1.Victor Kain: Artemiy Burakh! You have fallen victim to a tragic misunderstanding twice. Allow me to explain.
2.Haruspicus: Explain.
3.Victor Kain: At first, the people that had been waiting at the Station for the mysterious killer, had thoughtlessly took you for him and mistakenly conferred the killer with your features. Afterwards, and this is wholly your fault, we, having believed the false rumors, accused you of stealing our precious brother Simon's body.
4.Haruspicus: Are you trying to say that the ambush at the Station wasn't your doing?
5.Victor Kain: No. By the time the locomotive that brought you here arrived at the Station, we hadn't yet given any orders. Few people even knew of the ruler's death. We thought that this ambush was carried out by random enthusiasts.
6.Haruspicus: No. They acted on the order of the rulers...
6.Haruspicus: Strange. Something doesn't fit in here...
4.Haruspicus: I forgive you.
2.Haruspicus: There is no need for that.
1.Victor Kain: You see, Burakh, how unexpected is the turn of the wheel of fate. What strange coincidence! That is if it is a coincidence at all! Why is it that instead of the experienced Orf, instead of the resolute Karminskiy, they sent Aglaja Lilich?
2.Haruspicus: Why is it so surprising?
3.Victor Kain: First of all, it is surprising because Aglaja Lilich is my deceased wife's sister. We could think ourselves lucky, were it not for the ancient hatred that the two sisters felt toward each other, regardless of the great difference in age. A terrible irreconcilable hatred that isn't forgotten even after the elder sister's death.
4.Haruspicus: Coincidence.
5.Victor Kain: I'm afraid Aglaja has too many personal interests here apart from duty. And all these personal interests... don't mean any good for us. I presume Aglaja Lilich regards this expedition as an opportunity for revenge.
6.Haruspicus: Do the Inquisitors have the right for feelings at all?
7.Victor Kain: Some do. The thing is that the peculiarities of this aren't completely confined to the coincidence I mentioned. One of my agents in the capital reported to me of another. According to his information, Aglaja Lilich is sentenced to death by the high inquisitorial council.
8.Haruspicus: How is that?
9.Victor Kain: I presume there can be three versions. First - my informer is wrong. Second - she came here all by her own will, having eliminated the real Inquisitor and illegally attaining another's powers on her way here. The more so, if she has nothing to lose... However, that is too fatalistic.
10.Haruspicus: Well, what about the third?
11.Victor Kain: The third is the most probable. Perhaps the Authorities have given Aglaja Lilich one last chance to rehabilitate. So they sent her on an almost impossible mission, the more so, because she is in great personal danger here. This version is probably the best for us... but the worst for you.
12.Haruspicus: Why?
13.Victor Kain: Because, my friend, she doesn't need competition. The Inquisitors' task is to find an extraordinary decision to an almost unsolvable problem. It must be so unusual and effective, that it should excuse any liberties that they may be up to, whilst in the process of finding that decision. You, however, have deprived Aglaja of the chance to prove her competence, and I'm afraid... she already knows about it.
14.Haruspicus: I'm no competitor for her.
15.Victor Kain: What of your panacea? The Bachelor told me you have one more tiny step to make, and you will be victorious. That is a decision for the problem, is it not? It seems, were it not for the regrettable problems that doctor Rubin encountered, for which we are to blame, the panacea would have been ready by now, would it not?
16.Haruspicus: No, that is not true.
17.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
18.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
19.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
20.Haruspicus: I hope so.
14.Haruspicus: I'm afraid of no one.
15.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
16.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
17.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
18.Haruspicus: I hope so.
6.Haruspicus: Against who?
7.Victor Kain: Against my wife and her elder sister... against what is left of her, to be more precise.
8.Haruspicus: Who would allow the Inquisitor to use his mission for personal revenge?
9.Victor Kain: Not who, but what, - despair will. It has been exposed not long ago that Aglaja Lilich has been sentenced to death... for too great a love for intrigue, by the way. It is only miracle that can save her from the scaffold. It is easy to fall in such a state.
10.Haruspicus: How could they assign a mission like this to her then?
11.Victor Kain: I presume there can be three versions. First - my informer is wrong. Second - she came here all by her own will, having eliminated the real Inquisitor and illegally attaining another's powers on her way here. The more so, if she has nothing to lose... However, that is too fatalistic.
12.Haruspicus: Well, what about the third?
13.Victor Kain: The third is the most probable. Perhaps the Authorities have given Aglaja Lilich one last chance to rehabilitate. So they sent her on an almost impossible mission, the more so, because she is in great personal danger here. This version is probably the best for us... but the worst for you.
14.Haruspicus: Why?
15.Victor Kain: Because, my friend, she doesn't need competition. The Inquisitors' task is to find an extraordinary decision to an almost unsolvable problem. It must be so unusual and effective, that it should excuse any liberties that they may be up to, whilst in the process of finding that decision. You, however, have deprived Aglaja of the chance to prove her competence, and I'm afraid... she already knows about it.
16.Haruspicus: I'm no competitor for her.
17.Victor Kain: What of your panacea? The Bachelor told me you have one more tiny step to make, and you will be victorious. That is a decision for the problem, is it not? It seems, were it not for the regrettable problems that doctor Rubin encountered, for which we are to blame, the panacea would have been ready by now, would it not?
18.Haruspicus: No, that is not true.
19.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
20.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
21.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
22.Haruspicus: I hope so.
16.Haruspicus: I'm afraid of no one.
17.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
18.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
19.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
20.Haruspicus: I hope so.
2.Haruspicus: Is it true, that the Inquisitor is planning to kill me for my invention?
3.Victor Kain: I'm afraid Aglaja has too many personal interests here apart from duty. And all these personal interests... don't mean any good for us. I presume Aglaja Lilich regards this expedition as an opportunity for revenge.
4.Haruspicus: Do the Inquisitors have the right for feelings at all?
5.Victor Kain: Some do. The thing is that the peculiarities of this aren't completely confined to the coincidence I mentioned. One of my agents in the capital reported to me of another. According to his information, Aglaja Lilich is sentenced to death by the high inquisitorial council.
6.Haruspicus: How is that?
7.Victor Kain: I presume there can be three versions. First - my informer is wrong. Second - she came here all by her own will, having eliminated the real Inquisitor and illegally attaining another's powers on her way here. The more so, if she has nothing to lose... However, that is too fatalistic.
8.Haruspicus: Well, what about the third?
9.Victor Kain: The third is the most probable. Perhaps the Authorities have given Aglaja Lilich one last chance to rehabilitate. So they sent her on an almost impossible mission, the more so, because she is in great personal danger here. This version is probably the best for us... but the worst for you.
10.Haruspicus: Why?
11.Victor Kain: Because, my friend, she doesn't need competition. The Inquisitors' task is to find an extraordinary decision to an almost unsolvable problem. It must be so unusual and effective, that it should excuse any liberties that they may be up to, whilst in the process of finding that decision. You, however, have deprived Aglaja of the chance to prove her competence, and I'm afraid... she already knows about it.
12.Haruspicus: I'm no competitor for her.
13.Victor Kain: What of your panacea? The Bachelor told me you have one more tiny step to make, and you will be victorious. That is a decision for the problem, is it not? It seems, were it not for the regrettable problems that doctor Rubin encountered, for which we are to blame, the panacea would have been ready by now, would it not?
14.Haruspicus: No, that is not true.
15.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
16.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
17.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
18.Haruspicus: I hope so.
12.Haruspicus: I'm afraid of no one.
13.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
14.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
15.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
16.Haruspicus: I hope so.
4.Haruspicus: Against who?
5.Victor Kain: Against my wife and her elder sister... against what is left of her, to be more precise.
6.Haruspicus: Who would allow the Inquisitor to use his mission for personal revenge?
7.Victor Kain: Not who, but what, - despair will. It has been exposed not long ago that Aglaja Lilich has been sentenced to death... for too great a love for intrigue, by the way. It is only miracle that can save her from the scaffold. It is easy to fall in such a state.
8.Haruspicus: How could they assign a mission like this to her then?
9.Victor Kain: I presume there can be three versions. First - my informer is wrong. Second - she came here all by her own will, having eliminated the real Inquisitor and illegally attaining another's powers on her way here. The more so, if she has nothing to lose... However, that is too fatalistic.
10.Haruspicus: Well, what about the third?
11.Victor Kain: The third is the most probable. Perhaps the Authorities have given Aglaja Lilich one last chance to rehabilitate. So they sent her on an almost impossible mission, the more so, because she is in great personal danger here. This version is probably the best for us... but the worst for you.
12.Haruspicus: Why?
13.Victor Kain: Because, my friend, she doesn't need competition. The Inquisitors' task is to find an extraordinary decision to an almost unsolvable problem. It must be so unusual and effective, that it should excuse any liberties that they may be up to, whilst in the process of finding that decision. You, however, have deprived Aglaja of the chance to prove her competence, and I'm afraid... she already knows about it.
14.Haruspicus: I'm no competitor for her.
15.Victor Kain: What of your panacea? The Bachelor told me you have one more tiny step to make, and you will be victorious. That is a decision for the problem, is it not? It seems, were it not for the regrettable problems that doctor Rubin encountered, for which we are to blame, the panacea would have been ready by now, would it not?
16.Haruspicus: No, that is not true.
17.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
18.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
19.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
20.Haruspicus: I hope so.
14.Haruspicus: I'm afraid of no one.
15.Victor Kain: Well... Then you can go to see the Inquisitor with a clean conscience. You won't be able to avoid this meeting, unless, of course, you were to wish to run away and escape.
16.Haruspicus: I will not wish that.
17.Victor Kain: She is probably in the Cathedral by now. I only have to wish you luck. Fate has been so gracious to you lately, that, perhaps, it might continue to please you with its abundant gifts. If you enter the Cathedral, I am even prepared to rate your chances of survival as three to seven.
18.Haruspicus: I hope so.
1.Victor Kain: Be strong. She is only a human.
2.Haruspicus: Nobody has yet reproached me with lacking strength.
1.Victor Kain: We are all worried, because of the news of the coming provocation. Is this why you are here?
2.Haruspicus: No.
3.Victor Kain: A procession of the infected should have come to the cape some time during the day, to perform rituals of worship to the sacred coffins. Not long ago we received news of the fact that the destroyers are planning to attack the pilgrims, the villains. Have you heard anything about this?
4.Haruspicus: No. I've heard nothing.
5.Victor Kain: I hope it is nothing but silly rumors.
6.Haruspicus: I hope so too.
6.Haruspicus: True, in fact, there are arsonists in the town.
7.Victor Kain: Also, my daughter wanted to ask forgiveness for all the sorrow and damage our family inflicted on you. I think you ought to talk to you. She's been... I've been letting her make decisions lately. She looks more like her mother with each passing day.
8.Haruspicus: Ok, I will see her.
8.Haruspicus: Who was her mother?
9.Victor Kain: Yes, you are a bit of a foreigner. If you have heard nothing about my wife, the divine Nina, then it will be too hard for me describe her to you in a few sentences, it's so important... It is just so important.
10.Haruspicus: What is?
11.Victor Kain: That my daughter is becoming like her. That means that this town will soon have a powerful Mistress, that will use her primordial, ancient power that comes from the very depths of the earth, to stop this cursed world and revive our town for future glory.
12.Haruspicus: Well... I will go and see your daughter.
12.Haruspicus: You are a poet.
1.Victor Kain: I wish you luck.
2.Haruspicus: And I wish luck to you too.
1.Victor Kain: If it were not for you I would have no future. The cause that I serve to will probably have no success without me. Thank you.
2.Haruspicus: So what kind of future is destined to you?
3.Victor Kain: The city will be built anew. We will carry it over to another river side. The land is clean there. Nobody will disturb us there. The Polyhedron will form the basis of the new settlement just like the abattoirs have once formed the basis of the doomed settlement. And the new era will set in.
4.Haruspicus: I am afraid this time will never come.
4.Haruspicus: I hope you will succeed.
5.Victor Kain: We are too few now. I won't succeed by myself of course... Every man counts. Do you know how many of us survived?
6.Haruspicus: I don't know. At least you won't die...And I don't care about the rest.
6.Haruspicus: My mission here is not yet completed. Will be enough.
2.Haruspicus: You are nothing. But you are unaware of this yet.
2.Haruspicus: Live. Do what you should do.
1.Victor Kain: Peace, peace... I need only peace now.
2.Haruspicus: I've come to get to know whether all are alive and healthy or not.
2.Haruspicus: Well... I wanted to have some rest.