Say It with Flowers

Rostnzeh

Whilst the carvin's help keep me head clear, a bit o' company would ease the solitude. Truth is, with each turn o' the sun I creep ever closer to the brink o' madness.

• FR Être gardien de phare, c'est un véritable honneur, je sais. ‘Being a lighthouse keeper is a real honor, I know.’ English says his carvings help keep his head clear; French says being a lighthouse keeper is an honor.
• DE Ich weiß ja, dass der Beruf des Leuchtturmwärters unabkömmlich für eine sichere Seefahrt ist ... ‘I do know that the lighthouse keeper's job is indispensable for safe seafaring ...’ English says his carvings help keep his head clear; German says his job is indispensable for safe seafaring.
• JA 灯台守ってのは、船と航路を守る尊い仕事だ。 ‘Being a lighthouse keeper is noble work that protects ships and their routes.’ English says his carvings help keep his head clear; Japanese says lighthouse keeping is noble work.

All day and all night, I dream of someone who might rescue me from this prison. Someone broad and hale, with skin the color of the sea, and eyes what'll suck you in like a maelstrom... Someone like Ghimthota...

• DE „Soll ich ihr meine Liebe gestehen? ‘"Should I confess my love to her?’ English dreams of someone to rescue him from this prison; German wonders whether to confess his love to her.
• JA アイツに告白してりゃ、今、横にアイツがいただろうか……。 ‘If I had confessed to her, would she be beside me now……?’ English dreams of someone to rescue him; Japanese wonders if she'd be beside him had he confessed.

I's been enchanted by her sweet magicks since I first saw her─a young lass from the Moraby Drydocks on patrol of the Gods' Grip. She smiled at me, but I was too et up inside by fear to meet her gaze. And now, since her promotion to head watch, she can't be bothered to make the climb.

• DE Eine echte Wucht, die Frau. ‘A real knockout, that woman.’ English recalls her smile and his fear of meeting her gaze; German calls her a real knockout.
• DE Du solltest mal erleben, wie sie die Wachtruppe beim Morgenappell nach ihrer Pfeife tanzen lässt. ‘You should see how she makes the guards dance to her tune at morning roll call.’ English complains she no longer bothers to climb up; German jokes about her drilling the guards at roll call.
• JA アイツの名は、ギムトータ……モラビー造船廠で警備隊長を務める、できた女さ。 ‘Her name is Ghimthota... a fine woman who serves as captain of the guard at the Moraby Drydocks.’ English complains she no longer bothers to climb up to him; Japanese praises her as a fine woman.

I would tell her how it is I feel...but me duty to the sailors─ Wait! Might be you could tell her for me! I'd make it worth yer while. Ye could take her a nice La Noscean lilybell. You think she'd like that? Aye, I reckon she'd like that. Ain't met a woman what didn't like flowers.

• DE Auch Monster fühlen sich zuweilen von dem Duft der Blume angezogen. ‘But be warned: monsters too are sometimes drawn by the flower's scent.’ English jokes no woman dislikes flowers; German warns that the flower's scent attracts monsters.
• JA 芳香に魔物が群がる危険な花だ。 ‘It's a dangerous flower whose fragrance draws monsters.’ English jokes no woman dislikes flowers; Japanese warns that the flower's fragrance draws monsters.

Ghimthota

A gift for me from the candlekeep at Oschon's Torch? But I don't recall ever meeting anyone─

• DE Ein Geschenk vom Leuchtturmwärter Rostnzeh, sagst du? ‘A gift from the lighthouse keeper Rostnzeh, you say?’ German has her name Rostnzeh straight away; in English she doesn't remember him.
• JA 灯台守ロストンゼッヘからの贈り物だって？ ‘A gift from the lighthouse keeper Rostnzeh, you say?’ Japanese has her name Rostnzeh straight away; in English she doesn't remember him.

Ah, a La Noscean lilybell... Yes, it's coming back to me now. Rostnzeh, I believe his name was. I remember specifically commenting on how I despised my patrols through the Gods' Grip for the area is full of La Noscean lilybells, and the terrible weeds always send me into sneezing fits.

• FR Ses sentiments n'ont donc pas changé... Malheureusement, je ne peux pas lui répondre pour l'instant. ‘So his feelings haven't changed... Sadly, I can't answer him for now.’ As in German, Ghimthota already knows of Rostnzeh's love and keeps the flower. In English she barely remembers him.
• DE Er ist also immer noch in mich verliebt ... ‘So he is still in love with me...’
• FR Malheureusement, je ne peux pas lui répondre pour l'instant. ‘Unfortunately, I can't give him an answer for now.’ English jokes the lilybells make her sneeze; French says she cannot answer his feelings for now.
• DE Es tut mir ja fürchterlich leid, aber ich kann seine Gefühle nicht erwidern. ‘I'm terribly sorry, but I can't return his feelings.’ English jokes the lilybells make her sneeze; German says she cannot return his feelings.
• JA そうか、あいつは、まだ私のことを……。 ‘I see, so he still has feelings for me…….’ English: she barely recalls his name; Japanese: she knows he still has feelings for her.
• JA だが、悪いが、あいつの想いには応えられん。 ‘But, sorry, I can't answer his feelings.’ English jokes the lilybells make her sneeze; Japanese says she cannot answer his feelings.

While I am...uh, flattered, I'm afraid I cannot return the gesture. As head watch of the Moraby Drydocks, it is my responsibility to see that the peace is kept until the Victory's christening. I simply haven't the time to pay would-be suitors any mind, no matter how desperate they may be.

Though...perhaps once the ship is complete, I could consider a climb up the peninsula...perhaps.

• FR Je vais quand même garder cette fleur. ‘I'll keep this flower all the same.’ French has her keep the flower and thank you; in English the flower is a weed she despises.
• JA その日まで、この花は私が預かっておくぞ。 ‘Until that day, I'll hold on to this flower.’ Japanese has her keep the flower until the ship is finished; English has no such gesture.