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 *'''Riven''': And perfectly harmless.
+===Arc Charges objective===
+*'''Osiris''': You'll need Sol Divisive signatures to pick those locks.
+===Light the Torches objective===
+*'''Mara Sov''': Their corruption may reshape these halls. Deal with them, before the path collapses around us.
+''Or''
+*'''Petra Venj''': These braziers stabilize the pathways of the Confluence, much like Ascendant beacons in the Ley Lines.
+===1st objective complete===
+*'''Petra Venj''': The Scorn moving through the Confluence have a rare level of organization. They're normally more of a brute force. Not prone to executing ambushes or tactical maneuvers.
+*'''The Crow''': Unless they're following orders from someone. Keep an eye on their leaders.
+''Or''
+*'''Mara Sov''': If the Techeuns were not occupied, we might arrange alternate passage.
+*'''Riven''': What timid adventurers we find these days. You want reward without danger.
+*'''Mara Sov''': Unnecessary risk is folly.
+*'''Riven''': It is... entertainment.
+''Or''
+*'''Osiris''': Every time we encounter the Sol Divisive in these pathways, their code burrows into everything they touch.
+*'''The Crow''': Maybe something they picked up from the Black Garden? Everything in there has a tendency to get under your skin.
+*'''Osiris''': That would be a nefarious development, and given the engrained Darkness we've been detecting in their radiolaria...
+*'''The Crow''': I'll let the Techeuns know after we clear this wing. We can help them sweep for any assimilating stowaways.
+===Complete===
+*'''Mara Sov (Riven)''': The Queen's Wrath. Always coming up short. To think all your righteous vengeance amounted to this.
+*'''Petra Venj''': Is that all you have for me, Riven? I've told myself worse for years.
+*'''Riven''': Your loyalty will doom you, Petra. Free yourself.
+''Or''
+*'''Riven''': Do you still watch over your Corsairs, Petra? They all make the same wish, week after week: to escape.
+*'''Petra Venj''': I don't know why I thought you'd be above twisting the knife.
+*'''Riven''': Perhaps, like your queen, I enjoy seeing dangerous creatures trapped in a cage.
+''Or''
+*'''Petra Venj''': The chamber is clear. The Techeuns will alert us when they've found the next egg.
+*'''Riven''': You know, I respect you quite a bit. I honestly thought you'd have given up by now.
+*'''Petra Venj''': You first.
+*'''Riven''': You're a victim as much as I am. She's ruined us both, you know. Why not you in her place?
+*'''Petra Venj''': Each offer is less tempting than the last. You must be hungry.
+''Or''
+*'''Riven''': Isn't it unfortunate your City hunted down all of my kind, Osiris? You might have wished for Saint-14's return from the Forest.
+*'''Osiris''': And have him trade the Vex's torment for yours?
+*'''Riven''': Perhaps you simply didn't want him back badly enough to pay the price.
+*'''Osiris''': Save the bait for someone naïve enough to take it.
+''Or''
+*'''Riven''': Alliances are fragile things. What happens when the threat of extinction is past? Take care you do not end up a pawn of greater powers. Remember, O Guardian mine: none of us are to be trusted.
+''Or''
+*'''The Crow''': Every time we go up against the Scorn, I think about how they're cursed too. Reanimated and doomed to an existence of pain, all because... I wished it.
+*'''Petra Venj''': That's not on you. Riven, as usual, twisted your desire to help someone in need.
+*'''The Crow''': Yeah. A lot of help I was, huh.
+''Or''
+*'''Riven''': You still wear your desires on your sleeve. Friends. Forgiveness. It could all have been so easy.
+*'''The Crow''': It's not supposed to be easy.
+*'''Riven''': For you, it never will be.
+''Or''
+*'''The Crow''': No Taken incursions, no Dark Ether pollutants... time looks normal. I think that's a wrap, Guardian.
+*'''Riven''': Is it? I think, there's more you want out of this. It's on the tip of my tongues.
+*'''The Crow''': I'm not interested in anything you're selling.
+*'''Riven''': I don't sell, I grant. I give, graciously and fully. I'm your chaperone to happiness. But what wouldn't you give to have her back?
+*'''The Crow''': You know me... which means you know I'm prone to emotional outbursts. You wanna keep pushing this?
+*'''Riven''': [chortles] I'm sorry. That was rude of me.
+''Or''
+*'''Riven''': I remember each wing's construction. I rendered architecture from reality, and shaped something beautiful. I seeded the arboretum, laid crystal and dust where your witches designed your tightly bound demands.
+*'''Mara Sov''': We conjured the first steps. Watched together as the realm formed out beyond our sight. You chose to be my enemy.
+*'''Riven''': Captive. Enemy. Captive. These things come in rhythms.
+*'''The Crow''': Riven, we're not trying to trick you. I'm sure you can understand the hesitance coming from this side too.
+*'''Riven''': Yes, I'm brimming with empathy.
+''Or''
+*'''Mara Sov''': You never saw the Dreaming City at its height, Guardian. Perhaps you've grown accustomed to the blights and Scorn. But it was peaceful once.
+*'''Riven''': [scoffs] What do Guardians care for peace? They want to slay dragons.
+''Or''
+*'''The Crow''': I heard you're concerned about the new clutch of wish-dragons.
+*'''Petra Venj''': Just planning for the future.
+*'''The Crow''': As the Regent should... You're not alone. The Vanguard could help.
+*'''Petra Venj''': The Hunt was instigated by the Warlocks of the City, yes.
+*'''The Crow''': It's a different age. The Ahamkara aren't the only ones who deserve a second chance.
+''Or''
+*'''Petra Venj''': The last time Ahamkara roamed free, they reshaped Venus. Unraveled reality itself.
+*'''Riven''': Reality didn't suit the Guardians of the past. They wished to shape it accordingly. We merely... obliged.
+''Or''
+*'''Riven''': It was your City that called for the extinction of the Ahamkara. They believed the risks too great, the cost too high. But you understand the true value of power, O murderer mine.
 ==Gameplay==