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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: July 17, 2015, 12:45 pm
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       Chapter 19
       They had to brace on the door to unblock it. Then, they opened
       it carefully, and the warm air of the night came inside the
       building. The young man had managed to convince his partner.
       Above them, the leaves of the trees were filtering the light of
       the stars.
       "What's that?" Tidus asked.
       He was pointing at metallic pillars as large as his fist, at
       regular intervals between stone slabs. Far above the two young
       people, the pillars were supporting a wire network on which
       leaves were clinging, like a creeper vine would. Yuna had never
       seen such a plant.
       "This camouflage hides the building", Tidus said joyfully. "The
       place looks like any forest plot, from above. We've been
       completely taken in!"
       Yuna was preoccupied with something else.
       "Along the path, we've been led by the pieces of fabric to a
       specific place. We've encountered a problem, someone has come to
       rescue us, and we've woken up inside the building, is that
       correct?"
       Tidus acquiesced, unsure.
       "It's quite easy to recognize this entrance," he noticed while
       sweeping the place with his eyes. "We've never come here, so
       that means the place we're looking for is ahead of us."
       "Which place?"
       "The place of our accident."
       He unseathed his rapier before resuming:
       "Let's go take a look."
       He set off with a careful step. Yuna followed him. She was
       trying to convince herself that everything would be fine. Even
       if they had encountered a mysterious difficulty, they had found
       some help to overcome it. The young woman, who was refusing to
       give in to panic, decided to be optimistic.
       They progressed slowly for a few minutes, then Tidus stopped.
       "Look," he whispered.
       He was showing the hill they could observe through the leaves.
       In the light of the stars, the statue of Luchera was standing
       out from the landscape.
       Tidus could not help shouting.
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       Impatient, they flung themselves along the path.
       "That was a man?"
       "No, a woman, I think."
       They stopped suddenly and exchanged a incredulous look :
       "Luchera?"
       On a part of the path, the relief of the ground hid the top of
       the hill. When they were able to see it again, they seemed to
       notice a silhouette. They set out again on the double.
       Yuna was feeling safe. The unknown person did not mean any harm,
       she was sure of that. She had seen them swinging, slowly.
       When they finally reached the top, the silhouette was still
       dancing.
       "She's wearing the same clothes as you," Tidus noticed.
       "Was it her who helped us?"
       "That's a possibility. Look, isn't she performing a sending?"
       In Tidus' mind, every dance was a sending.
       "No," Yuna answered. "We can't see the souls of the dead. It
       would be fluttering in the night like a firefly."
       Sometimes, it was difficult to discern it. But Yuna had never
       failed. For a summoner, the most important predisposition was
       the sensitivity to pyreflies.
       "And the moves are different," Tidus added.
       "That doesn't mean anything. The choreography is specific to the
       summoner, and some of them don't dance at all."
       "Then why do you dance?"
       "Because there exist people who can't see souls. In this case,
       how are they supposed to know if the one they love was sent
       correctly ? The dance of the officiate enables the concerned
       people to keep a strong memory of the ceremony. But a lot of
       people don't know that."
       She kept quiet and put down her weapon on the ground. After a
       moment of hesitation, Tidus imitated her.
       "We are sorry to disturb you," she began.
       The silhouette stood still, then beckoned to them.
       "Allow me to present me," Tidus said lightly
       Yet, his expression was very serious.
       He is overdoing it, Yuna thought. However, she decided to let
       him lead the conversation.
       "Good evening," the unknown woman answered. "The stars are
       wonderful this night, are not they?"
       She was little. In the middle of her thin face, flanked with
       black curls, her big eyes and her dimples drew attention. A wide
       dress, girded around the waist, was covering her thin body as
       far as the ankles. Her head reached Yuna's eyes in height.
       No wonder I mistook her for a boy, from afar.
       "I am Tidus."
       "And I am Yuna."
       The woman nodded :
       "Kush."
       Tidus let out an exclamation of surprise. Kush smiled, which
       illimunated immediately her face.
       "Like the goddess of abundance?" Yuna asked.
       "I do not look like her, I know," the young woman answered.
       The young summoner stammered, embarassed.
       "I have taken this name on," Kush explained. "I am not a
       divinity. This is a tradition, or a rule, to my people. After my
       death, someone else will become 'Kush'".
       It made Tidus speechless.
       "Who are your people?"
       "The citizens of the holy Bevelle."
       Yuna had never read a book or met someone mentioning Bevelle
       with this qualitative.
       "Have you never heard of this place?" The frail young woman
       continued.
       "The city is governed by gods?" Tidus asked. "But then... gods
       exist?"
       Yuna feared that Kush got angry with them, but the young woman
       was smiling once again, and her dimples grew hollow.
       "The city is on the authority of a religious government, which
       is mandated by gods. At least, that is what they affirm. As for
       the existence of divinities, the simple action of asking such a
       question could cause you serious problems."
       "Oh..."
       Tidus looked around him, anxious.
       "Do not worry. Nobody can charge you with blasphemy or heresy
       anymore. In my opinion, I do not trust in them. But faith allows
       people to find some common ground. In the course of the seasons
       and our lifes, we join in the same rituals, and we understand
       that we are linked with each other, that we live in the same
       world. This is what happens when we take the name of a divinity
       on too. Incidentally, yet again, a ceremony is celebrated."
       She indicated the sky with a finger :
       "What is the name of the brightest star?" She asked.
       "The Navel of the night," Yuna answered.
       "Blitz Star!" Tidus announced at the same time.
       "We call it Anli's Eye, Kush replied. He is the God who protects
       travellers."
       She laughed and Yuna could not help doing the same.
       "We have grown up in different worlds, and we are now gathered.
       Is not that wonderful?"
       They agreed at the same time, and she resumed :
       "But that is not what you want to know."
       She was not smiling anymore.
       Yuna wondered which question, among all those in her mind, was
       the most important. Tidus forestalled her :
       "Where are we?"
       The two young women found the formulation of his question a bit
       strange.
       "He means, on which island," Yuna precised.
       "Ah, I understand. I am sorry, I cannot answer your question. We
       call it 'Board of the War – South Division', but I cannot reveal
       its position."
       "Board of the War?" Yuna repeated, abashed. "South Division?"
       (Remember Kush uses the polite 'vous')
       "That is correct. Vous are a Summoner, are not vous?"
       Yuna nodded in agreement.
       "And vous are her Guard?"
       The two young people exhanged a questioning look. Tidus had been
       the guardian of Yuna. He had escorted and protected her during
       her journey.
       "That is correct," Tidus ended up answering. "The Summoner Yuna
       and her Guard Tidus."
       For a short moment, Kush's eyes appeared to search through the
       night. Yuna turned round and discovered a stocky silhouette just
       behind here.
       "Shinra?" Yuna asked.
       The newcomer was taller than the Shinra she knew, but he was
       wearing the same clothes as him : a yellow suit and a old gas
       mask.
       "It does not speak. And I rue this lack. It is a mecanical
       Bedohl. Formerly, they were more numerous, but on this day, it
       is the last one."
       She turned her palm towards the newcomer.
       "Everything is fine. They are not enemies. They are the two
       persons you carried a bit earlier, remember. Their names are
       Yuna and Tidus. You do not have to eliminate them."
       "What? Elim..." Tidus began.
       Kush interrupted him :
       "Introduce yourlselves," she ordered them. "Its visual device
       does not work anymore, and it has to use its audition to
       identify its interlocutors. It may be an end-of-life Bedohl, I
       do not know enough about its mechanism to be certain of this.
       But the false Bedohls have been built to destroy our enemies,
       therefore it will attack you if it thinks you are one of them.
       Introduce yourselves each time you meet it, and do it now once
       again, for more safety."
       "I am Yuna."
       "And I'm Tidus."
       The strange character nodded and amble back along the path.
       "What is the meaning behind those clothes and this mask?" Yuna
       asked.
       "That is a ruse. Every Bedohl wore a similar outfit. Thus,
       nobody could differientiate the false ones from the true ones."
       "I don't understand," Tidus took part. "Why were there false
       ones and true ones? And what is a Bedohl, to begin with?"
       "A inferior people which carries out work. In order to make
       their life easier, some of them create machines, including false
       Bedohls."
       "They are really great," Tidus whispered.
       "No, they are awful! It is their inventions which have triggered
       the war. We have had to control them closely. My government has
       used magic to affix a mark on the body of each Bedohl. In order
       to not let them mingle with the population, we have ordered them
       to only speak a specific language. We have put in place all
       those measures for their own good..."
       Yuna wondered if the young woman was refering to the Machina
       War. What was this magic used by her government? As for the
       Bedohls, it was reminding her of the Al Bhed. She had Al Bhed
       blood. Did her people come from the world of Kush?
       "What exactly is the mark affixed on them?" Tidus asked on a
       light tone.
       "A spiral deep in the eyes. Thus, wherever they go, they cannot
       conceal their nature."
       "She's talking about Rikku and the others!" Tidus exclaimed,
       angry. "They're not 'inferior'!"
       "They reap what they have sowed."
       "Excuse me, ma'am, but you may have noticed that I have this
       mark in my eye," Yuna spoke, respectfully. "That is because my
       mother is Al Bhed... or should I say, 'Bedohl'."
       Yuna saw surprise appearing on Kush's face. At the same time,
       the body of the young woman gleamed like a pyrefly.
       "Well! To each their own, I suppose. But tell me, Yuna, is there
       another summoner in your family besides vous?"
       "My father. He was named Braska."
       "Maester Braska?"
       "You don't know him?" Tidus asked. "He was High Summoner."
       "Please accept my deepest apologies."
       If they were in a different world, it was natural that nobody
       heard of Braska, Yuna thought.
       "Kush," the young woman began. "May I call you, Kush, m'am?"
       "Naturally."
       "How have our two worlds met? When did they become separate?"
       The young woman frowned but did not answer. For a few moments,
       she gleamed faintly, then became transparent. Tidus let out an
       exclamation of surprise, but she did not move. Calmly, Yuna held
       out her hand and touched Kush, who shone even more. But this
       time, instead  of disappearing, the gleam spread, more and more
       glaring, until the body of the woman break up into a myriad of
       pyreflies.
       "The Summoner," Yuna whispered, "where is he?"
       Kush was dispersing in the wind. Without letting herself become
       overwhelmed, the young woman shouted:
       "Where is the Summoner?"
       He was certainly close.
       "I want to meet him and talk to him. We just want to go back to
       our world. If you know a way to do it, tell us. Please!"
       Kush had disappeared, but the pyreflies were still there, around
       the two young people, more and more numerous.
       "Watch out!" Tidus shouted.
       He drew Yuna against him and embraced her. Now, the entire
       landscape was gleaming : the lights were still dancing in the
       breeze.
       The island was the fruit of a summoning. It was the result of
       pyreflies. Yuna had not felt well because of this massive energy
       concentration. The phenomenon was no different from what you
       felt if you was too close to Sin. As the hours passed, she had
       been accustomed to it. Unless the Summoner had recently
       intervened...
       I will now use some of my magic, but it will not be easy, a
       voice declared.
       Yuna thought Tidus had spoken, but the sound appeared to come
       from the pyreflies. They were connecting everything, from now
       now. And that included Yuna and the Summoner as well.
       He was a man, and Yuna had already met him. But he had obscured
       this fact.
       "I cannot erase your memories, only seal them."
       Yuna had never heard of such a advanced skill. This Mage
       certainly possessed a peerless power.
       "Yuna..." Tidus whispered. "Let's run away!"
       "Where?"
       "Anywhere."
       He held her hand and drew her away along the path, on the
       double. She followed him without enthusiasm. Running away made
       no sense, and was not necessary. Under the influence of emotion
       or embarrassment, the Summoner was not able to maintain the
       summoning any longer, that is all. She had to explain that to
       Tidus.
       But she did not manage to let out her words. Just before her,
       the silhouette of Tidus was blending into the pyreflies.
       "That's enough!"
       Surprised, the young man stood still.
       "Stop that!" Yuna yelled in front to the night.
       She raised her eyes. The gleams were ascending in the sky. Far
       above them, a star was shining strongly. Yuna would have wanted
       it to be the Navel of the night. If so, none of this would have
       happened. She would have been ignorant of this.
       "Yuna?" Tidus took apart.
       He seemed worried. He was still holding her hand. She drew him
       against her, and embraced him strongly.
       "What is happening?"
       "Don't say anything. Close your eyes. Think of me, of a
       enjoyable moment, any one."
       She loosened her grip.
       "On your knees," she murmured to him.
       She held Tidus' head in her hands and put it against her
       stomach.
       "Yuna? It hurts!"
       "Be strong!"
       She did not want him to see himself. He had not understood yet.
       "What are you thinking about? Tell me."
       After a moment of silence, he answered, with a muffled voice :
       "Your birthmark."
       "You're the only one to know it."
       She was attempting to send her consciousness after the pyreflies
       to find the summoner. It was the same technique she used when
       she gave an order to an aeon.
       Will it be a success? The last time she had made use of her art,
       it was in order to defeat Sin...
       A picture appeared in her mind. A strange group was walking in a
       forest. The forest of Besaid. Two Bedohls were holding two long
       poles which were supporting a plate on which was seated a woman
       with elegant clothes. Her thin hood let catch a glimpse of her
       black and bright hair.
       Kush.
       A soldier was leading the way. An armor made of leather was
       covering his half-naked back, a sword was hanging on his hip.
       A guardian?
       Kush turned round, apparently surprised, and the setting of the
       vision changed. Yuna was seeing a little circular room. A spiral
       staircase was standing in the middle of the room, and the rim
       was almost entirely composed of windows. Inside the vision, Yuna
       came closer to them and discovered a cove through the panes. The
       young woman was overlooking the landscape. She recognized the
       port of Besaid, only the pontoon was missing. On the floor,
       several cushions were carefully stacked near a wood bowl filled
       with dried fruits and walnuts. She was feeling the sweet and
       bitter savors coming from it.
       Our senses are in unison.
       Suddenly, a atrocious pain hurt her chest. She was submerged by
       hatred, and by a so powerful love that it appeared to want to
       spring out of the pores of her skin. She was trapped by a storm
       of feelings.
       A kick in the bowl, and the fruits scattered in the room.
       Stop, a masculine voice ordered, old and hoarse, inside Yuna's
       mind.
       "Where are you?" Yuna asked.
       I accept to meet you, but on one condition. Accord me a favor.
       "We will do our best."
       My request can definitely be carried out , but the young man
       would achieve it more easily.
       "I will tell him. What is it about?"
       After a silence, the voice answered: killing a young girl.
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: July 22, 2015, 7:50 am
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       Chapter 20
       Night fell, and Bria was walking around Besaid. He walked along
       the coast despite the boulders which were making the progression
       difficult, explored inaccesible caves and parts of the forest
       where nobody has ever gone before. He did not see anywhere the
       monstruous monk Lulu had told him about.
       As a rule, he let them rest in peace. But there were two former
       guardians in the village, and those persons could draw decaying
       spirits out. The situation would be even more complicated if
       Yuna and Tidus were present. He wanted to solve this problem
       before their return.
       He was coming closer to the hill. The Navel of the night was
       shining in the sky.
       The Navel of the night, not Anli’s Eye.
       The woman he had told that the star was called Anli’s Eye had
       been so fond of this name that she had named her little tavern
       that she inherited from her parents, after it. On the verge of
       bankruptcy, she had bet that it would have brought her luck. She
       lost that bet.
       Several warrior monks had come to fetch her to take her to the
       fortress of Bevelle. She was eight months pregnant that day. She
       had never come back. A short time later, a warrior had come back
       to the tavern with a wood box containing a newborn who would not
       stop crying :  Bria’s daughter.
       His wife had suffered a thousand tortures and, just before
       dying, had given birth to this child. The maesters of Yevon
       wanted to know where she had heard of the name “Anli’s Eye”, and
       would stop at nothing to find out. Until the end, she had
       protected Bria.
       The warrior who had brought the child to him had offered his
       condolences, then had recommended him to run away.
       He had told him his family owned an inn on the edge ofMacalania
       lake and was looking for a handyman. The warrior was named
       Gekkoh. Bria had taken an interest in the origin of his name and
       Gekkoh had glanced at him askance before telling him it
       originated from a famed ancestor.
       Bria did not know why he had asked this question. Likewise, he
       did not understand how “Anli’s Eye” had come to his mind. To
       this day, he was still ignoring that.
       Thanks to the recommendation of Gekkoh, Bria obtained the job at
       Macalania Lake. The mother of the innkeeper took care of the
       infant. Bria had named her Luchera. The name came to his mind
       instantaneously, and he had not managed to find another one
       thereafter.
       But this name had posed a problem too.
       One day, when the child was almost five years old, a monk had
       come from the temple of Macalania to ask some questions. Bria
       feared for his safety, but the innkeeper, who was a longstanding
       friend, interceded. Instead of sending a report to Bevelle, the
       monk demanded that Bria change the name of the child.
       Bria was incapable of finding another name : he was convinced
       that, whatever he choose, it would bring misfortune to his
       daughter. In the end, the monk in question and the old woman who
       took care of her decided to name her Mohra. Bria found this name
       banal, but he hoped that it would provide a peaceful life to her
       child.
       When Mohra was twenty, she was proposed to by a man. In the
       course of his visits, this regular customer had fallen in love
       with the young girl. She felt affection for the man too, and the
       union was encouraged. As long as her daughter agreed, Bria had
       no reason for being opposed to it. In order to explain the
       absence of her wife, he affirmed that she died because of a
       disease.
       The banquet took place in the huge room of the inn. Many friends
       of the groom came, and went into ecstastics in the face of the
       beauty of the bride, who was wearing wonderful wedding garb. In
       the corner of the room, Bria was observing his daughter. He was
       torn between joy and sadness.
       “You bastard!” The father of the groom had suddenly shouted.
       He had come from Bevelle for the occasion and Bria still
       remembered his voice and his breath which reeked of alcohol.
       “It’s you who killed Meroh!”
       The man told the audience how Bria had duped the woman in
       Bevelle, had meddled with their family, and had managed to
       change the name of the establishment, which had caused the death
       of the lady, Meroh.
       In the past, the man was a regular customer, and after the
       departure of Bria and his daughter, he had heard of this rumor.
       Bria denied this. Some guests evoked the existence of a double,
       others thought it was just the delirium of a drunkard. But the
       man added :
       “You’re fishy. It’s been twenty years, and yet you’ve not
       changed. I’ve lost my hair and I’ve got a paunch, but what about
       you? Nothing! What are you? A monster? An Unsent? For how long
       do you plan to stay in this world?”
       Mohra burst into tears, and the innkeepers lowered their head.
       Bria had always contented himself with a modest job and avoided
       appearing in public as much as possible.
       He let his mustache grow, then shaved it, in order to give the
       illusion of change. But he did not age, and a attentive observer
       could not ignore it.
       Out of respect for the innnkeepers, the neighbours had not said
       anything, but since her chilhood, Mohra found the situation hard
       to bear.
       Bria left. He could not talk with her anymore, but he kept
       watching over her.
       The marriage was cancelled. The next year, the mother of the
       innkeeper died. Three years later, the owner of the
       establishment and his wife left for a trip. Along the way, they
       were attacked by Sin, and none saw them again. That is right: at
       this time, Sin came back.
       Against all odds, Mohra took over the inn. But the reputation of
       the place had been affected, and there were less and less
       customers. Forced to close the inn, the young woman got rid of
       it, came back to Bevelle, and entered holy orders.
       Bria did not know what was inside the mind of his daughter and
       what was best for her. He had not the instinct of a father. He
       was not cut out for having a family.
       Mohra led a long and fulfilling life. She rose in the ranks of
       the religious hierarchy, and when she passed away, at the age of
       eighty, her obsequies were spectular. Bria attended them from
       afar. He had not changed since her birth.
       By a cruel quirk of fate, he was incapable of remembering the
       face of his wife. He only remembered the words of their first
       conversation. Sitting down in a shabby tavern, he listened to
       the other customers and that is how he learnt that the daughter
       of the innkeeper was named Meroh. She was a hard-working and
       conscientious young girl, morevover without specific charm. But
       Bria did not care about that, and he came back to see her, day
       after day, attracted by her name. He had the impression that
       this word contained the key to a secret buried in the depths of
       himself : why he did not age.
       His former life, that is before he met Meroh, was bound to a
       mystery. As if his memory was nibbled by worms, composed of
       disjointed snatches. His twenty-five early years had been
       swallowed by a dark hole.
       He thought that if he managed to fill this gap of memory, he
       would be appeased and could finally die.
       As centuries passed, while he was feeling guilty because of what
       had happened with Mohra and Meroh, he kept believing that.
       How long has it been since that time ? Maybe a thousand years.
       Only fragments of memories remained in his mind.
       He spent most of his time as a warrior-monk in Bevelle. As soon
       as a comrade noticed Bria did not age, he resigned and
       disappeared. He kept a low profile about fifty years, while
       waiting for those who knew him to die. Then he went back to
       military life, in Bevelle once again, because he thought he was
       closer to the key to the mystery over there. He was wrong. He
       must have had to come to Besaid much earlier.
       "But this is not my first visit… Well, I don’t think so."
       A memory of the temple of Besaid came into his mind. At that
       time, there were only two High Summoner statues.
       "And that hill…"
       He had climbed it so many times! The scupture of a young
       teenage-like girl was standing on the side of the path.
       Bria closed his eyes.
       Only two High Summoner statues. At that time, the one of the
       goddess had already disappeared.
       No, they are two different periods. But howewer hard he tried to
       search his memories, he could not learn anything else from them.
       Sometimes, days were so similar that it was difficult to
       remember the past. That was not the case for Bria. Someone had
       stolen his story.
       Who could be so maleficent?
       He decided to go back to the village to talk with the elders.
       They always narrated to him the same anecdotes, and Bria could
       recite their entire life by heart. They had led humble lifes, in
       the shadow of the teachings of Yevon, but as days passed, Bria
       liked them more and more.
       “Kuut ajahehk.”
       Bria turned round and discovered beings with absurd faces. The
       one who had spoken was a blond-haired boy, who was wearing big
       protective eyewear, whilst night had fallen. Beside him, a man
       with a wild look was exhibiting his torso and stomach, naked and
       tattooed with flames. Some friends of Yuna.
       “Kuut ajahehk.”
       The tatooed man greeted him in his turn, in Al Bhed,
       indifferent. Bria trembled. Al Bhed had renounced the teachings
       of Yevon, but that was not what caused his hatred. He hated
       their language. It reminded him of sadness and anger. He turned
       his back on them, waiting for them to leave.
       “Is he ignoring us?” The boy wearing glasses asked.
       “Because we’re just dirty Al Bhed. Ra'c mucehk rec rayt,” the
       tatooed man spat.
       Bria was feeling sick.
       “Eh, wait a minute!” A feminine voice added. “What are you
       doing, Brother?”
       Bria heard people approaching. Some friends of Yuna once again,
       he supposed. The girl who speaks loud and the calm and
       short-haired woman. His only wish at the moment was for them to
       quickly go on their way.
       “This old man is disrespecting us,” the boy wearing glasses
       answered.
       Bria turned round in order to apologize, but he found himself
       face to face with the tattooed man.
       The Al Bhed was staring at him, scowling. He was so close that
       Bria could see the spirals in his eyes.
       “Mind your manners, sickening Bedohl!” Bria exclaimed.
       He spit in the face of the tatooed man, who stepped backwards.
       The Al Bhed seemed saddened.
       “It was a joke!” He protested on a pitiful tone.
       Bria stepped backwards in his turn. He was astounbed by his
       words. Where did they come from? Probably from the place where
       Anli’s Eye, Luchera and Meroh were imprisoned.
       “Big bro behaved badly, but that isn't a reason to spit in his
       face!” a feminine voice said.
       “Don’t interfere, Rikku!” The boy wearing glasses answered.
       “It was a joke!” the tattoed man repeated.
       “Our peaceful party comes to an end,” a child’s voice took
       apart.
       Bria turned his head.
       “A false Bedohl!” He exclaimed.
       Under the influence of emotion, his sight became blurred. He did
       not know anymore what was standing in front of him.
       These glasses, this gas mask, this yellow suit… there was no
       doubt about it.
       Gunshots behind me. A Bedohl in yellow, with a clumsy walk.
       Smoke is still escaping from the barrel of the riffle he is
       tightening under his left arm. I do not know how many bullets he
       has fired.
       Turning his nose up at the man wearing glasses and his tattoed
       comrade, disdaining the two women, he headed for the false
       Bedohl. But his legs were so weak that he lost his balance. He
       held himself up as he could. He must have been appearing very
       clumsy in their eyes. To think that these subhumans were going
       to laugh at him!
       One of their people has killed me.
       Submerged by anger, he unsheathed his dagger.
       “He’s serious?” A voice exclaimed.
       The short-haired woman stood in his way and, with a kick, took
       his dagger away from him.
       She is not a Bedohl, he thought, just as he received a blow on
       the back of his neck.
       He fell down.
       “What are you talking about?”
       The half-naked Bedohl kneeled down and lean on him. Under her
       slender muscles, we could barely make out her ribs. Bria
       suddenly felt a desire he had not experienced for a long time.
       “Why?” He exclaimed.
       For a Bedohl?
       “That's my question! They just greeted you.”
       She leaned on him even more closely.
       “Pfft…” She let out with a scornful tone.
       Embarrassed, he turned away. He looked at the false Bedohl, who
       was walking slowly towards him.
       “You’ve been saying Bedohl since our meeting. What is that?”
       “Don’t come closer!”
       Bria was about to lose consciousness.
       The Bedohl has slapped the woman. I have wanted to go for his
       throat, but Ifahnal has held me back.
       Ifahnal ?
       A second slap, and Kush has opened her eyes.
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: July 22, 2015, 8:00 am
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       [center]
       Chapter 21
       He suddenly opened his eyes while shouting "Kush", and then he
       lost consciousness once again. What is wrong with him? Rikku
       asked.
       Wakka was not looking at Bria, but Lulu, who was silent.
       "Was it necessary to tie him up?" He asked with a careful tone.
       Lying before the stele standing on the top of the hill, bound
       hand and foot, Bria was still uncouscious.
       "Whose side are you on?" Rikku responded to him.
       "He's not a poor sod," Wakka protested. "I've only known him for
       one month, but he doesn't content himself with his work at the
       temple. He takes part in the chores of the village. And the
       elders like him. If they were to see him in this state... it
       makes me shudder."
       "Yes, but..." Rikku started to protest.
       "Originally, it was Brother who provoked him," Paine declared
       calmly. "Admittedly, he got out a knife but I don't think it was
       intented for one of us. I've had the impression he was seeing
       someone else. He was... staring into space."
       "He was completely out his mind. This guy is dangerous."
       "Say, Lu, what do we do?" Wakka asked.
       "Something is wrong with him," Lulu said, "but we can't leave
       him here, in public view. The elders like him... We should take
       him to his room. Over there, we'll be able to examine him."
       She nodded, resolute, and turned towards Buddy and Brother, who,
       seated on the ground, were listening in silence. They
       immediately leapt to their feet.
       "You two, take him to the room."
       "Ihtancduut," Brother shouted, standing at attention.
       "Let's go," Wakka said, "I'm worried about Vidina."
       "Why?" Lulu asked.
       "Because I left him with the grandmothers!"
       "I trust them more than you to take care of him..."
       "You're unfair!" Wakka exclaimed, indignant.
       Paine laughed quietly.
       "No laughing when Yuna's not here!" Brother added, who was
       helping Buddy to stand Bria back up, and left him untied from
       now on.
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: July 22, 2015, 8:05 am
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       [center]
       Chapter 22
       But where was Yuna?
       The young woman had wanted to isolate herself. Tidus had
       insisted that Yuna does not move away too far, in order for him
       to hear her whistlings if need be. She had left just past noon.
       The sun was going to set, and she had not come back yet.
       Tidus had settled himself in the room where they had regained
       consciousness. He followed the hallway and went out. Though the
       leaves of the trees, he was distinguishing the statue of
       Luchera. Another silhouette was standing near her.
       "Yuna!" He shouted.
       She turned and waved at him. But she was not looking at the
       right place. The trees were certainly preventing her from seeing
       him.
       "Sir Tidus..."
       Kushu appeared before him. He had understood that she was not a
       woman, but he did not know her true shape. Yuna cetainly knew,
       but she had not said anything, and he was refusing to ask her:
       he did not want to be unpleasant with her.
       How about asking the right person?
       "What are you, Kush ? Well, I mean..."
       "Vous do not know ? I am an aeon."
       "Oh!"
       "Lady Yuna did not tell vous about our request?"
       "About what?"
       "We asked her to do something, but our conversation was two days
       ago, and..."
       "What do you want from us?"
       "Not both of you. Only vous, Tidus," Kush answered with a smile.
       Her dimples were very lovely.
       "go ahead and ask me."
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: July 23, 2015, 8:23 am
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       [center]
       Chapter 23
       They took Bria to his cell, in the temple, and tied him to a
       pillar. Then Wakka and the Gullwings went back about their
       business. Bria was not really unconscious, but rather in a deep
       sleep. The monk who lived in the temple was looking after him.
       Lulu, hanging back, swept the room with her eyes, greeted the
       clergyman and went out in her turn.
       This man had arrived in Besaid about ten years earlier, and was
       currently in charge of  welcoming the public, both the
       inhabitants of the island and the tourists. This mission
       guaranteed him very busy days, but apart from that he hardly
       spoke. Therefore, it was difficult to know more about him, yet
       Lulu trusted him. After the fall of Yevon, he had responded to
       the anxiety of the oldest villagers. She had observed him for a
       long time, therefore she knew that he was open-minded and
       practical.
       He had reassured everyone, explaining that it was the teachings
       which were at fault, not the villagers.
       At that time, there was another monk living in Besaid, but he
       had turned into a monster. Before that, he was a man in the
       prime of life, whose head was divided by two thick eyebrows.
       More than a clergyman, he was an dogged scholarly person. When
       he was not in his cell surrounded with his books, you could find
       him in the holy of the holies that he cleaned and watched,
       zealous.
       Since Yuna had defeated Sin, people had caught sight of him
       hanging around here and there on the island.
       I wonder what he was doing, Lulu thought.
       He had arrived at the temple three years earlier, and had spent
       all this time between these walls.
       After the fall of Yevon, he has maybe discovered an interest for
       the outside world.
       Two months earlier, she had learnt he had to return to Bevelle.
       Bria had come to replace him. A short time afterwards, the monk
       had disappeared in the dead of night. Witnesses had caught a
       glimpse of him, late at night, and early morning, he was no
       more. It would have been impossible for him to return to the
       Citadel in the meantime. Not to mention he had not gathered his
       things, and had left his belongings behind him.
       Not surprising, since he has turned into a monster!
       Lulu had seen him with her own eyes, trampling while letting out
       this strange cry : "Bria Bria Bria". This was not an auditory
       hallucination, she was sure about that.
       She turned round to gaze one last time at the door of the cell.
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       Hidden behind the temple, Shinra saw Lulu returning to her tent.
       Then he whispered in al bhed :
       "She's finally gone."
       "Let's end this," Brother answered in the same language.
       "Okay, you deal with the monk while I talk with Bria."
       "I want to talk with him too!"
       "No, you make too much noise," Shinra responded to him.
       "You damn brat!" Their leader protested.
       "Shh! There's no time to lose."
       "All right. Gullwings, men's section, let's go!"
       They slipped to the entrance. Hardly had they crossed the heavy
       leaf when the monk noticed them.
       "Did you forget something?"
       Brother nodded and headed to the door located under the stairs.
       "This is the room of the High Summoner," the monk informed him.
       "Ah?"
       Brother changed direction and came closer to the other door.
       "You did that on purpose, right?" Buddy teased him.
       "Zip it!"
       "Anyway," Shinra took apart, "there's no point in all three of
       us meeting with Bria. That's not what we agreed to do."
       "All right, I don't like to seem rude, but I don't have the
       choice," Buddy pointed out before throwing himself on the monk.
       The monk tried to run away, but the Al Bhed was faster. He
       caught him up, grasped him round the waist and joined his hands
       together around the man. The monk could not move at all.
       Straight after, Brother removed the polarizing glasses Poto was
       wearing and put them on the face of the clergyman.
       Ignoring the protests of the victim, he burst out laughing when
       he saw the long eyelashes and the big eyes of Buddy. Straight
       after, he increased the light filtration of the glasses to the
       full.
       "I can't see anything ! What did you do?"
       "It's necessary for the time being," Buddy explained. "Now, go
       for the mouth!"
       Brother gagged the monk with his big hand.
       "I will let you take care of him," Shinra declared before
       crossing the door which led to the cells.
       He heard what may be a noise of struggle, but he had just
       entered Bria's room, and he was petrified by a piercing look.
       "Close the door behind you," the prisoner ordered quietly.
       No, alone, I am not up to it, I need some help, the boy thought.
       Yet, he complied obediently.
       "Good Bedohl."
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: July 24, 2015, 5:31 pm
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       [center]
       Chapter 24
       Yuna had decided to walk around the island, alone, because
       staying with Tidus was too difficult. She had returned to the
       starting point, the circular room, but had not found a solution
       to the problem. She wishes she would have been able to share the
       pain inside her with her partner, to give him some relief. Was
       she in the wrong? Maybe could she save him from this suffering.
       But another problem was preoccupying her...
       "Killing a young girl."
       If she told Tidus about the request of the summoner, would her
       former guardian accede to it? Maybe, if he thought he could
       please Yuna. Egocentric thought, she was aware of that, but she
       knew that the young man was often eager to please her.
       "No", she declared aloud, "he would never do that, even for me."
       "Vous wanted to be alone?"
       Kush was standing against the altar, under the gaze of the
       statues.
       "No, but staying with him was too difficult for me. I'm bad at
       hiding, and he always manages to know what I think. His
       considerations are hard to bear..."
       Kush shrugged and laughed quietly.
       "What?"
       "He said the same thing. And he understands very well your need
       of solitude. Vous are very fortunate."
       Yuna had the impression that Kush was making fun of her. She
       wanted to object, but changed her mind: after all, she was
       talking to a swarm of pyreflies.
       She quickly came closer to the altar. The Aeon Core stepped
       backwards but Yuna grasped her hand and concentrated. Kush's
       skin began to shine.
       "Is that your opinion, Summoner?"
       Such aggressiveness.
       "That's because you're unreasonable. You remind me of
       Yunalesca."
       The Summoner Princess? You are offending me.
       "Could you at least tell me your name?"
       He did not answer.
       Yuna turned towards the statues and began to enumerate them :
       "Luchera, Guard, Alb, Valm, Kanaela, Sloan, Meiyoh, Mikka,
       Gekkoh, Romand, Anli, Ifahnal..."
       Kush's silhouette trembled.
       "Ifahnal ? 'Grant us beauty'?"
       It does not look like me.
       "Then what's your real name?"
       Johit. From Muca.
       "Muca?"
       South of the continent.
       "Ah, Luca."
       Probably.
       "Would you accord me an interview?" Yuna asked in the same
       respectful tone as Kush.
       There was a silence, then a throat clearing.
       Very well. But I am an Unsent, and I wish to disappear only when
       I will have decided it. Do I have your word?
       "I promise you, I will not send you into the other world. Where
       do I have to meet you?"
       Stay here, I am going to prepare the place of our meeting.
       The illusion was so powerful that Yuna had forgotten everything
       around her was summoned. These events were unprecedented for
       her. Her and him practiced the same art, but they mastered very
       different techniques.
       This is normal, Johit declared. We have contemplated a identical
       reality, but we have not understood it in the same manner, and
       each of us has believed in a distinct illusion.
       Kush was fluttering like the scorching summer air, and was
       shining so strongly that Yuna had to protect her eyes.
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: August 14, 2015, 9:17 am
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       [center]Chapter 25
       "My memories are back!"
       Bria was lying on the floor, tied up, but still impressive.
       Shinra had never met such a man.
       More than ever, the boy was delighted to have chosen one day to
       hide behind his glasses and his mask and to join the Gullwings.
       His lack of experience, because of his young age, was a problem
       that his brilliance did not manage to resolve. Worse still, he
       had been the chosen victim of mocking and bullying. His getup
       hid his distress or his tears, but he could not prevent his
       voice from trembling.
       He decided to stay silent until he regain his composure.
       Fortunately, his interlocutor appeared to not care about being
       the only one to talk.
       "Numerous memories have come back into my mind. Yet, a
       conversation between a Bedohl and myself seems like a new
       experience, currently. A brat, to be sure."
       Shinra shrugged. He did not feel up to do more.
       "But I've lost comrades because of underestimating a child due
       to his youth, so..."
       Bria shook his head, as if to show that he will not repeat this
       error. He wriggled to sit up straight, cross-legged. On his
       guard, Shinra was waiting for the next move of the prisoner. Was
       he going to tell him how his comrades had died? If he was going
       to do so, there was a good chance that he would lose his temper,
       and the situation could become dangerous...
       But the man changed the subject.
       "You don't intend to call for help ?"
       Shinra shook his head. Bria grumbled and stayed quiet. Relieved
       by his mutism, the boy began to examinate him. His hair and his
       mustache were hiding his face, and it was difficult to discern
       his expression. His faded look seemed to hide a secret. Shinra
       did not trust this man, and he knew it was the same for Lulu.
       For a moment, Bria stared at Shinra in turn, before lowering his
       eyes.
       "Leave me alone," he whispered.
       His back suddenly stooped, as if the arrogance that had been
       supporting him so far had disappeared.
       It was the perfect time to leave the room, the boy thought.
       "What is a  Bedohl? Why do you call me that, sir?"
       Shinra had spoken with a tone more polite than the prisoner
       deserved, and he regretted it. But rephrasing it was not an
       option: that would lead him to admit that he had made a mistake.
       The man sit up straight with a sour laugh
       "All the Bedohls were like you. Now, people say "Al Bhed". In
       the past, a man named "Alb" was their leader. Some people called
       them "Alb's Bedohls" or "Albedohls". It's the Church who's
       decided to call you "Al Bhed". A name easier to spew out, I
       guess. It's just a simple patch, like all the teachings of
       Yevon."
       "I didn't know. Nobody has told us about this."
       This admission was not showing his best light to to the
       prisoner, but he paid that no mind. His main objective was first
       to draw his interlocutor out. Bria nodded kindly.
       "Since it's origin, this world was governed by beings endowed
       with supernatural abilities. Those who have predispostions to
       magic and mastered it have always been given an advantage, and
       they have jealously guarded it until now. The daily life of the
       destitute people has been cruel for a long time. Think
       carefully: back in the days, magic was the only way to produce a
       flame. The Bedohls are the ones who have turned the tide. Their
       inventions have been called "machines" or "machinas" and have
       spread out all over the world. Of course, the people in charge
       did not appreciate that. But they knew the Bedohls were useful.
       Instead of forbiding them, they tried to find a way to take
       advantage of them. 'To coexist and to prosper', that was their
       motto."
       Shinra was hanging onto Bria's every word. In the boy's mind,
       Spira's history had always begun with the Machina War. It was
       the first he was hearing talk of events preceding  this conlict.
       "But the faults are on both sides. The Bedohls have become more
       and more audacious, and the governments more and more
       tyrannical. Your ancestors carried on creating machines, but
       they were considered inferior to livestock from then on."
       "But if that's the case, why..."
       "Why did they carry on creating their machines ? Because if they
       refused to do it, they were killed. They have designed, built
       and maintained the weapons of the conflict. Rather than refusing
       and dying, they have chosen to live," Bria explained in a
       serious tone, before letting out a new sour laugh. "The Bedohls
       were really strange. They had created a hierarchy between them :
       those who had the monopoly on construction, those who could only
       use basic techniques, those who were restricted to physical
       work..."
       The prisoner suddenly appeared to be sad.
       "You're the descendants of the most destitute Bedohls."
       "And what happened to Alb? You said we owed our name to him..."
       "Let's say there was no room for him in the world of Yevon. I
       didn't even have to kill him."
       "Excuse me?"
       Shinra had thought that the man, passionate about history, liked
       to show off his knowledge. But he was apparently crazy. The boy
       knew that the mentaly ill could sometimes describe with realism
       a world which only existed in his mind. Maybe this was the case
       for Bria?
       "The Alb I have known was just one of those who had taken on the
       name of the god of workers. His life and his death have probably
       changed nothing in history..."
       He was appearing to stare into space. Shinra would not have been
       able to say if he was distracted or lost in his memories.
       "Eh!" Bria let out with a familiar tone. "What is your name?"
       "Shinra."
       "Can you untie me, Shinra?"
       "No, I can't."
       "If you can't untie the knots, you can at least cut the cord."
       "Hey! I'm not a kid!" The boy protested.
       Howewer, Bria had not talked mockingly.
       "Your airship is rooted to the post, right?"
       "I don't see what..."
       "And what if I tell you I know how to repair it?"
       "You can do that, really?"
       Those machines are designed so that they stop working after some
       time."
       "Why?"
       "For two reasons. First, you need to proceed to regular
       inspections. But if a machine still works without these
       inspections, nobody takes the time to do it, until an accident
       happen. And of course, the Bedohls would be given the blame for
       this. So, the mechanisms stop from time to time in order to
       maintain them. Furthermore, only Alb and his Bedohls knew how to
       put them back in working order. Thanks to that, they were
       indispensable. The governement could not eliminate them if they
       wanted to use their machines."
       "This plan was not really great..."
       "They couldn't plan ahead that the whole world was going to fall
       in the grip of a man determined to drop all technology."
       Bria laughed, as if indifferent to the past events.
       "How can you repair the airship ? You're not Bedohl."
       "I've worked in Bevelle. Do you know what it looks like, from
       the inside?"
       "A machine?"
       "Exactly. And since the Bedohls are forbidden to enter the
       citadel, several persons had to learn how to maintain it. I'm a
       part of these initiated persons. I can't repair a damaged or
       broken mechanism, but I can restart it after a programmed stop."
       "And you know the architecture of the machines? Like the engine,
       for example?"
       "It depends on the model."
       "Great!"
       "I've been forbidden to inscribe these knowledges, but
       everything is still in mind."
       "Excellent! That's great!"
       The boy untied the prisoner quickly.
       "Let's hurry Bria, The Fahrenheit is waiting for us!"
       Behaving like a excited child,  the boy was bouncing up and
       down.
       "Thanks, Shinra..."
       Bria stood up straight slowly, and suddenly gave a knee-strike
       to the chest of the young man. He had aimed at the stomach, but
       too bad: his victim was lying on the floor, inert. The man was
       not feeling guilty at all. Shinra was admittedly a child, but a
       Bedohl above all else.
       "And don't call me Bria. I'm Sloan."
       The time had come for him to take on the vengeful name that his
       comrade had himself taken on in the past.
       From now on, he knew that he was an incarnate spirit. He held
       out his hand before him. It seemed that he was seeing it
       gleaming. Since he had discovered his condition, how long was he
       going to be able to maintain his body and his mind?
       "I should hurry."
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: August 14, 2015, 9:25 am
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       [center]Chapter 26
       Yuna was seated on a wooden crate, on the pontoon of a boat
       devoured by rust. The hull had been repaired in several places.
       The boat was as big as the S.S. Liki, which shuttled back and
       forth between Besaid and Kilika. Yuna recognized the person
       represented on the figurehead: Anli, god of travellers.
       Yuna turned around. Her skiff was floating on a sea of oil. On
       the starboard, she recognized the silhouette of an island.
       "Eh..."
       She spun round. An old thin man was seated on another crate.
       "Nice to meet you Summoner Ifahnal. Or maybe do you prefer
       Johit?"
       "Yes, please."
       His white hairs, mustache and beard were contrasting with the
       black color of his robe. The edge of his hood was hiding his
       eyebrows. When he moved, Yuna noticed that they were white too.
       "I have lived for ninety years. I have become an Unsent because
       I had to carry some things out, but..."
       He shrugged, tired.
       "I have only understood after my death that it would have been
       better for me to die much earlier. It must be a little
       unpleasant for you to meet an old man like me. I may not look
       like much, but when I was young, I dyed my hair in red... I was
       really stupid."
       He stayed silent.
       "Johit?"
       "I prefer that you call me Sire Johit."
       "Naturally," she answered despite her irritation. "Sire Johit,
       have you also summoned this boat?"
       "Well, yes. Unfortunaly, I am not close anymore to the Aeon Core
       – that which you call "Fayth" -, therefore I can only recreate
       some places she knows well. The island is my strong point. If
       summoning is the materialization of the close link between
       Summoner and Aeon Core... let us say that I am using a distant
       link. Do not laugh. That is what happens when you create too
       many Aeon Cores, but I was ignorant of that fact."
       "Summoners create the Fayths?" Yuna was surprised.
       "That is how summoning worked in former times. The technique you
       use now has been altered in order to satisfy the Church of
       Yevon. You work with the fayth you were assigned, in order to
       create only what he wants. By forwarding your thoughts to him,
       you increase the power of the Aeon. An adaption certainly
       executed in order to facilitate the task during a battle."
       "I can't believe it..."
       "What is surprising you?"
       "Everything I believed to be true was a lie."
       "Somehow, it was. You have lived while being convinced of
       something... This has become your reality."
       "I thought Aeons had disappeared from Spira forever, since
       Fayths are no more. And I didn't want to pratice anymore. I was
       convinced that summoning was just a weapon. But if it's not the
       case, if I can create islands and boats... I'm able to do a lot
       for everyone else, more than just dispense advice to them and
       send them into the other world after their death."
       Johit put his hand on Yuna's. The body of the old man gleamed,
       and the young woman felt a consciousness – no, a knowledge –
       moving from Johit to her. He was passing down to her the
       technique to create a Aeon Core.
       "Oh..."
       What she saw made her blush.
       "Sorry. That is how I proceeded. If you manage to achieve a
       similar state, you can do it differently. Thereafter, I
       developed a simpler method. But since this method skips some
       steps, there is a lack of power. This is a crual technique, to
       use sparingly. I advise you against resorting to it because you
       need a boat."
       He shrugged and turned towards the island. Yuna imitated him.
       "How many fayths do you need to summon this island?" She
       suddenly asked.
       Countless persons had been required to recreate the city of
       Zanarkand.
       For a moment, the man lowered his eyes. Yuna looked at the deck
       he was contemplating, before understanding. A shiver crossed
       along her spine.
       "Do you want to see?"
       "No."
       "I insist. Else, I will not listen to your request," he answered
       with a serious tone. "Your wish is to go back to your Besaid, is
       it not?"
       She raised her eyes. Johit was pointing out at a hatch, in a
       corner of the deck. He stood up straight and opened it,
       revealing stairs which sank into dark. A smell of rust and death
       assailed Yuna.
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: August 15, 2015, 3:31 pm
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       [center]Chapter 27
       Tidus was huddled up and drifting in the darkness, when pictures
       started appearing in his mind. Was he actually seeing them, or
       were they only memories? He did not know. A young girl was
       standing in front of him. She was holding the hands of the boy
       in hers.
       Her features looked like those of a teenager. Tidus knew her
       name. It was... it was Kush.
       Find me. Someone named Briah knows my location. In case he does
       not, he will still be able to lead you to me. If you do so, I
       will send Yuna back to her world.
       "All I need to do is meet you?"
       Yes. I want you to push my shoulder.
       "Excuse me?"
       I am seated in front of a window. I am looking outside. I want
       you to gently push my shoulder.
       "Which window? Where?"
       I do not know, but Briah will. I am sure of it. Go and see him.
       "Very well. But promise me to save Yuna."
       I will.
       "But how do I leave the island? Is there a boat?
       By swimming. You can do it. Head for the open sea, as far as you
       can. Think of the place you want to go.
       "I will end up exhausted. What should I do then?"
       Kushu glared.
       "What is that?"
       A spell which will allow you to reach the place you seek. But be
       careful; do not be late. The first symptoms will be minor, but
       soon, even the things most important to you will disappear.
       Great care needs to be taken with those who know your existence.
       Hurry, before the spell vanishes.
       His view was not obstructed any more: the limit between the
       darkness which was surrounding him and his own body had become
       clear. He felt pulled from chaos which was wrapping him.
       "I'm coming!"
       His feet propelled him with all their strength to the real
       world.He was coming closer to a boundary, the limit between
       "here" and "there". A luminous wall was appearing to blink. Was
       it a call, or the symbol of a radiant world? Tidus was swimming
       upwards, always upwards. He was a splendid swimmer.
       "I'm back!"
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       Re: ~Eternal Cost~: French to English Translation
       By: ChercheurObscur Date: August 16, 2015, 6:30 am
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       [center]Chapter 28
       Under the deck, Yuna discovered a warehouse. The hold had been
       divided into several sections, which contained a pile of diverse
       objects. The young woman recognized several of them: some
       weapons she had seen in the armory, the dress she was wearing
       when she woke up, her cover, and several statues representing
       divinities. In the engine room, she discovered, not without
       surprise, a Choboco. The animal was sleeping and when she
       brushed it, he began to gleam. Had Johit summoned it?
       She left the room and came upon a silhouette in the dark
       hallway. The man was heading towards her. No, not a man she
       corrected herself, a mechanical Bedohl. It appeared that it had
       seen her because it stepped up its pace.
       "Yuna. I am Yuna."
       He stopped and, with a little waving, turned around and walked
       away. On his back, he was holding a bag, made of rope, which
       contained a ball.
       Suddenly, memories came back into Yuna's mind: the balloon which
       rolls on the path, Tidus leaning on it to pick it up... his
       head, at the foot of the young girl.
       And I have revived him. With the help of this old Summoner. I
       have used all my energy, all my knowledge, and I have extracted
       Tidus from... who? From what?
       Suddenly dizzy, she held her arm out towards the partition in
       order to catch hold of it. But her hand touched down on a door,
       and she entered involuntarily a new room.
       The smell allowed her to quicky know what she was going to find.
       She counted seven Fayths – or Aeon Cores according to Johit.
       Three men and four women.
       "They are all Bedohls," the Summoner behind her explained. "We
       were stuck on the island, and only death was awaiting us. We
       wanted to leave. It over a thousand years ago. Along with the
       Bedohls, I have waited for the day of our escape. Fortnightly, a
       ship came to resupply us. We had decided to steal it. But at the
       end of the first week, our base had been violently under attack.
       Those two chaotic days killed so many people... At the morning
       of the third day, our aggressors left, and the ship duly
       berthed. We roamed the seas, but the enemy was everywhere. We
       have resigned ourselves to coming back to the island. Then, we
       lived peacefully for some time : the base had been abandoned.
       Thereafter, Yevon spread out its power in the world, and a team
       came to build a temple. We thought we could mingle with them,
       but as soon as they arrived, they began to hunt the Bedohls.
       Being captured meant death. They turned them into Aeon Cores,
       until their death. You know about my method. In the eyes of the
       others, this was without doubt ridiculous. Or ominous."
       She could detect sadness in his voice. She was commiserating
       with him, but she was concentrated on her hand, on the fingers
       which had touched down the partition in order for her to keep
       her balance, on her skin which could feel the wood grain down to
       the smallest detail. She remembered that Johit had difficulties
       in maintaining his summonings when he was beset by powerful
       emotions. Yet, nothing was gleaming.
       "This boat is real?"
       The summoner nodded to confirm it, and Yuna rushed towards the
       deck.
       She was still seeing the island, and now the cove too. A detail
       drew her attention...
       She let out a cry of exclamation when she noticed that the
       mechanical towers which stood out of the forest seemed washed
       out because of the bad weather.
       She had come back to Besaid.
       Where is Tidus ?
       She thought that he was waiting for her in the Aeon-island. But
       currently, Johit was not summoning anything. In that case, where
       was her partner?
       The old man emerged slowly from the hold.
       "Where is Tidus?"
       "I told him that it was for your own good, and he immediately
       agreed."
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