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Ultimate Beauty
Ranzal: Plus this small mountain'a groceries!
Ranzal: This much should serve everybody for a week. ...Or me for tonight.
Cleo: Watching you carry all that is making me nervous. It's piled so high, you can't even see where you're walking.
Ranzal: Bwa ha ha! Don't worry about me—I got these streets memorized back to front.
Ranzal: I could get home with my eyes cl—
Zardin: Oof?!
Cleo: You were saying?
Cleo: I'm terribly sorry, sir. Are you all right? I'll see this walking bicep is disciplined.
Zardin: It will take more than a mere apology to right this wrong, my good woman!
Zardin: Just look what you've done to me!
Ranzal: Ah geez, I'm really sorry, buddy. You break somethin'?! I'll call ya a—
Zardin: It is far worse than breaking a silly bone. Look what you've done to my HAIR!
Ranzal: Your...
Cleo: ...Hair?
Zardin: Yes, my hair. The radiant locks located directly above my perfect face?
Zardin: My bangs—which frame said perfection— are COMPLETELY out of place!
Euden: Er, sorry. You injured your...bangs?
Zardin: Just look at my reflection!
Zardin: My perfectly sculpted hair is utterly... Oh. Oh, MY. Even with tousled hair, I look absolutely stunning!
Zardin: It just needs a little... There we are!
Zardin: Back to beautiful, just as I was before THE INCIDENT. Even more beautiful, in fact!
Zardin: Dear me. In fixing my hair, I've gone and ascended to a higher plane of beauty.
Zardin: Ahh, it's too striking! My reflection is dangerously stunning!
Cleo: I don't see a difference.
Ranzal: Uh...buddy?
Ranzal: Seems like you're okay there, so we're gonna go ahead and take off.
Zardin: Halt, cretin! You disheveled my hair!
Zardin: That's a capital offense, and I demand satisfaction this instant!
Ranzal: Wait, ya mean a duel? ...With ME?! Buddy, yer nuts!
Cleo: Someone's being unreasonable, and it ISN'T Ranzal. How very novel.
Zardin: I will brook no debate on the subject. Have at you!
Zardin: ...Ahh! That was close.
Zardin: The wind nearly knocked my hair back out of place.
Ranzal: Hey, Euden? Mind if I end this so we can get goin'?
Euden: I think that may be for the best.
Ranzal: Right. Think fast, pal!
Zardin: WAUGH?!
Ranzal: I'm gonna call that a victory. Take care now, yeah?
Zardin: MY HAIR! You've ruined it again—AND you put M-M-MUD on my perfect face!
Zardin: Get back here this instant, you cur! I shall hound you to the ends of the earth until I receive suitable satisfaction!
Zardin: Come baaack!
The Smiling Duo
Euden: Er, sorry. Were you talking to me?
Euden: It's hard to tell sometimes when you're staring into that mirror.
Zardin: Hence the reason I called your name. Now, where is that uncouth rogue?
Zardin: I demand satisfaction!
Euden: You still haven't looked up from the mirror.
Euden: Are you SURE you want to duel with Ranzal? Because you don't actually seem all that interested in it.
Zardin: Simply stunning... I may be even more beautiful today than I was yesterday.
Euden: Oh, you're a real looker, all right. Now how about we forget all this nonsense and go have some lunch?
Euden: C'mon, it's time to eat.
Zardin: ...My word! This is absolutely delicious!
Zardin: I demand to know who is responsible for this meal!
Cleo: That would be me.
Zardin: What a splendid array of flavors! Truly marvelous.
Zardin: And speaking of marvels...
Zardin: Even while eating, I continue to be the very picture of angelic beauty!
Zardin: Hmm... Perhaps it's actually...adorable? Charming? Oh, but it's so hard to say.
Cleo: How can he eat AND talk while looking at that mirror?
Euden: I caught him staring at it during combat the other day.
Euden: It's almost impressive.
Cleo: I must say, I've never seen someone lose a duel because they were too busy preening.
Zardin: Hah! I could have easily defeated Ranzal had I not been distracted by the mirror.
Zardin: Yet mine is a face that refuses to be ignored. Truly, such transcendent beauty is more curse than blessing!
Zardin: And I bear it with SUCH uncommon grace.
Euden: I'm surprised you don't just polish your sword to a mirror shine and use that.
Euden: Eh, sorry. That was uncalled fo—
Zardin: That's IT!
Zardin: You're brilliant, Euden! An absolute genius!
Euden: Er...it was a joke.
Zardin: Euden, you may be the first person to truly understand my beauty.
Zardin: ...Hmm? Hold a moment. Now that I look closer, you're rather handsome yourself.
Zardin: It must be fate that's seen our paths cross. How blessed by fortune am I!
Zardin: Let the world take heed: as of today, we are officially partners in perfection. The Face Twins, they shall call us!
Zardin: You're obviously thrilled, I'm sure?
Euden: I politely—but VERY firmly—decline.
Zardin: Aha ha ha! There's no need to be bashful, my brother in beauty!
Zardin: Cheers, then! To our pulchritudinous partnership!
The Mirror Wielder's Artiface
Zardin: Ah, I may be more beautiful today than ever before!
Zardin: Don't you think, Euden?
Euden: This REALLY isn't the time!
Euden: Look out! Behind you!
Ruffian A: Oi! Ya mocking me, dandy?! DIE!
Zardin: Well, THAT won't do.
Euden: He dodged?! But...how?! He was completely distracted!
Zardin: Kindly keep your hideous reflection out of my precious mirror.
Zardin: HAAAH!
Zardin: Heh heh... I'm beautiful in victory, in a commanding sort of way.
Zardin: Don't you agree, Euden?
Euden: Wow. I've never heard of someone using a mirror to eliminate their blind spot.
Zardin: Yes! Yes! You understand the subtler qualities of my swordplay!
Zardin: Ah, Euden, you are truly a rare friend!
Euden: Ha ha...ha?
Zardin: You have inspired me!
Zardin: Behold, my most secret of techniques!
Ruffian B: Nice day for a friendly chat, innit? Too bad I gots to run ya thro—
Zardin: Hmm, hideous. Absolutely hideous. This ought to brighten up that dour complexion!
Ruffian B: COR BLIMEY! ME EYES!
Euden: He reflected the sun with his mirror...
Zardin: This ends now!
Euden: ...This is actually amazing.
Euden: He was staring at himself in the mirror the entire time but wiped them out anyway.
Zardin: Impressed, Euden?
Zardin: I'm more than a ridiculously beautiful face. My bladework is rather handsome too, no?
Euden: I can't speak for the beauty part, but I don't deny being impressed.
Zardin: Hmmm...
Euden: ...Why are you staring at me?
Zardin: You've keen eyes and discerning tastes, Euden.
Zardin: A far cry from all the other churls who mocked my fighting style in the past.
Zardin: I knew ours was a rare and precious partnership! Don't you think, partner mine?
Euden: Er... You know what? Sure. At this point, I'm not even going to fight it.
The Narcissist's Rage
Ranzal: It's gotta be the boss of all them fiends around here.
Ranzal: Good thing I like a challenge!
Zardin: *sigh*
Ranzal: Uh...ya okay there?
Ranzal: That sigh was pretty intense, even for you.
Zardin: Well. The boor speaks. And just whose fault do you think it is I'm IN this state?
Euden: Psst! Do you remember bumping into him when you dodged that attack a while back?
Euden: Apparently you broke his mirror.
Ranzal: Wait, what? Oh man, I'm real sorry 'bout that. It's just that when I start fightin' I—
Zardin: How is my hair? Is there dirt on my face? My sanity hangs by a gossamer thread!
Zardin: Someone bring me a shiny object! I'LL TAKE ANYTHING I CAN GET!
Cleo: I really don't think this is the time for that particular conversation, people!
Cleo: The fiend is bracing to attack!
Zardin: I can't be here right now. I have to get back to the castle and retrieve one of my spare mirro—
Euden: Zardin, LOOK OUT!
Zardin: Waugh!
Euden: ZARDIN!
Zardin: M-my face... This filthy fiend cut my FACE!
Zardin: A smudge of dirt or dust and I might have just killed you...but a CUT?!
Zardin: Prepare to suffer unimaginable pain, fiend!
Zardin: HAAAH! HRAAAH! YAAAAAAAH!
Euden: He's completely overwhelming it! By HIMSELF!
Ranzal: Whoa...
Ranzal: I had no idea the guy was that strong. ...I shoulda smashed his mirror ages ago.
Zardin: BEGONE!
Ranzal: That was amazin'! It's completely changed the way I see y—
Zardin: No one cares about any of that! NOW BRING ME A MIRROR!
Zardin: I have a CUT on my FACE!
Cleo: You're going to be all right. Here, have a look for yourself in this glass.
Cleo: A shallow nick like that will heal in no time, with nary a scar left behind.
Zardin: Y-you're certain?
Zardin: Oh, whew... This face is all I have left to remind me of Mother. If I—
Zardin: AHH?!
Euden: What's wrong?!
Zardin: This...this is unthinkable. My sweat-slick hair, my grit-stained cheek...
Zardin: They're absolutely stunning!
Zardin: I just fought a grueling battle, and I am GLOWING!
Zardin: Thank you, Ranzal! This is an incredible discovery, and it never would have happened if you hadn't broken my mirror!
Zardin: Thank you, you magnificent cretin!
Ranzal: Uh...sure? Don't really get it, but hey. What're friends for, yeah?
Who's That in the Mirror?
Euden: I'm glad to hear it.
Euden: Cleo was right. Not a scar in sight.
Zardin: It's a huge relief.
Zardin: This face is the only connection I have left to my mother.
Euden: Your mother? How do you mean?
Zardin: Curious to hear about my past, mmm?
Zardin: Well, all right! You've twisted my arm, you devil, you!
Euden: I really haven't.
Zardin: My father was apparently the lord of a sizable region.
Zardin: That is, until he was taken in by a con man and lost a colossal sum. He was hit hard, and his people even harder.
Zardin: They rose up and killed him just before I was born.
Euden: Zardin, I'm so sorry.
Zardin: When I was born, Mother took me to live in the forest on the outskirts of the city.
Zardin: She put all she had into raising me there.
Zardin: She would leave for the city at dawn to work and come home ragged at sundown.
Zardin: Even so, the smile never left her lips.
Zardin: It was a humble life, but we were happy.
Zardin: But one day, a sudden illness claimed her.
Zardin: It left me all alone.
Euden: You've been through quite a lot.
Zardin: Shortly before her death, my mother said something that nearly broke my heart:
Zardin: ＂I'm sorry you were born to such a mother.
Zardin: ＂But I want you to live strong and proud. That is my last and only wish.＂
Zardin: Ever since, I've struggled and strived.
Zardin: I gained the strength and skill I needed to make it on my own in this world.
Zardin: ...But it was terribly lonely.
Zardin: There was a time I nearly gave it all up to go and join my parents.
Zardin: But then I noticed my reflection in the mirror.
Zardin: And there was Mother, looking back at me. I looked just like her.
Zardin: It gave me the strength to keep going— that day, and for many after.
Zardin: Whenever I see my face, the loneliness all dissolves away and I'm filled with energy and drive.
Euden: You know, I think I get it.
Euden: Your face has gotten you through hard times.
Zardin: Yes... It was very important to me.
Euden: ＂Was＂? It isn't now?
Zardin: I've noticed my reflection looks different lately. ...Happier.
Zardin: Still striking and gorgeous and all the rest, mind you, but the smile is softer now.
Zardin: And I have you all to thank for that.
Zardin: Just between us, I like this new face better.
Zardin: So I plan to stick around.
Zardin: How could I leave when my partner in perfection is here?
Euden: I'm happy to hear it, Zardin. Partners it is!