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<name "Meryl" "!DA0313">
"About that human princess.
 I've asked around, but nobody knows anything."
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<name "Darx">
"Then were they just using demons in some royal
 power struggle?"
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0314">
"Perhaps, but..."
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0315">
"Demons kidnapped the princess."
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<name "Darx">
"Yeah."
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0316">
"If they were using demons, why didn't they
 kill her on the spot?"
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<name "Darx">
"...Exactly right.
 Why kidnap her?"
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<name "Darx">
"What's more, there's been nothing after that."
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<removesprite -1 11>
There's been no threats and nobody's bragged
about it.
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<name "Darx">
"Why'd they take her?"
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Then I have a thought.
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<name "Darx">
"I wonder..."
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0317">
"Yes?"
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<name "Darx">
"Maybe they didn't realize who she was when
 they kidnapped her."
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0318">
"Huh?"
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<name "Darx">
"That would explain a lot."
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<name "Darx">
"What if some demons kidnapped her, thinking
 she was just a regular woman, not knowing that
 she was the princess?"
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0319">
"But who'd do that?"
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<removesprite -1 11>
I wave Rakia over.
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0626">
"What can I do for you?"
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<name "Darx">
"Rakia, is there a human princess mixed in with
 the women that have been collected for me?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0627">
"Huh? 
 O-Oh, that matter Meryl asked me about."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0628">
"I thought about it and checked that, but she
 wasn't there."
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<removesprite -1 11>
Not in the prison cells then.
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But...
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<name "Darx">
"There are captured women in places besides
 the cells, right?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0629">
"Yes, in case of an emergency."
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<name "Darx">
"And who's holding on those women?"
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<removesprite -1 11>
<sprite "ta09a001.agf" 2 4 11>
<sprite "ta02a007.agf" 6 5 11>
<name "Meryl" "!DA0320">
"Ah!"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0630">
"I get it.
 She might not have been delivered here yet."
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0631">
"Give me just a moment."
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<removesprite 2 11>
<removesprite -1 11>
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0321">
"Good idea.
 I hadn't thought of that."
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<name "Darx">
"Heheheheh."
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0322">
"But if that logic's right, then you're the 
 reason she was kidnapped in the first place."
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<name "Darx">
"Ugh..."
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<removesprite -1 11>
<sprite "ta09a000.agf" 4 4 11>
<name "Rakia" "!EA0632">
"Thank you for your patience."
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<name "Darx">
"What's the word?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0633">
"There are some groups who keep women for
 purchase. She's not in the group that
 focuses on selling to Gunguskar."
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<removesprite -1 11>
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<name "Meryl" "!DA0323">
"What? She's not there..."
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<name "Darx">
"No, that's not exactly what she said."
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<removesprite -1 11>
<sprite "ta09a001.agf" 4 4 11>
<name "Rakia" "!EA0634">
"There's someone in another group who fits the
 princess's description."
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<name "Darx">
"Aha!"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0635">
"But it's not that simple."
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<name "Darx">
"There's a problem?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0636">
"That group isn't loyal to the Overlord."
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<name "Darx">
"Then no chance of getting them here?"
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<name "Rakia" "!EA0637">
"Correct. Since we know their base of 
 operations, I think you should go there."
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<name "Darx">
"Got it. Thanks."
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<removesprite -1 11>
Rakia tells me where to find the group that
kidnapped the princess.
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