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Prickly Patients
Side quest, level 25. 148th of 180 in play order.
Quest giver: Hihira, Southern Thanalan (X 17.1, Y 14.2).
Steps
- Speak with Alfan
. - Slay sabotenders and obtain their
fruits. - Deliver the sabotender fruits to Hihira.
- Deliver the
cactus tea to the suffering refugees. - Report to Hihira.
Journal
- Hihira wonders if there might be another remedy the refugees might accept.
- Hihira suspects that suffering Ala Mhigans have refused her treatment due to the medicine's Ul'dahn origins. Seek out the old man Alfan on Hihira's behalf and see if there is no other remedy the villagers might accept.
- Alfan confirms Hihira's suspicions─that his neighbors are distrustful of Ul'dahn alchemical concoctions─and shares the recipe for a traditional Ala Mhigan remedy. Head without the encampment and slay five sabotenders, collecting their succulent fruit as you go.
- You have obtained five sabotender fruits. Deliver them to Hihira.
- With the sabotender fruits you procured, Hihira has brewed a pot of the traditional Ala Mhigan remedy. Deliver it to the suffering residents.
- The three sick Ala Mhigans, albeit with some reluctance, have partaken of Hihira's remedy. Report your success to Hihira.
- While encouraged by the Ala Mhigans' willingness to put prejudice aside and accept her medicine, Hihira is aware that true understanding and acceptance will not be so easily won.
Hidden
fruit's item text says sabotender and cactuar fruit are 'nothing like' each other, yet lists every way they match. The joke: sabotender is the Japanese name of the Final Fantasy cactuar.Cactus Tea item text gives the full folk recipe: the powder sits a night under the moon goddess Menphina's gaze to scare off the cactus spirit, and only the foam is given to the sick.Characters 4
Hihira still hopes to help the sick refugees. She now thinks they fear medicine made in Ul'dah more than they fear her.
What you know from earlier quests 2
- #146 On to Little Ala Mhigo: Hihira thanks you for her father's message and wishes she were a better daughter to him, but she stops herself from sharing family matters. She knows nothing of the masked man and sends you to Gundobald
, warning he dislikes outsiders. - #147 Bad Blood: Hihira asks you to take her medicine to three sick refugees in her place. When all three refuse it, she is sad but not surprised. She says old wounds heal slowly, and she refuses to give up.
- #146 On to Little Ala Mhigo: Hihira thanks you for her father's message and wishes she were a better daughter to him, but she stops herself from sharing family matters. She knows nothing of the masked man and sends you to Gundobald
Berold is still sick and has refused medicine from Ul'dah.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #147 Bad Blood: Berold refuses the medicine because it comes from Ul'dah. Berold says anything would be better than that Ul'dahn swill.
Otelin is still ill and wants none of the Ul'dahn healer's alchemy.
What you know from earlier quests 1
- #147 Bad Blood: Otelin also refuses the medicine, calls it a fake cure made by Ul'dahn quacks, and tells you to leave.
Alfan is a kind old refugee in Little Ala Mhigo. He is the only one so far who has accepted Hihira's
treatment.
What happens in this quest spoilers for this quest
- Hihira sends you to ask Alfan if her idea is right. She is grateful to Alfan for the cactus tea recipe and brews three cups. When the sick drink it, she is overjoyed, though she knows true trust takes time.
- Berold starts to refuse again, then smells the cactus tea and demands it at once. Berold drinks Hihira's remedy.
- Otelin refuses at first, but the cactus tea is brewed just the way Otelin's mother made it. Otelin gladly takes it and calls you a godssend.
- Alfan says Hihira means well, though he understands why his people distrust Ul'dah. He shares an old Ala Mhigan remedy: tea made from sabotender fruit (from a cactus monster) that soothes fevers. He believes even stubborn refugees would drink it.
Dialogue 18 lines
Accepting the quest
Hihira
After giving the matter some thought, it has struck me that perhaps it is not me that the refugees so distrust, but rather the medicine itself.
The Ala Mhigans are wary of outsiders, this is true. Yet I suspect it is the thought of ingesting an alchemical concoction of Ul'dahn make that frightens them most of all.
A naive girl's wishful thinking, perhaps, but it is the only hope I have. There is a kindly old refugee by the name of Alfan─the only one thus far to accept my treatment. Might you speak with him and ask if there is any truth to my theory?
Speak with Alfan.
Alfan
Hail there, young one. What brings one as hale and hearty as yerself to this godsforsaken place?
Ah, Hihira. In me years, I've seen many an outsider come and go, but none quite like that girl.
I don't begrudge me countrymen their judgments, o' course─gods know they've seen Ul'dah at its worst. But it's clear even to me clouded ol' eyes that the girl means well, and I can't bring meself to scorn her good intentions.
But forgive me, you were askin' about medicine, were ye not? We Ala Mhigans aren't much fer alchemy, but we've got our fair share o' remedies passed down through the years. Steep the fruit of a sabotender in hot water, fer instance, and ye get a tea that'll soothe the worst o' fevers.
Call it an old man's hunch, but I've a feelin' that even the most stubborn o' me countrymen would gladly down a cup o' cactus tea, even if it were the Ul'dahn lass who did the brewin'.
Slay sabotenders and obtain their fruits.
//kill five sabotenders, get fruit
Deliver the sabotender fruits to Hihira.
Hihira
A traditional Ala Mhigan remedy made from steeping the fruit of a sabotender in hot water? Why, I had no idea! I owe Alfan my gratitude.
One, two, three cups of cactus tea! Oh, I do hope I've not overbrewed this... Please, friend, deliver the tea to the suffering refugees.
Deliver the cactus tea to the suffering refugees.
Berold
Me throat... It─you again? I told ye, I'd sooner drink...
Is that cactus tea I smell? Well, stop dawdlin' and hand it over! Can't ye see I'm......sufferin' here?
- DE Da werde ich mich wohl ... bei ihr bedanken müssen. ‘Then I suppose I'll have to ... thank her.’ English gruffly demands the tea; German says he will have to thank her.
- JA 礼を言わなくちゃな……。 ‘I'll have to thank her...’ English gruffly demands the tea; Japanese says he must thank the girl.
Otelin
Hurgh... You tell the Ul'dahn wench that I'll have......none of her foul alchemy.
Cactus tea...? And just like my dear mum used to......brew it. I don't know where you came by this, but you're a godssend.
- DE Ah, dieses wohltuende Aroma. ‘Ah, this soothing aroma.’ English says it is just like his mum used to brew; German only praises its soothing aroma.
Arcavius
Urgh... I'll go to the grave before I'm gulled by Ul'dahn quackery.
Old Alfan's recipe, no doubt. I'll drink it, but if the Ul'dahn girl thinks a cup of tea can heal years of suffering, she'd best think again.
- DE Dann will ich dem Alten mal den Gefallen tun und diesen Tee trinken. ‘Then I'll do the old man the favor and drink this tea.’ English warns that a cup of tea cannot heal years of suffering; German drinks it as a favor to the old man.
- JA 彼に敬意を払って、薬茶は受け取ってやる。 ‘Out of respect for him, I'll accept the medicinal tea.’ English warns that a cup of tea cannot heal years of suffering; Japanese accepts it out of respect for Alfan.
Report to Hihira.
Hihira
They truly drank it? Oh, how I have waited for this day! Even I am not so foolish as to think that I have earned the trust of all the refugees, but on the long road to peace and understanding, even the smallest step matters.