Isadora & Renault

Level C:

ISADORA:	Pardon me. You are an Eliminean bishop, are you not?
RENAULT:	Ehh... Yes... I suppose.
ISADORA:	How is it that you came to join our company? I heard that you spent some time on the Dread Isle... Was it one of Elimine's missions?
RENAULT:	Ahh... Sort of... I guess.
ISADORA:	...? I may not be the most pious of souls, but I am a believer in the teachings of Elimine. It is an honor to protect one of her bishops!
RENAULT:	I'm sorry, but... I don't think I'm worthy of being called a bishop. Long ago, I was a mercenary. I led a bloody, thoughtless life, unconnected to the holy teachings.
ISADORA:	Is that so? And then...what brought you to the light of Elimine?
RENAULT:	I...lost a friend. A man I could have called brother. But when he died, I knew nothing of prayers, of forgiveness. I only knew how to bash another man's skull... So I cast aside my weapons and knelt for the first time... to mourn my fallen friend.

Level B:

ISADORA:	Bishop, may I have a moment?
RENAULT:	Mm...
ISADORA:	Will you hear my sins? It has been a...very long time since my last confession.
RENAULT:	Confession... I am not so good at these priestly matters.
ISADORA:	Please, do this for me...
RENAULT:	...Very well. If all I must do is listen... I do not mind.
ISADORA:	Your Excellency... I was born as the youngest daughter of a country nobleman. I wanted to become a knight from my earliest childhood, so I spent many long, bitter hours in training... I hoped to someday protect my country proudly... But... There was one thing for which I was not prepared... To protect, one must do battle with one's enemies... And to do battle with one's enemies, one must...strike ...those enemies.
RENAULT:	......
ISADORA:	I have taken many lives in battle before now... For justice, for peace, for my lord, and for my country... I have fought all this time as a brave knight.
RENAULT:	And do you regret this choice?
ISADORA:	No, I...I think we fight for the right reasons... However ...at times, I grow uneasy. I grow sorrowful for the lives cut short on the end of my blade.
RENAULT:	......
ISADORA:	Your Excellency... Am I wrong for feeling this way? What should I do?
RENAULT:	......
ISADORA:	Bishop...
RENAULT:	Forgive me. I am a fraud. I can offer you no solace.

Level A:

RENAULT:	Are you all right?
ISADORA:	Your Excellency?
RENAULT:	You don't look very well... We can't have you die here. Try thinking about your village...
ISADORA:	I shall...
RENAULT:	...... Isadora?
ISADORA:	Y-Yes? What is it?
RENAULT:	About earlier... I may be a poor preacher, but please listen to me now...
ISADORA:	Of course. What have you to tell me?
RENAULT:	You asked me what you should do. If I could give you one direction, one step along the path... It would be...to let yourself be lost.
ISADORA:	Lost?
RENAULT:	Forgiving your sins is a small task for a bishop... And if that were enough to save you, I would recite the words. But you suffer... and you seek answers...
ISADORA:	......
RENAULT:	And that is the greatest pain of all... The pain of doubt. If I dispelled this doubt, I could free you from your pain. But then you would be nothing more than a puppet that kills. Use your doubt. Use it to become something more. I think it makes you...human.
ISADORA:	Bishop Renault...
RENAULT:	Whether you will ever find answers, I do not know. But you must live with your doubt until then. If you can, then all of the joy and sorrow you experience... will truly belong to you.
ISADORA:	Your Excellency...
RENAULT:	I have lived this way since I found myself... Some are sustained by faith, but for me, there are no answers.