Cloven-hoofed Horrors

Ianna

You look to be a doughty sort. Perhaps I could trouble you with a task?

• FR C'est vous l'aventurière/er qui aidez le vieux Buscarron ? ‘Are you the adventurer who is helping old Buscarron?’ English sizes you up as a doughty sort; French recognizes you as the adventurer helping Buscarron.
• DE Du bist die Abenteurerin/der Abenteurer, die/der Buscarron zur Hand geht? ‘You're the adventurer who lends Buscarron a hand?’ English sizes you up as a doughty sort; German recognizes you as the adventurer helping Buscarron.
• JA バスカロンの手伝いをしてる冒険者だね？ ‘You're the adventurer helping Buscarron, right?’ English sizes you up as a doughty sort; Japanese recognizes you as the adventurer helping Buscarron.

Recently, I shared a flagon with a merchant from Ul'dah, who regaled me with her tales of dangers from the road. Worst of all, as she had it, was the ferocious beast that nigh gored her within an ilm of her life just when she thought she'd reached the forest's safe embraces.

• JA ウルダハからの交易商なんかが襲われては、命からがら、ここへ逃げこんでくるのさ。 ‘Traders from Ul'dah and the like get attacked and flee here barely alive.’ English recounts one merchant's tale over a flagon; Japanese says Ul'dah traders keep fleeing here after attacks.

What manner of beast, you say? You'll not believe this, but it was...an antelope! Yes, I doubted mine own ears when I heard the tale, but 'twould seem a most ill-tempered strain of the beast roams the land south of the Druthers of late. You might recognize them by the scars they bear from frenzied battles with man and fellow beast alike.

• DE Irgendetwas muss sie derart in Angst versetzt haben, dass sie auf alles Fremde aggressiv reagieren. ‘Something must have frightened them so badly that they react aggressively to anything strange.’ English identifies them by scars from frenzied battles; German supposes something has frightened them into aggression.

Ah, one last thing. I would give you this freshly made bowl of sparhawk egg soup to aid in your battle. You may chuckle, but the spices contained within are known to sap the energy of these plant-eating beasts. Now go carefully, and don't let those doe eyes lull you into a false sense of security─lest the next ale you down spill freely from the myriad holes in your body.

• DE Ich möchte nicht, dass du ein zu großes Risiko eingehst. ‘I don't want you to take too great a risk.’ English jokes ale would spill from holes in your body; German simply says not to take big risks.
• JA 頼んだからね、しっかりおやり。 ‘I'm counting on you, so do it properly.’ English jokes ale would spill from holes in your body; Japanese simply urges you to do well.

Ianna

To the adventurers, merchants, and laborers that come here to partake in fine ale and fine company, the Druthers is like a second home─even an only home to the more unfortunate.

We'd be fools not to avail ourselves of the protection of Wood Wailers and the Gods' Quiver, but there lies a special satisfaction in defending one's own home. You've done us all proud today, friend.

• JA 自分らの家を、神勇隊や鬼哭隊みたいな外の者に守ってもらうのは筋が通らない。 ‘Having our own home protected by outsiders like the Gods' Quiver or the Wood Wailers just isn't right.’ English says they would be fools to refuse that protection; Japanese says relying on outsiders isn't right.