CHAPTER IV: BATTLE IN THE BED DESERT
[A man in shrine knight garb stands amongst several troops in a small half-ruined fort in the dessert.]
BALK: ...They're all spread? Nice wind. Should be enough to float them around in the air for most of the day.
[All turn as Ramza's company approaches.]
BALK: Uh-oh...Didn't think I'd see you here...
RAMZA: What are the Shrine Knights doing here? You said, 'spread'... What the hell did you spread?
BALK: Wanna know...? I guess I can tell you because there's nothing you can do now.
RAMZA: Spill it! What did you spread?
BALK: This!
[Balk throws a small explosive device in the direction of Ramza's party. All of them fall to the ground, sick.]
RAMZA: Poison!?
BALK: That's right. I spread this to the Hokuten Province. Any soldier who inhales this will be too sick to fight!
RAMZA: The High Priest doesn't want Goltana to win the war!
BALK: That's correct. If the Hokuten can't fight their best, the Nanten will open the fortress... Totally annihilating it. Making it a good chance to kill Goltana and Orlandu. Of course, plans are set to kill Larg in the confusion. It'll probably be easier to kill him in the confusion over the poisoning.
RAMZA: What!?
BALK: You should be happy! The war will end! From now on, we'll be the center of authority! The people want that! No more of you aristocrats ruling the kingdom.
RAMZA: I won't let that happen! I'll end the war differently!
BALK: I knew you'd say that!
[BATTLE BEGINS]
BALK: What are your plans after this war? How are you going to clean up rotten Ivalice? You should know. Unless you cut out the rot, the same thing happens over and over.
RAMZA: Cutting's your only solution? Not everyone's rotten! There're many people who aren't! There should be other solutions besiudes war!
BALK: There are no other solutions! As long as you're aristcrats [sic], we'll be exploited! There's no such thing as equality! One side is always being exploited! Then I wanna be on the 'exploiting' side! After I overthrow you!
RAMZA: The same thing will repeat itself! You're only thinking of yourself! Someday, you'll be overthrow by somebody else!
BALK: You're being an idealistic hypocrite!!
[BATTLE ENDS]
BALK: Dammit! I'm not going to die in a place like this.
[Balk collapses. Ramza looks off into the distance.]
RAMZA: I have to hurry...
BALK: ...They're all spread? Nice wind. Should be enough to float them around in the air for most of the day.
[All turn as Ramza's company approaches.]
BALK: Uh-oh...Didn't think I'd see you here...
RAMZA: What are the Shrine Knights doing here? You said, 'spread'... What the hell did you spread?
BALK: Wanna know...? I guess I can tell you because there's nothing you can do now.
RAMZA: Spill it! What did you spread?
BALK: This!
[Balk throws a small explosive device in the direction of Ramza's party. All of them fall to the ground, sick.]
RAMZA: Poison!?
BALK: That's right. I spread this to the Hokuten Province. Any soldier who inhales this will be too sick to fight!
RAMZA: The High Priest doesn't want Goltana to win the war!
BALK: That's correct. If the Hokuten can't fight their best, the Nanten will open the fortress... Totally annihilating it. Making it a good chance to kill Goltana and Orlandu. Of course, plans are set to kill Larg in the confusion. It'll probably be easier to kill him in the confusion over the poisoning.
RAMZA: What!?
BALK: You should be happy! The war will end! From now on, we'll be the center of authority! The people want that! No more of you aristocrats ruling the kingdom.
RAMZA: I won't let that happen! I'll end the war differently!
BALK: I knew you'd say that!
[BATTLE BEGINS]
BALK: What are your plans after this war? How are you going to clean up rotten Ivalice? You should know. Unless you cut out the rot, the same thing happens over and over.
RAMZA: Cutting's your only solution? Not everyone's rotten! There're many people who aren't! There should be other solutions besiudes war!
BALK: There are no other solutions! As long as you're aristcrats [sic], we'll be exploited! There's no such thing as equality! One side is always being exploited! Then I wanna be on the 'exploiting' side! After I overthrow you!
RAMZA: The same thing will repeat itself! You're only thinking of yourself! Someday, you'll be overthrow by somebody else!
BALK: You're being an idealistic hypocrite!!
[BATTLE ENDS]
BALK: Dammit! I'm not going to die in a place like this.
[Balk collapses. Ramza looks off into the distance.]
RAMZA: I have to hurry...
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