Josef Dumas/Dialogue

The following is a transcript of Josef Dumas's dialogue.

General Dialogue
"[Player]: You’re a pretty good engineer! Where did you learn all this? Back when I was a bandit, I was the one who kept our essentials working. I made a primitive water filter and everything when I was a youth. After Dorion adopted me, he and Evangeline made sure I got the training I needed to refine my talents. [Player]: You used to be a bandit? You don’t seem like the type!  Outside of those fools who mistakenly think robbery is “easy money”, most “Bandits” reject that label. Anything larger than a small pack of people would likely call themselves “Independents”.  I was born into a nomadic clan whose primary hunting grounds was just beyond the edges of the Caldera, barely within the protective radius of the Vigil Pylon.  [Player]: How did you end up engineer in a major city, then?  Our clan ran into disaster about 5 years ago. Disease. Our clan leader succumbed, and her replacement...She was cruel. Anyone displaying symptoms was cut down immediately. The group largely collapsed soon after. And then, on a foraging trip, one of us accidentally woke a Gargoyle. As we tried to flee, I fell down a small ridge and broke my leg. My fellows left me behind, knowing that I would only slow them down. If a forager from Sirocco hadn’t found me, a Torcrab likely would have put me out of my misery, and a Medyse would have used my corpse to incubate its eggs. I am beyond thankful one of Dorion’s men rescued me. Despite their initial mistrust, I was happy to do whatever I could to repay these people. Dorion offering to make me his adopted son last year was an honor I still don’t feel worthy of. [Player: So, how does civilization compare to the bandit life? It’s nice not having to fear for my life every waking moment. It’s nice knowing that we all count on one another, and keep everyone alive. Even being a refugee trying to start over like this...It’s an improvement to life outside the walls. Of course, I could do without the rigid class system the Nobility saddled us with. And I do miss many of my former companions. But overall, this life is much more stable. I don’t blame many for choosing the life of an outlaw. Being true only to yourself and your crew, unbound by Blood Prices and restriction...It’s appealing to many. But the dangers are great. Not just to us, but those who we often have to prey upon just to survive."

- Josef Dumas