered so earnestly... ah, I get it. Could it be that you started thinking about wanting to perform in this plaza too?
Brady: You're... half right.
Inigo: Half?
Brady: Do you... remember that promise we made a long time ago?
Inigo: Promise... did you and I make a promise about something?
Brady: Yeah... I remembered, when you said before about how you wanted to make the people of this town smile with your dancin'. We made the promise when we were tiny brats, so I dunno if you'd remember somethin' like that...
Inigo: What kind of promise?
Brady: ... that we'd fulfill the promise our mums made in their stead.
Inigo: .....!!
Brady: I'll play the violin, and you'll dance to it.
Inigo: ... and then we'll go around to all the towns and their festivals and ceremonies, and we'll showcase our performance to all the people there. To those who suffered during the war, spreading smiles and joy to as many people we can...
Brady: Right! Hell, you remembered after all.
Inigo: Mm... doing what we can to comfort and cheer up many people. This is what our mothers had promised to each other in our future of despair...
Brady: But our mums died before they could achieve their dream... so the least we could do is to promise that we'd make their dream come true in their stead, yeah?
Inigo: ... mm. That's right. Why did I forget all about this until now...?
Brady: Well, we've been through a lot, y'know. That world was harsh enough that we never had the time to even think about somethin' like dreams.
Inigo: Even so... not even remembering something this important is just... I... ... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... Mother... Maribelle...
Brady: Nngh... *sniff*... don't cry, idiot... you're a man, remember?
Inigo: Uuu... you're the only who shouldn't cry, with that scary face of yours...
Brady: Shit... calling it scary was unnecessary, damn it... why the hell are two assholes like us crying at each other in the middle of a battlefield anyway...
Inigo: I don't know.... this has turned into a frightening scene, thanks to you... ..... ... hey, Brady. Do you still want to try and fulfill this promise?
Brady: !! Of course I do. Since I remembered and all, I'm plannin' on tryin' again... if I didn't, I wouldn't be talkin' to you like this, y'know.
Inigo: I see. In that case, I'll try again as well, so I'll be able to fulfill this promise too.
Brady: And in order to do that, we ought to hurry up and clean this place up. ... I'm done cryin'. Let's go, Inigo.
Inigo: Got it, Brady.
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