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1 tev000494_MSG0001 [ST:playername ]? What are you doing here?![ST:wait ]
2 tev000494_MSG0002 Damn it all! I can't believe you've discovered my secret[ST:n ]training regimen![ST:wait ]
3 tev000494_MSG0003 I worked so hard to conceal it from my rivals...[ST:wait ]
4 tev000494_MSG0004 But I suppose there's nothing to be done about it now.[ST:n ]So go ahead! Make it your own! Steal all of my ideas![ST:n ]I will find a new and better way to stay ahead of you.[ST:wait ]
5 tev000494_MSG0005 Er, but while we're on the subject, what do you[ST:n ]consider to be the secret to success?[ST:wait ]
6 tev000494_JNK0010 Luck
7 tev000494_SEL0011 Say that luck is the key factor.
8 tev000494_JNK0020 Ability
9 tev000494_SEL0021 Say that one's ability is the key factor.
10 tev000494_JNK0030 Spirit
11 tev000494_SEL0031 Say that an indomitable spirit is the key factor.
12 tev000494_MSG0006 Luck, you say? I see.[ST:wait ]
13 tev000494_MSG0007 Well, I cannot deny the value of such a thing.[ST:wait ]
14 tev000494_MSG0008 Certainly, some of those in high places achieved their[ST:n ]positions through the capricious whims of Lady Fortune,[ST:n ]despite a clear lack of ability.[ST:wait ]
15 tev000494_MSG0009 Er, I am not speaking of you, of course.[ST:wait ]
16 tev000494_MSG0010 But I fear I must disagree, for I do not consider luck to[ST:n ]be the key factor in success.[ST:wait ]
17 tev000494_MSG0011 It is ability, above all else, that determines success.[ST:n ]One must always prioritize increasing their abilities,[ST:n ]even if the effort is great and the result small.[ST:wait ]
18 tev000494_MSG0012 For once, you and I are of the same mind.[ST:wait ]
19 tev000494_MSG0013 Luck may bring victory, but only a fleeting one.[ST:wait ]
20 tev000494_MSG0014 Ability, at sufficient levels, brings not only the possibility[ST:n ]of success, but the near certainty of it.[ST:wait ]
21 tev000494_MSG0015 Success comes unbidden to the skilled; it is acquiring[ST:n ]and increasing those skills that poses the challenge.[ST:wait ]
22 tev000494_MSG0016 How charmingly naïve.[ST:wait ]
23 tev000494_MSG0017 Oh, certainly, such spirit can be a virtue.[ST:wait ]
24 tev000494_MSG0018 But do you truly consider mindlessly throwing yourself[ST:n ]at the same insurmountable challenge over and over[ST:n ]again to be a true path to success?[ST:wait ]
25 tev000494_MSG0019 Let us be realistic, you and I—honing one's skills is the[ST:n ]way to increase the odds of success, not some kind of[ST:n ]intangible...pluck, or grit, or what have you.[ST:wait ]
26 tev000494_MSG0020 And that is why I developed my training regimen.[ST:wait ]
27 tev000494_MSG0021 I do not see NLA as a place for rest and relaxation,[ST:n ]but rather as a forge upon which to temper my skills.[ST:wait ]
28 tev000494_MSG0022 After all, it seems that my rival is honing [ST:Gender p1=his p2=her ] own skills[ST:n ]at an alarming rate.[ST:wait ]
29 tev000494_MSG0023 Therefore, I must work all the harder to compensate.[ST:wait ]
30 tev000494_MSG0024 And now that I have spilled forth my secret, tell me—[ST:n ]what is yours?[ST:wait ]
31 tev000494_JNK0040 Be Evasive
32 tev000494_SEL0041 Say that stuff just...happens. It's nothing special.
33 tev000494_JNK0050 Be Humble
34 tev000494_SEL0051 Say that the credit belongs to Elma.
35 tev000494_JNK0060 Be Honest
36 tev000494_SEL0061 Claim that your success comes from[ST:n ]finishing a great number of missions.
37 tev000494_MSG0025 Hmph. Fine. Keep your secrets close.[ST:wait ]
38 tev000494_MSG0026 So it's to be scorched-earth warfare, then? You would[ST:n ]deny your rival even the dignity of an honest answer?[ST:wait ]
39 tev000494_MSG0027 Very well. I shall succeed through my own strength,[ST:n ]and never again turn to you for succor![ST:wait ]
40 tev000494_MSG0028 How very like you to say that.[ST:wait ]
41 tev000494_MSG0029 It's true, you are certainly lucky to have a skilled[ST:n ]commander such as Elma.[ST:wait ]
42 tev000494_MSG0030 But she sees you as a trusted comrade as well.[ST:wait ]
43 tev000494_MSG0031 No reasonable person would waste effort propping up[ST:n ]a comrade who failed to pull [ST:Gender p1=his p2=her ] own weight.[ST:wait ]
44 tev000494_MSG0032 I cannot believe I'm saying this to my rival, but...[ST:n ]You are who you are because of your own strength[ST:n ]and ability. Not hers.[ST:wait ]
45 tev000494_MSG0033 Although...perhaps your humility IS your secret?[ST:n ]Or a part of it, at least?[ST:wait ]
46 tev000494_MSG0034 I will study it, then, in hopes that it will lead me to[ST:n ]emulate your success. Farewell for now.[ST:wait ]
47 tev000494_MSG0035 I see.[ST:wait ]
48 tev000494_MSG0036 By completing a wide variety of assignments, you've[ST:n ]gathered valuable experience.[ST:wait ]
49 tev000494_MSG0037 I certainly haven't forgotten how effortlessly you[ST:n ]completed the mission that I pushed onto you when[ST:n ]we first met.[ST:wait ]
50 tev000494_MSG0038 Perhaps I merely need more experience to bring out[ST:n ]the strength that lies within me.[ST:wait ]
51 tev000494_MSG0039 Your advice is appreciated.[ST:wait ]
52 tev000494_MSG0040 It seems I have outgrown my special training regimen.[ST:n ]From now on, I will accept more missions in order to[ST:n ]keep pace with my rival.[ST:wait ]
53 tev000494_MSG0041 I will begin by engaging in 10 assignments[ST:n ]simultaneously, then work my way up from there.[ST:wait ]
54 tev000494_MSG0042 Farewell for now.[ST:wait ]