User:Blood Ox/Dialogue/The Flooded District

Found
Whaler 1: "This is the one who was with the Empress when she died. Poisoned. Tyvian stuff."

Whaler 2: "Amateur work. He'll live."

Whaler 1: "That's up to Daud."

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Daud: "I know a great deal, bodyguard. I recognize those marks on your hand. A gift from your friend, the one who talks to you in the dark. Talks to you when you visit his shrines. I've visited those shrines too. And I know what it felt like to shove a blade into your Empress. But I don't know you, who you are and who you fight for. You're a mystery, and I can't allow that."

At the top of the refinery
"Why would he come back here?"

"Hard to say, but we should watch the streets. We'll see him from the rooftops."

"Alright. If nothing else, we can cut him off at the market."

"He can't get through the rail station without the key."

"This one is resourceful. He'll find a way."

Corvo's Gear
Two Whalers are talking near the hideout.

Whaler 1: "I do not understand. Corvo's weaponry is of great quality. If Daud will not use it himself, why don't we simply cast lots for it?"

Whaler 2: "What I do not understand is why you are voicing your complaints to me and not to Daud himself."

Gate-bound
In the lower hallway.

Whaler 1: "You're geared for field work."

Whaler 2: "I have a job tonight."

Whaler 1: "What's the delay?"

Whaler 2: "I am gate-bound, not river-bound."

Whaler 1: "And Daud holds the key to the tunnel, and has asked not to be disturbed. Is that it?"

Whaler 2: "Correct."

Whaler 1: "This prisoner we took, the bodyguard who was with the Empress, seems to trouble him gravely."

Whaler 2: "Yes. I feel that we've reached a turning point tonight."

Whaler 1: "Yes. Good luck on your assignment. When you are permitted to leave."

Training
In the training room, one Whaler is being taught by another. Only the teacher speaks.

"For your next trail, you must move unseen. Stay in shadow and avoid the light.

Cross to the other side of the room without attracting notice."

The student sneaks to the other side of the room.

"Very good. I did not see you approach. Now, attempt a transversal.

Do not focus on your destination with your eyes – that is folly, and will limit the potential of the power.

''You know the layout of the room. Instead, focus on where you wish to be standing, and it will be so."''

The student transverses several meters.

"Excellent. We have no more to teach you for now. Return to your place of rest. Your real work with us begins tomorrow night."

A Whaler reports to Daud (several variables, needs more work)
Whaler: "Master…"

Daud: "What is it?"

Whaler: "Corvo's vanished from confinement, from the whole area, and the men on duty swear they saw absolutely nothing. It sounds impossible, I know. The Greaves Refinery's restarted. What do you make of it?"

Daud: "That he knows your work better than you do. Deal with the sentries as you see fit. As for Corvo, I suspect that in time he will come to me here. He'll have to."

Daud's plea
"I have one more surprise for you. I ask for my life.

When I killed your Empress and took her daughter, something broke inside me.

Now, I see the design on the back of your hand, the mark of the Outsider himself, and I remember all I've done.

The years of waiting for the right moment to step forward from an alley and drive a knife between the ribs of some noble.

''All the money exchanging hands, from one bastard to another. Killing for one of them one year, then being paid to kill him in return the next.''

I remember bending at the shrines, listening as the Outsider whispered that I was going to change things, that I was somehow important.

It felt good, made me believe I was powerful.

''But what have I accomplished? More than you have, or much less?''

''Now I want nothing but to leave this city. And fade from the memory of those who reside here. I've had enough killing.''

So my life is in your hands.

Make your choice."

When Corvo walks away, Daud says one more line before blinking away.

"And you choose mercy. Extraordinary."

Plague victims (I should add the coughs and moans some other time)
"I can't…see anything. I must be…be in a basement?"

"There's no hospital, I told you that. You think they round people up because there's a cure?"

"They're city guards!…They're…supposed to…to protect people!"

"They did. They protect the healthy people from people like us. The sick ones."

"I'm not…that bad. Some people pull through. Right?…Don't they?"

"One in a thousand. Ten thousand, probably."

"Any chance.. I'll take…When I get out of here…and get better…I'm going to do right this time…A fresh start. This time…"

"Goodbye, my boy."