If I could simply stay up in the mountains as an alchemist, well... who wouldn't love a peaceful life? But if I don't become a hero, this little guy won't have any rights, and I won't regain mine either. Sometimes I can't help wondering: without this dragon, perhaps I wouldn't have to wear myself out fighting for people's rights. But if he were really gone, I wouldn't get to witness the grandeur of this continent. Perhaps this journey is an epic tale fate has set in motion for someone like me, who might otherwise have spent my whole life achieving nothing. It may not be all sunshine and roses, but it's certainly not despair. I don't regret that snowy night, and I don't regret a single day or night spent by your side. You're my apprentice, my teacher, and the guide who will lead me through the rest of my life.
"Time to get up, Gran."
