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Synopsis:

Minsc's default dialogue. In the current entries, he reflects on his opinion of us and our adventures so far, as well as revealing a little of history.

12.
Minsc
: [TagGreeting] GLO_Minsc_ND_SHGrewUpPlaceGLO_Minsc_ND_SHGrewUpPlace = False
- 19. [Jump] Jump to Node 117 (2)
326.
Minsc
: [TagGreeting] ORI_Minsc_ND_BooExplainsHimselfORI_Minsc_ND_BooExplainsHimself = False
- 397. [Jump] Jump to Node 17 (2)
331.
Minsc
: [TagGreeting]
- 180. Player: You called yourself 'nydeshka' before. What does that mean?Minsc_InParty_SpokeOfNydeshka = False, ORI_Minsc_Event_NineFingersMadeHerOfferMinsc_InParty_SpokeOfNydeshka
  - 393.
    Minsc
    : It is a phrase in the old tongue of Rashemen - meaning 'blunt blade'.
    
    274.
    Minsc
    : Even in the very belly of their battle-rage, a berserker must always know friend from foe.
    
    321.
    Minsc
    : The berserker who cannot must into battle with a blunted sword, so that their rage might harm none but themselves.
    
    415. Player: You're a true warrior, Minsc - you don't need a petty thing like weapons.BARBARIANRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    348. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    6. [RollResult] False
    
    461. [Alias] ['Minsc 5']
    
    Alias to Node 442
    
    81.
    Minsc
    : But still - I will strive to be worthy of this faith you show in me. After all - even a blunt blade can break some bones, is it not so?^devnote['Minsc 5']
    End
    
    442.
    Minsc
    : Boo and I, we thank you for your kind words, my friend. But Minsc knows when he has made a mess that is for him, and him alone to clean.^devnote
    
    179.
    Minsc
    : Fear not - this blunt blade will be whetted once more, on as many culty butts as he can reach!^devnote
    End
    
    122. Player: Ah, excellent! Our heroic epic needs a moment of doubt - before your inevitable victory.BARDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    316. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    184. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    340. Player: From what little I know, you've survived worse. I think the gods must be watching over you.CLERICRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    449. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    456. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    414. Player: So be like Boo, and fight with the weapons nature gave you.DRUIDRoll (Charisma, Performance) vs 15 (0)
    
    421. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    9. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    271. Player: Well, it's only fair to give your enemies a tactical advantage. I don't think it will save them, though.FIGHTERRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    315. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    505. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    230. Player: With a spirit like yours, you don't need a weapon - you are one.MONKMONKRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    386. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    182. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    22. Player: You're still fighting for your cause, a century after you began. Don't doubt yourself now.PALADINRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    278. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    396. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    129. Player: You're a survivor. I'd wager you've taken down fiercer quarry with less than a blunted sword.RANGERRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    511. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    254. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    90. Player: If you forget who we're fighting, my blade can give you a little jab in the right direction.ROGUERoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    255. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    178. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    38. Player: My power has hurt friends as well as enemies, too. I'll make sure you don't forget which is which.SORCERERRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    535. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    67. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    363. Player: Honestly, the thought of you with a blunt sword is no less frightening.WIZARDRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    485. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    341. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    531. Player: You have power - and you decided how to use it. No one else.WARLOCKRoll (Charisma, Persuasion) vs 15 (0)
    
    349. [RollResult] True
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    377. [RollResult] False
    
    Link to Node 461
    
    Link to Node 442
    
    350. Player: That's a good idea. Maybe we should just take all sharp objects away from you altogether.
    
    100.
    Minsc
    : Eh... it is a sword of symbols only, my friend. Obviously, no one will be taking Minsc's weapons from him, lest they plan to strip him of his boots, too.^devnote
    End
    
    280. Player: I would never make you do that, Minsc. That's barbaric.
    
    261.
    Minsc
    : It is anything but, my friend, because none can make a berserker do aught they do not wish, no more than Minsc can bathe Boo when he's feeling wrigglesome.^devnote
    
    131.
    Minsc
    : Besides - you are aware that this is a thing of metaphor, yes? Minsc will not actually be surrendering his sword.^devnote
    
    156. [Jump] Jump to Node 81 (1)
- 305. Player: I don't think you're half as dumb as you pretend.Minsc_InParty_DiscussedGuildhall, Minsc_InParty_CalledHimDumb = FalseMinsc_InParty_CalledHimDumb
  - 264.
    Minsc
    : How. DARE YOU.
    
    304.
    Minsc
    : Minsc pretends at nothing, half the way or otherwise!
- 130.
  Minsc
  : There is more than a little to know, I think. I am huge.d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_SaidHuge = Falsed66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_SaidHuge
  - 520. [Jump] Jump to Node 468 (2)
- 468.
  Minsc
  : Minsc is an open book, with many pretty pictures.
  - 390. Player: We haven't known each other long - but I think I would like to be more than friends.Minsc_InParty_AskedAboutRomance = False, Approval_AtLeast_70_For_Sp2Minsc_InParty_AskedAboutRomance
    
    373.
    Minsc
    : My friend...? You saved my oldest and best and oldest friend from the shadow lands.
    
    343.
    Minsc
    : You pulled Minsc from the Absolute's hateful hands, and delivered him back into those of his hamster.
    
    464.
    Minsc
    : You chased after me, time and again, and saved me when you did not even know me - we are already 'more than friends'.
    
    334.
    Minsc
    : We are the best of friends! Comrades in arms! Companions in common cause! This is what you mean?
    
    242. Player: No. Sex.
    
    338.
    Minsc
    : Ah. You dart from one thing to another like Boo when he has supped on sugar. But I am glad you have raised this matter, for it has much been on the mind of Minsc also.
    
    155.
    Minsc
    : No sex is an excellent idea.
    
    366.
    Minsc
    : Minsc is not the den mother, to deny his campmates their under-the-blankets business. But rest is important, and all our sweaty strength might be best directed at the cult.
    
    168.
    Minsc
    : Or, at the very least, taken far outside of my hamster's hearing. I will say no more on the matter.
    End
    
    465. Player: I had hoped we had grown a little closer than that.
    
    527.
    Minsc
    : Closer? Hah! You could only be closer if you were to wriggle beneath my blankets with Boo!
    
    231.
    Minsc
    : And he is a little protective of his territory, eh? Minsc thinks you will sleep more soundly in your own bed.
    
    247.
    Minsc
    : And, if Minsc may be so bold - none of this funny under-the-covers business with any of our fellows. We must save our sweaty strength for the Absolute, eh?
    End
    
    141. Player: I refuse to believe that you are this dumb.
    
    419.
    Minsc
    : Aw. Do you see? This is the manner of compliment that only good friends pay to one another!
    
    368.
    Minsc
    : As thanks, Minsc shall take first watch when we sleep this night! Rest well, my friend.
    
    Link to Node 247
  - 514. Player: You've told me about Rashemen - but why did you leave?Minsc_InParty_DiscussedRashemen, Minsc_InParty_DiscussedRashemen_WhyHeLeft = False
    
    262. [Jump] Jump to Node 469 (1)
  - 290. Player: Tell me about Rashemen.Minsc_InParty_DiscussedRashemen = False, CAMP_MinscJaheiraReunion_CFM_MinscMentionedWychlaranMinsc_InParty_DiscussedRashemen
    
    8.
    Minsc
    : Oh, my friend - there is much more to know of Minsc's homeland than he could ever put into words. Boo might fare better, but his home is far stranger again.
    
    425.
    Minsc
    : Well. In many ways, it is the very opposite of this city. The far side of Faerûn, with empty plains, white forests, and peaks that pierce the very belly of the sky!
    
    409.
    Minsc
    : But it is like the city too. Here, it is loud with the daily wailing of people. In Rashemen, it is also loud - if you know where to listen.
    
    446.
    Minsc
    : The telthors: guardian spirits of every root, rock, and tree. Here in the Sleeping Lands they are silent - but in the far north, they know how to speak still.
    
    470. Player: It sounds like an amazing place. Why did you ever leave?
    
    59. [Jump] Jump to Node 515 (2)
    
    325. Player: So plants and trees speak to you. Like your hamster.
    
    137.
    Minsc
    : Such a sceptic, my friend! Minsc cannot prove the point to you, for the telthors of this land lie sleeping - and for this, we had best be glad.
    
    232.
    Minsc
    : In Rashemen, a telthor is wind and snow and soil. In Baldur's Gate, it would be stink and stain and... a far less pleasant type of soil.^devnote
    
    433.
    Minsc
    : If my meaning is not clear... just check under your boot.^devnote
    
    515. Player: Rashemen sounds like an interesting place. Why did you leave?
    
    469.
    Minsc
    : The first time - my dajemma. A warrior's quest of proving. Minsc quickly proved that quests do not always go as the stories say.Minsc_InParty_DiscussedRashemen_WhyHeLeft
    
    160.
    Minsc
    : As you know, he stumbled at the first step... protecting his witch.Minsc_InParty_ToldHowDynaheirDied
    
    395.
    Minsc
    : After wandering a ways, and some savings of the Sword Coast, Minsc returned to Rashemen. To find a welcome fit for hamsters and heroes!
    
    297.
    Minsc
    : The Iron Lord himself came to bear witness to Boo. 'Minsc of Rashemen,' said he. 'Your dajemma is done.'
    
    378.
    Minsc
    : Minsc politely disagreed. Dynaheir was dead, and so his dajemma could never be done.
    
    113.
    Minsc
    : 'Then swear your service to me, Minsc of Rashemen,' said he. 'Serve your land as your lord's chosen champion!'
    
    288.
    Minsc
    : Minsc politely disagreed. It was a little awkward, but he had already sworn his service to Boo.
    
    37.
    Minsc
    : 'Minsc of Rashemen!' said he. 'You insult your Iron Lord - we will settle this matter in the circle of combat!'
    
    418.
    Minsc
    : It was only polite for Minsc to agree.
    
    528.
    Minsc
    : After they carried the Iron Lord away, the council of witches gave Minsc a pack of provisions, and said it would be best if he continued his adventures for a time.
    
    250.
    Minsc
    : Yes, Boo... that was before we were stone. Perhaps we are due a little homecoming when all of this is done, no?
    
    490. Player: Let's talk about something else.
    
    410.
    Minsc
    : As you wish. Boo? Do you have much to say on the matter of 'something else'?
    
    166.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer] ORI_Minsc_ND_BaseQuestions
    
    61. [Nested Dialog]
    
    75. Player: Leave.
    End
    
    307. Player: Why do you call this the Sleeping Lands?
    
    0.
    Minsc
    : Because it is slow and stupid and sleeping. Ah - Boo says Minsc should phrase this in a kinder fashion.^devnoteSFX
    
    267.
    Minsc
    : Telthors are the living soul of the land. They flit about, offering petty blessings to those who show respect, or playing tricks on those who do not.
    
    500.
    Minsc
    : This is so in Rashemen - but not beyond her borders. Here, the spirits sleep - and perhaps we ought to be glad of this.
    
    Link to Node 232
    
    145. Player: Let's talk about something else.
    
    79. [Jump] Jump to Node 490 (2)
  - 279. Player: Have you and Jaheira always had such a quarrelsome relationship?CAMP_MinscJaheiraReunion_PlayerWitnessed, Minsc_InParty_DiscussedReunion = FalseMinsc_InParty_DiscussedReunion
    
    98.
    Minsc
    : We have! Is it not wonderful?
    
    36. Player: Do you even know what 'quarrelsome' means...?
    
    172.
    Minsc
    : To irk your friend so that she wishes to fill you with some crossbow quarrels - but knowing she never will, for fear of hitting your hamster.
    
    199.
    Minsc
    : There is no need for sweet words between companions such as we. Too often those are the weapons of flatterers, and frauds.
    
    89.
    Minsc
    : But she who will beat you about the head with the cold and pointy truth? That is a true wychlaran.
    
    133. Player: For such a sacred title, you hand it out pretty freely. First Dynaheir, now Jaheira.CAMP_MinscJaheiraReunion_CFM_MinscMentionedWychlaran
    
    462.
    Minsc
    : You suggest that Minsc uses the term lightly? Simply leaps from Dynaheir to Jaheira, with no caring for the custom itself? An unworthy thought - and WRONG!
    
    243.
    Minsc
    : In between there was also Aerie, my second witch.
    
    103.
    Minsc
    : She needed a protector, and Boo suggested that it might as well be Minsc. And when she went her own way, Minsc and Boo set to thinking:
    
    406.
    Minsc
    : There is power in the wychlaran bond. Far too much to be wasted on weeping. To use that power to serve the living does not sully the dead - it honours them.d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_MoreThanOneWitch
    
    216. Player: What's a wychlaran?CAMP_MinscJaheiraReunion_PlayerWitnessed, CAMP_MinscJaheiraReunion_CFM_MinscMentionedWychlaran = False, d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_MoreThanOneWitch = False
    
    473.
    Minsc
    : You do not know this custom? Great Rashemen is ruled by the Masked Ones - wise women you might call 'witches'.
    
    426.
    Minsc
    : To each wychlaran is bonded a berserker bodyguard. To dog her heels and watch her back, until death claims one or both.
    
    516.
    Minsc
    : So it was with Minsc and his witch, Dynaheir. Until she died, and Minsc had to carry on without her.
    
    312.
    Minsc
    : But Jaheira was there - to help Minsc take vengeance, and to kick his backside when he fell to brooding. As any true wychlaran would.
    
    367. Player: So, what? One witch dies and you immediately pick another?
    
    300. [Jump] Jump to Node 462 (1)
    
    486. Player: That's nothing to do with being a wychlaran - it's just called being a friend.
    
    311. [Jump] Jump to Node 481 (1)
    
    111. Player: It's sweet that you still have each other after all this time.
    
    29. [Jump] Jump to Node 173 (1)
    
    529. Player: You clearly care for one another - so enough of the arguing.
    
    55. [Jump] Jump to Node 405 (1)
    
    233. Player: Of course. That's nothing to do with the wychlaran bond - it's just being a friend.d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_MoreThanOneWitch
    
    481.
    Minsc
    : Hm. So... duty, camaraderie, help in troubled times - what I call the bond of a wychlaran, you simply call... friendship?
    
    450.
    Minsc
    : I think I understand your meaning. Then Jaheira is my wychlaran - and so are you. You are my wychlaran!
    
    301.
    Minsc
    : And Wyll is my wychlaran!GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Wyll
    
    383.
    Minsc
    : And Lae'zel is my wychlaran!GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Laezel
    
    76.
    Minsc
    : And Astarion is my wychlaran!GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Astarion, ORI_Astarion_State_BecameVampireLord = False
    
    463.
    Minsc
    : And Gale is my wychlaran!GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Gale
    
    91.
    Minsc
    : And Shadowheart is my wychlaran!ORI_Shadowheart_State_Shar_KilledParents = False, GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Shadowheart
    
    167.
    Minsc
    : And Halsin is my wychlaran!GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Halsin
    
    11.
    Minsc
    : And Karlach is my wychlaran! Or - no, Karlach is a berserker, so... perhaps Minsc is her wychlaran?GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Karlach
    
    45.
    Minsc
    : My thanks to you, wychlaran. You have given me much to think on - and should some enemy blow knock it loose again, Boo shall remind me.['Minsc 5']
    
    455. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    407.
    Minsc
    : And Minthara is - eh. A friend of yours, I am sure.GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Minthara
    
    Link to Node 11
    
    510. Player: I think you're just describing a friend.d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_MoreThanOneWitch = False
    
    Link to Node 481
    
    526. Player: It's sweet that you and Jaheira still have one another after all this time.
    
    173.
    Minsc
    : A hero is only as good the friends they have at their back.
    
    412.
    Minsc
    : This is why Boo favours the spot just above my buttocks.
    
    Link to Node 455
    
    497. Player: You clearly care for one another - so enough of the arguing.
    
    405.
    Minsc
    : ...I know you mean well, my friend. But Boo, being your friend, wishes to share some of this cold and pointy truth I mention.
    
    43.
    Minsc
    : 'Mind your own godsdamned business.' My hamster's words, not mine!
    
    509.
    Jaheira
    : And I am in total agreement. See? No arguing.
    
    Link to Node 455
    
    327. Player: She risked a lot to save you. She cares, whatever she says.
    
    169. [Jump] Jump to Node 199 (1)
    
    432. Player: I just need to know you're going to listen to her from now on. To me.
    
    176.
    Minsc
    : Of course! Minsc always listens to Jaheira, even if Boo must sometimes explain her meaning afterwards.
    
    Link to Node 199
  - 17. Player: Answer me honestly - what's with the hamster?Minsc_InParty_AskedAboutHamster = FalseMinsc_InParty_AskedAboutHamster
    
    318.
    Minsc
    : Well, Boo? Explain yourself.^devnoteSFX
    
    272.
    Minsc
    : Clear enough?
    
    112. Player: Perfectly.
    
    147.
    Minsc
    : Boo has a way with words that we lack. All that space in the cheeks, I am thinking.
    
    376. Player: I speak with animals - why can't I understand him?PETPAL
    
    460.
    Minsc
    : Can you not? Do you not see his noble bearing? The deep wells of wisdom that are his eyes? ^devnote
    
    404.
    Minsc
    : Boo speaks of much - perhaps, one day, you will be ready to listen.
    
    459. Player: Enough joking. Does the hamster actually speak to you?
    
    229.
    Minsc
    : There is nothing jestful in the bond between a ranger and his companion.
    
    336.
    Minsc
    : Before Boo, I was a typical berserker of Rashemen. Duty-bound, and full of my own seriousness.
    
    483.
    Minsc
    : The problem with one so gazing of their navel, however - they are easily ambushed. Brigands split my skull like a sodden wine-skin.
    
    303.
    Minsc
    : It was as I recovered that Boo first appeared. He told me that I had felt the great poking finger of justice - marking Minsc as its champion and Boo as my guide!
    
    302.
    Minsc
    : As for the headache, well - justice cannot always afford to be gentle.
    
    228. Player: So you're a paladin of justice?
    
    236.
    Minsc
    : Do not be ridiculous.
    
    287.
    Minsc
    : If any of us is chosen by the gods, it is obviously Boo.
    
    Link to Node 203
    
    102. Player: You lost your mind and gained a rat. Understood.
    
    108.
    Minsc
    : Bah. The way you tell the tale, it sounds almost silly.
    
    Link to Node 203
    
    430. Player: Maybe someday you'll trust me enough to tell the real tale.
    
    224.
    Minsc
    : Real...? Boo, I think our friend has suffered a head-wound of his own., MALE
    
    224.
    Minsc
    : Real...? Boo, I think our friend has suffered a head-wound of her own., FEMALE
    
    224.
    Minsc
    : Real...? Boo, I think our friend has suffered a head-wound of their own.
    
    Link to Node 203
    
    293. Player: Forget I even asked.
    
    104.
    Minsc
    : Done!
    
    203.
    Minsc
    : Now, shall we away? My boots crave the crunch of unvirtuous nethers.
    
    47. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    181. Player: There is something very wrong with you.
    
    394.
    Minsc
    : Ahh! You speak of Minsc's misshapen skull? It is true, I once suffered a most heroic head-wound.
    
    Link to Node 336
    
    495. Player: Speak of something else.
    
    217. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
  - 142. Player: Jaheira said you spent a century as a statue on the Wide. I'd like to hear about it.Minsc_InParty_DiscussedPetrification = FalseMinsc_InParty_DiscussedPetrification
    
    439.
    Minsc
    : Ahh, you come in search of stories? It is not yet time to tuck Boo in for the night - but very well!
    
    174.
    Minsc
    : After our adventurings with the Bhaalspawn, Boo had had his fill of godly flesh. So we returned to Baldur's Gate for a time.
    
    211.
    Minsc
    : After all - in every city there is a sweaty underbelly, crying out for a virtuous scrubbing. None better to wield the brush than Minsc and Boo!
    
    150.
    Minsc
    : Perhaps we rubbed some villain's rump a little too raw - this, Minsc does not know. One moment, we stood in the city's slums.
    
    74.
    Minsc
    : The next - ambush! Then Minsc and Boo woke on the Wide, with stone-dust in... sensitive places.
    
    54. Player: So that's how you became known as the Stone Lord.
    
    502.
    Minsc
    : Aha! Perhaps this is the reason, Boo. It is not because of the legendary thickness of my skull.
    
    283. Player: And you never saw who did it?
    
    487.
    Minsc
    : The mind of Minsc was occupied with important matters. I was browsing at a slum vendor's stall, looking for Boo's favourite nuts.
    
    115.
    Minsc
    : And then I was stone!
    
    73. [Jump] Jump to Node 87 (1)
    
    503. Player: What was it like being a statue?
    
    385.
    Minsc
    : If you wish to know the answer to that, ask a statue.
    
    87.
    Minsc
    : For Minsc, those years passed as quick as a hiccup. It was long ago, then - hick! - it is now.^devnote
    
    420. Player: You travelled a hundred years in a moment - what do you make of this new world?
    
    35.
    Minsc
    : I do not like these metal men on the streets, or the villains who hide behind them. But the new world is not so different to the old one.
    
    375.
    Minsc
    : The city still clings to the hill, the sea still stretches on forever. And the stench of evil still makes Boo wish for a tiny peg on his nose.
    
    524.
    Minsc
    : As long as that stench remains, no matter how old or young the world is, Minsc and Boo will not rest.
    
    Link to Node 299
    
    476. Player: You inspired people even as a statue.
    
    427.
    Minsc
    : Jaheira says Minsc and Boo were often draped in flowers, and showered with wine. Still as stone, but the life of the party nonetheless!
    
    504.
    Minsc
    : But there is no glory without action, and no valour without violence!
    
    328.
    Minsc
    : I would rather be as small as Boo, yet made of muscle and rage and virtue, than as large as Minsc but made of cold stone.
    
    299. [Jump] Jump to Node 468 (2)
    
    64. Player: So much that you cared for must have been lost while you were petrified.
    
    252.
    Minsc
    : Minsc has lost many things - his witch, his mind, his home, his friends, his mind - but many good things remain.
    
    429.
    Minsc
    : Boo is here. My steel is here. Jaheira's face has more lines, but her tongue and wits are as sharp as ever.
    
    416. [Jump] Jump to Node 375 (1)
  - 466. Player: You travelled with Bhaalspawn before, didn't you? What do you know of them?Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn = False, REALLY_DARK_URGEMinsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn
    
    114.
    Minsc
    : Ahh, Boo has an inkling that this is not the question you mean to ask. I saw some hint of things when our minds mushed together - but Jaheira confirmed it for me.
    
    475.
    Minsc
    : You are of the same blood as our old friend: a Bhaalspawn, and as close to Minsc as if they were his own kin.
    
    138.
    Minsc
    : That makes Minsc your uncle.
    
    124. Player: That's all you have to say? You're not worried what my blood might turn me into?
    
    428. [Jump] Jump to Node 263 (1)
    
    342. Player: I'm not sure I'm ready to call you uncle.
    
    86.
    Minsc
    : So long as you do not call Bhaal 'Father Dearest', you may call Minsc whatever you wish. Family is a complicated knot, big as a fist!
    
    275. [Jump] Jump to Node 317 (1)
    
    193. Player: What manner of relation does that make Boo?
    
    294.
    Minsc
    : Better not to ask. He has many dozen cousins, and not all are so open-minded about we who walk on our hind legs as he.
    
    477.
    Minsc
    : There is a lesson in this. We are born into a bloodline, yes - but we need not be bound by it.
    
    Link to Node 275
  - 320. Player: You travelled with a Bhaalspawn. How did you come to trust the child of an evil god?Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn, Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn_Heritage = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    454. [Jump] Jump to Node 263 (1)
  - 496. Player: All you told me about the old days: you seem so positive for someone who's lost so much.Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn_ThinkGoodThoughts = False, Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn_Dynaheir, REALLY_DARK_URGE = False
    
    188. [Jump] Jump to Node 314 (1)
  - 161. Player: Is it true you travelled with the Bhaalspawn who saved Baldur's Gate?Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn = False, REALLY_DARK_URGE = FalseMinsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn
    
    139.
    Minsc
    : Countless tales are told of Boo and Minsc. Many of them are so outlandish that even I do not know if they are true!
    
    339.
    Minsc
    : Did Minsc bravely fend off the seductive wiles of a succubus in the cloisters of Candlekeep? Maybe.
    
    492.
    Minsc
    : Did he take a bath in the River Styx and temporarily forget himself? I do not remember.
    
    508.
    Minsc
    : Did he travel with a spawn of the god of murder, who warred against his evil brethren, and battled triumphantly at the Throne of Bhaal itself?
    
    382.
    Minsc
    : Of course. It was a splendid adventure.^devnote
    
    451. Player: How did you come to trust the spawn of such an evil god?
    
    263.
    Minsc
    : A curious question. Are a child and his father always alike?
    
    317.
    Minsc
    : Take Minsc! He does not have a clear memory of the face of his father, but he does remember tugging on the thick, red whiskers that sprang from his chin.
    
    202.
    Minsc
    : A beard for the ages! Boo could have nested there happily through even the harshest of Rashemen winters.
    
    351.
    Minsc
    : Now - look closely at Minsc, and what do you see?Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn_Heritage
    
    532. Player: You don't have a beard.
    
    413.
    Minsc
    : Correct! There are more whiskers on Boo's tiny face than on the mighty chin of Minsc!^devnoteSFX
    
    491. [Jump] Jump to Node 39 (2)
    
    149. Player: A whole lot of muscle.
    
    218.
    Minsc
    : Well, yes, but also -
    
    39.
    Minsc
    : Boo is correct. No beard! There are more whiskers on his tiny face than on the mighty chin of Minsc!^devnoteSFX
    
    246.
    Minsc
    : If Minsc did not inherit the flaming red hair of his mother, or the bushy red beard of his father, why would the spawn of Bhaal inherit his wickedness?
    
    49. Player: And if I want to be more like my father?REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    31.
    Minsc
    : In a moment of madness, Minsc might want to sprout a bushy red beard. But he trusts his friends will be there, to speak to his better nature.
    
    33.
    Minsc
    : And failing that - to end his madness with the cleansing blade.
    End
    
    501. Player: Thank you. It's nice not having to justify myself for once.REALLY_DARK_URGE
    
    120.
    Minsc
    : Minsc is not here to judge - that is a thing for hamsters and hathrans alone.
    End
    
    362. Player: That's surprisingly insightful.
    
    162.
    Minsc
    : I have many more thoughts about beards to share. I did not know you cared to hear them!
    
    Link to Node 26
    
    40. Player: We should talk about nature versus nurture some day.
    
    322.
    Minsc
    : It is simple. As with all battles, the winner will be the one that carries the bigger sword.
    
    Link to Node 26
    
    265. Player: This is nonsense, Minsc. Evil isn't like a beard.
    
    48.
    Minsc
    : It is precisely the same! Although one is far easier to kick than the other.
    
    26. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    422. Player: A fabulous tattoo.
    
    443.
    Minsc
    : Your gaze is naturally caught on my handsome face - the face that is loved by all - but cast your eyes down. Just a little. Not so far as to make Minsc blush.
    
    286.
    Minsc
    : Do you see it?
    
    Link to Node 39
    
    369. Player: An idiot.
    
    194.
    Minsc
    : Where?^devnote
    
    4.
    Minsc
    : Do not speak ill of our friends, and please, focus your gaze on Minsc.
    
    248. [Jump] Jump to Node 286 (1)
    
    423. Player: What is your fondest memory of adventuring with Bhaalspawn?
    
    277.
    Minsc
    : The bards sing of fallen gods and mighty battles, but that is a small part of any saga.
    
    537.
    Minsc
    : They do not sing of the times in between.
    
    484.
    Minsc
    : When Sarevok's butt had been kicked so hard that we thought he would never return, we settled in Baldur's Gate for a while.
    
    65.
    Minsc
    : Gorion's Ward, Imoen, Jaheira, Minsc, Boo... and Dynaheir. My witch.^devnote
    
    28.
    Minsc
    : She hated the city at first. Too busy, she said, too noisy. Too many people. ^devnote
    
    335.
    Minsc
    : She complained of the smell, although she complained of Boo's smell too and he smells of fresh honeycakes, so Minsc believes her nose was confused.^devnote
    
    187.
    Minsc
    : Then, one day, we walked past a shop full of wonders. Tiny magics fizzed in the air, and wizards from every corner of the world bickered and bartered.^devnote
    
    530.
    Minsc
    : Sorcerous Sundries. Dynaheir fell in love. Dragged poor Minsc there every day, and made him stand watch while she browsed the shelves.^devnote
    
    101.
    Minsc
    : Minsc frowned and complained. He felt more like a babysitter than a berserker.^devnote
    
    347.
    Minsc
    : But how Dynaheir smiled.^devnote
    
    522.
    Minsc
    : Not long after, Minsc and Boo were captured, and Dynaheir was dead.^devnote
    
    157.
    Minsc
    : I would gladly be a babysitter again, to see her smile.^devnote
    
    488.
    Minsc
    : That is what I remember, more than any battles against Bhaal and his spawn.^devnote
    
    209.
    Minsc
    : Yes, Boo. I know you miss her too.^devnoteSFXMinsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn_Dynaheir
    
    56. Player: You seem so positive for someone who has lost so much.
    
    314.
    Minsc
    : Boo says the tadpole thrives on our misery - to think dark thoughts is only to feed the darkness.Minsc_InParty_DiscussedBhaalspawn_ThinkGoodThoughts
    
    298.
    Minsc
    : It pleases Minsc more to sour its stomach with good thoughts - or better yet, not to think at all!
    
    72.
    Minsc
    : With this in mind - Minsc thinks he has gathered enough fluff from gazing at his navel for the moment, no?^devnote
    
    388. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    403. Player: Talk about something else.
    
    21. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)
    
    222. Player: Leave.
    End
  - 478. Player: I'd like to know your thoughts on our companions.
    
    270.
    Minsc
    : Boo is ready with the musings.d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_AskedAboutCompanionsOnce
    
    249. [Jump] Jump to Node 499 (2)
    
    332.
    Minsc
    : You hear that, Boo? Your keen skills of observation have not gone unnoticed! Our friend wishes to consult your wisdom.d66c043c-036d-86e3-4e71-29422ee796d2_Minsc_AskedAboutCompanionsOnce
    
    18. Player: Actually, it really was your opinions I wanted. Not the hamster's.
    
    212.
    Minsc
    : Minsc and Boo are of one mind, and one heart. And Boo is the wiser.
    
    70.
    Minsc
    : So small is Boo that he is often mistaken for a pinecone, and many secrets are spoken in his hearing! He will tell what he knows.
    
    499.
    Minsc
    : But Minsc, of course, will translate.
    
    63. Player: Let's hear your thoughts on Astarion.GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Astarion, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Astarion = False, ORI_Astarion_State_IsInParty = False, ASTARION = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Astarion
    
    424.
    Minsc
    : Eh, Boo has said it is unkind to speak behind the backs of some of our companions.LOW_CazadorsPalace_RitualRoom_State_AstarionAtRitual
    
    127.
    Minsc
    : And unwise to say certain things to their faces.
    
    329.
    Minsc
    : Oh, the pale scoundrel has his charms, it cannot be denied. But, my friend, it gives me no pleasure to tell you - Astarion is not what he claims to be.
    
    472.
    Minsc
    : Just last night, Minsc was dressing one of his many heroic wounds in camp - when Astarion stumbled upon the scene.
    
    408.
    Minsc
    : I tell you, he grew pale as death itself. He licked his lips, and trembled so violently that Minsc thought he might faint on the spot!
    
    353.
    Minsc
    : The truth is painful, but undeniable. Astarion... is a coward. How can he fight the battles to come, when he grows soft at the first sight of blood?
    
    226.
    Minsc
    : ...Just one moment.^devnoteSFX
    
    1.
    Minsc
    : You are sure? And you could not have told me this before?^devnoteSFX
    
    2.
    Minsc
    : Minsc may have been mistaken. Boo presents compelling evidence that Astarion may in fact be a vampire.^devnote
    
    44. Player: That he is. But one of the good ones.
    
    136.
    Minsc
    : Minsc has met many vampires, and never one whose smile did not hide treacherous teeth. But... as you say.
    
    198.
    Minsc
    : This world is a strange and wondrous place. Minsc has seen the soul of an angel in a child of Bhaal. Once, even a kind banker.
    
    Link to Node 163
    
    354. Player: What?! No!
    
    164.
    Minsc
    : I fear my hamster has the right of it, as always. But fear not.
    
    Link to Node 198
    
    13. Player: I know. But don't worry - he largely gets by on rats.
    
    384. [Alias]
    
    Alias to Node 136
    
    77.
    Minsc
    : It is good that we do not have any friends who could ever be mistaken for a rat, eh, Boo?^devnoteSFX
    
    163.
    Minsc
    : If the sun can bear to look upon Astarion's monstrous face, then so can Minsc and Boo! For now, at least.
    
    521. Player: I'd like to hear your take on someone else.
    
    258. [Jump] Jump to Node 499 (2)
    
    62. Player: Discuss something else.
    
    417. [Jump] Jump to Node 468 (2)
    
    154. Player: What about Wyll?GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Wyll, ORI_Wyll_State_IsInParty = False, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Wyll = False, REALLY_WYLL = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Wyll
    
    71.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer] CAMP_Mizora_Event_FinalDiscussion
    
    205. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    259.
    Minsc
    : Ah, the great Blade of Frontiers! A fine name - Minsc has no idea what it means, but it suits young Wyll's air of mystery well.
    
    152.
    Minsc
    : It is good to know the city did not go unprotected while I wore pigeon droppings on the Wide.
    
    533.
    Minsc
    : Jaheira did her part, of course, but she prefers to scowl from the shadows. The city needs a name - a face! Preferably, a furry companion too.
    
    153. Player: He has a companion, all right - her name is Mizora.
    
    14.
    Minsc
    : Mizora. This is... some manner of exotic bird?
    
    268. Player: Close. A cambion, bound to him by an infernal pact.
    
    78.
    Minsc
    : What?! Wyll - the Blade of Frontiers of whom I heard - is no man to deal with devils.
    
    480.
    Minsc
    : Boo speaks sense, as ever. There is goodness in Wyll - we have seen it. ^devnoteSFX
    
    144.
    Minsc
    : If there be a devil on his shoulder, then Minsc and Boo will sit astride the other! He will not be long in coming back to himself, I think.
    
    88. [Jump] Jump to Node 370 (2)
    
    489. Player: I'll let him tell you himself.
    
    32.
    Minsc
    : 'Mizora'. Perhaps she and Boo will be friends.^devnote
    
    171. [Jump] Jump to Node 370 (2)
    
    276. Player: Perhaps you and Wyll can team up, when all of this is over.
    
    361.
    Minsc
    : Ohoho! Minsc would need a title to match - something to wash away the Stone Lord's stain.
    
    444.
    Minsc
    : The Boot of Backsides, perhaps? Or -
    
    370.
    Minsc
    : Ai, Boo! Evocative, but so crude. I will stick to simple Minsc.SFX
    
    324. [Jump] Jump to Node 521 (1)
    
    201. [Jump] Jump to Node 62 (1)
    
    435. Player: You can admit it. You're not a little bit jealous of his legend?
    
    5.
    Minsc
    : What need for jealousy? Villainy's backside is ample and vast.
    
    352.
    Minsc
    : There is room for us all - biting fleas astride the great buttocks of evil!
    
    109. [Jump] Jump to Node 370 (2)
    
    197. Player: You and Karlach must have a lot in common.GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Karlach, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Karlach = False, ORI_Karlach_State_IsInParty = False, REALLY_KARLACH = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Karlach
    
    398.
    Minsc
    : Indeed! A berserker after my own heart. Though hers is made of hellish heat, and metal, and... some manner of coin-operated device?
    
    119. Player: Jealous?
    
    506.
    Minsc
    : I... do not think so? Minsc has always been Minsc, except for the times he was stone or Stone Lord.
    
    333.
    Minsc
    : Just as Karlach has always been Karlach. Even if all her parts were traded for tin and scrap, Minsc thinks this would still be so.
    
    Link to Node 121
    
    371. Player: Don't mock, Minsc. It's killing her.
    
    52.
    Minsc
    : I would never think to mock! She is as fine a warrior as any I've met - Mazzy Fentan stretched two spans tall!
    
    177.
    Minsc
    : No, better - Karlach is Karlach. Even if all her parts were traded for tin and scrap, Minsc thinks this would still be so.
    
    Link to Node 121
    
    134. Player: Gortash sold her to Zariel. He has a lot to answer for.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated = False
    
    289.
    Minsc
    : That he does! And all of the questions that Minsc has to ask are of the pointed and painful kind.
    
    24.
    Minsc
    : But for all his betrayings of Karlach, Gortash never for a moment bested her.
    
    82.
    Minsc
    : Karlach remains Karlach. Even if all of her parts were traded for tin and scrap, Minsc thinks this would still be so.
    
    121.
    Minsc
    : And soon, Karlach will still be Karlach, but Karlach will also be cured.
    
    513. Player: I hope you're right.
    
    190.
    Minsc
    : Minsc knows he is right, because Boo is in agreement - and hamsters have no need of hope.
    End
    
    319. Player: You need to prepare yourself for the possibility that she won't make it.
    
    215.
    Minsc
    : And if she dies, what of it, says Boo? The Hells themselves could not hold the first time - and now she knows the way back.
    End
    
    68. Player: You should tell Karlach you think so highly of her.
    
    57.
    Minsc
    : Bah! She knows - a warrior always knows. After all, do you not see the wicked gleam of wisdom in Minsc and Boo's own eyes?
    End
    
    482. Player: Gortash sold her to Zariel. He had a lot to answer for.GLO_Gortash_State_PermaDefeated
    
    453.
    Minsc
    : Hah - well, may he answer to the archdevil herself, and may all her questions be hot pokers pressed against his flesh!
    
    Link to Node 24
    
    116.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    523. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    25. Player: How are you and Gale getting along?GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Gale, ORI_Gale_State_IsInParty = False, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Gale = False, REALLY_GALE = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Gale
    
    387.
    Minsc
    : I do not wish to speak of the wizard.
    
    295.
    Minsc
    : I could not have said it better myself.^devnoteSFX
    
    10. Player: Gale's great - what's your problem with him?
    
    42.
    Minsc
    : He came to me one night with a little book of mischief - full of words and their meanings.
    
    345.
    Minsc
    : 'Posterior', he says. 'Can you say 'posterior'?' I refused! Minsc does not need to know the language of wizards.
    
    200. Player: 'Posterior' isn't wizard-talk - it's another word for 'butt'.
    
    105.
    Minsc
    : It is an inferior word. Far too long to use in a battle cry, which is where a 'butt' belongs.
    
    357.
    Minsc
    : Gale would do better to educate himself in the ways of sword and steel than to throw these pointy words at Minsc.
    
    135.
    Minsc
    : Ai, yes. Gale also owns a cat. A cat with wings! That is most unnerving for poor Boo.^devnoteSFX
    
    493. Player: You should give him a break - he's only trying to help.
    
    392.
    Minsc
    : Never! If he is not careful, Boo will shred his books and use them as bedding!
    
    284. [Jump] Jump to Node 163 (2)
    
    281. Player: Did you know that he has an explosive magical orb in his chest that could destroy a city?
    
    140.
    Minsc
    : WHAT?
    
    220.
    Minsc
    : That is a thousand times more interesting than anything that has ever been written in a book.
    
    498.
    Minsc
    : GALE! MY GOOD FRIEND! WHERE ARE YOU? MINSC AND BOO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE EXPLODING.
    End
    
    310. Player: You're right - he is very annoying.
    
    175.
    Minsc
    : Wizards are either annoying, boring, or evil. The worst ones are all three things at the same time!
    
    445. [Jump] Jump to Node 163 (2)
    
    192. Player: He was trying to teach you a mighty spell!
    
    245.
    Minsc
    : An impossible task! Minsc knows everything that Minsc knows, and Boo knows the rest.
    
    Link to Node 357
    
    213. Player: He was trying to educate you - no harm in that.
    
    Link to Node 245
    
    379. Player: What did he do to upset you?
    
    Link to Node 42
    
    146. Player: I get it - Gale annoys the hell out of me as well.
    
    99.
    Minsc
    : Even Boo finds him irritating, and Boo is the most patient soul in the Realms!
    
    282. [Jump] Jump to Node 42 (1)
    
    96.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    165. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    285. Player: What's the word on Halsin?Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Halsin = False, GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Halsin, ORI_Halsin_State_IsInParty = False, REALLY_HALSIN = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Halsin
    
    399.
    Minsc
    : Who is Halsin?
    
    253. Player: The elven druid.
    
    479.
    Minsc
    : Oh, the tiny puny elf with leaves in his hair, and dirt under his fingernails.
    
    356.
    Minsc
    : His name is Halitosin? How very unfortunate.
    
    273. Player: Halsin.
    
    452.
    Minsc
    : That's what I said.
    
    440. Player: You're both giant, hulking do-gooders. I thought you'd get along.
    
    94.
    Minsc
    : Pah! Minsc saw the druid chasing himself in circles, and sniffing his own butt last night. He has spent too long as a wolf, and not enough as a man!
    
    Link to Node 241
    
    16. Player: What's your problem with him?
    
    92.
    Minsc
    : Problem? No problem.
    
    69.
    Minsc
    : He is so small that Minsc barely notices his existence.
    
    241.
    Minsc
    : NO, BOO! THE DRUID DID NOT BEAT MINSC AT THE ARM-WRESTLING!^devnoteSFX
    
    221.
    Minsc
    : IT WAS NOT A FAIR MATCH, AND HE TURNED INTO AN OWLBEAR MIDWAY THROUGH, AND THERE WAS GREASE ON THE TREE STUMP!
    End
    
    517. Player: He's not puny - he's huge!
    
    206. [Jump] Jump to Node 69 (1)
    
    364. Player: The huge, muscular elf.
    
    437.
    Minsc
    : Somehow such a person as you describe has entirely escaped Minsc's notice. How strange.
    
    291. Player: Seriously? The druid - he's hard to miss.
    
    519. [Jump] Jump to Node 479 (1)
    
    401. Player: You'll like him - he reminds me of you a little.
    
    441.
    Minsc
    : If such a tiny puny druid-man reminds you of Minsc, I think the tadpole may have made a feast of your brain!
    
    191. [Jump] Jump to Node 440 (1)
    
    20. [Jump] Jump to Node 16 (1)
    
    132. [Jump] Jump to Node 517 (1)
    
    436. Player: Soft-spoken. Hates curses. Loves trees.
    
    438. [Jump] Jump to Node 479 (1)
    
    306.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    30. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    225. Player: What do you make of Minthara?ORI_Minthara_State_IsInParty = False, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Minthara = False, GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Minthara, REALLY_MINTHARA = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Minthara
    
    196.
    Minsc
    : Ah. Well. You have travelled at her side much longer than Minsc and Boo. What is it you feel for her?^devnote
    
    296. Player: I love her.ORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara
    
    60.
    Minsc
    : Much like baby Minsc loved running head-first into rocks, I'd wager. Dizzying fun - until you are left bawling on your back.
    
    Link to Node 471
    
    219. Player: Minthara has made a fine playmate.ORI_State_PartneredWithMinthara = False, ORI_State_WasPartneredWithMinthara
    
    186.
    Minsc
    : Ugh. Please do not speak this way. I just felt Boo roll up into a ball.
    
    Link to Node 471
    
    389. Player: We're allies - nothing more.
    
    53.
    Minsc
    : OhpraisetheThree. So, I will speak freely.
    
    471.
    Minsc
    : Of the drow I can say only this - she may be treacherous, vicious, and much meaner than she has any need to be. But she is clearly no cleverer than Minsc.
    
    365.
    Minsc
    : She too was duped by the Absolute - and she too seeks vengeance. So long as that is so, Minsc will not judge her.
    
    125.
    Minsc
    : Boo still will. But quietly.
    End
    
    244. Player: That's none of your business.
    
    123.
    Minsc
    : Aha! So there is business? Boo has nose for these things, you know. Best to, eh, double your bathing if you wish to deceive him.
    
    Link to Node 471
    
    210.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    512. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    185. Player: What do you think of Lae'zel?ORI_Laezel_State_IsInParty = False, GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Laezel, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Laezel = False, REALLY_LAEZEL = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Laezel
    
    227.
    Minsc
    : Minsc knows your people well. The skin of the world is thin up in Rashemen, and it is easier there for things to slip between the planes.REALLY_GITHYANKIMinsc_InParty_PlayerGotAvatarGithBranch
    
    Link to Node 309
    
    158.
    Minsc
    : Minsc knows her people well. The skin of the world is thin up in Rashemen, and it is easier there for things to slip between the planes.Minsc_InParty_PlayerGotAvatarGithBranch = False
    
    309.
    Minsc
    : Sometimes these are wonders from other worlds. Sometimes warriors, hungry for plunder. Such visitors have inspired a saying among my people:
    
    84.
    Minsc
    : 'The Children of Gith live long, and forget the face of death: and so they come to Rashemen to be reminded.'
    
    447. Player: My people know of your berserkers, too. They make for fine and challenging prey.REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    494.
    Minsc
    : Hah, you think we are the prey? Our warriors only stopped hoarding your hides because they made for such poor leather.
    
    Link to Node 237
    
    51. Player: So you see the githyanki as your enemies?
    
    106.
    Minsc
    : They are raiders, so they raid. Minsc's people are berserkers, and so they get a little grumpy at this. It is no bone-deep blood feud, as it is with the Red Wizards of Thay.^devnote
    
    237.
    Minsc
    : No, Minsc has no hatred for githyanki. It is a fine thing to fight against them - and a fine thing to fight beside them too, I think.
    
    189.
    Minsc
    : Besides - the Children of Gith alone have witnessed a sight that I have long yearned to behold:^devnote
    
    359.
    Narrator
    : *And for a moment, you share in a vision tinged with his awe: imaginings of the Astral Sea, an immense horde of wild space hamsters, drifting in the endless expanse.*MINDMELD
    
    457.
    Minsc
    : The githyanki may have Minsc of Rashemen's ire; sometimes, healthy servings of his sword; but for this, and this alone, they shall always have his respect.
    End
    
    518. Player: Lae'zel is not her people. Nor am I.REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    Link to Node 391
    
    235. Player: Lae'zel is not her people.
    
    391.
    Minsc
    : And Minsc did not mean to say so, no more than he is a hathran of his high country!
    
    266. [Jump] Jump to Node 237 (1)
    
    183. Player: She is a true githyanki - and our people have fought the illithids much longer than yours.REALLY_GITHYANKI
    
    372.
    Minsc
    : Exactly so - and the illithids are our true enemies. If Boo must choose which enemy to fight - it will be fish eye he dines on first, not that of any githyanki.
    
    360. [Jump] Jump to Node 189 (1)
    
    208. Player: She's been a fine ally - and her people have fought the illithids much longer than we have.
    
    Link to Node 372
    
    143.
    Minsc
    : Minsc has already shared his thoughts on the githyanki. From what he can tell, Lae'zel is a fine githyanki.^devnoteMinsc_InParty_PlayerGotAvatarGithBranch
    
    15.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer]
    
    214. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    7. Player: What are your thoughts on Shadowheart?GLO_Origin_PartOfTheTeam_Shadowheart, Minsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Shadowheart = False, ORI_ShadowHeart_State_IsInParty = False, REALLY_SHADOWHEART = FalseMinsc_InParty_CommentedOn_Shadowheart
    
    355.
    Minsc
    : [TagAnswer] ORI_Shadowheart_State_ConcludedGrotto
    
    85. [Jump] Jump to Node 424 (1)
    
    223.
    Minsc
    : She hangs split between her two sides - like a flipped coin that Boo once ate while it was still in the air.^devnote
    
    313.
    Minsc
    : But, like Boo, after a great struggle within, I think Shadowheart has finally brought that coin to earth.
    
    234.
    Minsc
    : She is a Sharran no more - and free of her wretched and evil fellows!ORI_Shadowheart_State_EnemyOfSharPath
    
    434. Player: I don't think all of the Sharrans were evil - some were just misguided.
    
    381.
    Minsc
    : Boo says it was perhaps a den of denial rather than a den of evil. Minsc says one thing is very much like the other.
    
    151.
    Minsc
    : Silence and secrecy grow evil just as a cellar grows mushrooms. Big, plump, stinking evil!
    
    402.
    Minsc
    : That is why Minsc always speaks his mind. LOUDLY.
    
    117. Player: Hard to believe Shadowheart grew up in that place.
    
    159.
    Minsc
    : My old friend Keldorn told me that the righteous must end their rage when the battle is done.
    
    195.
    Minsc
    : But when Minsc thinks of those villains tormenting our gentle moon-witch, he wants to kick them in the cloisters!
    
    292. Player: Calm yourself, Minsc.
    
    95.
    Minsc
    : Calm can not fight evil! Only Minsc can fight evil.
    
    400.
    Minsc
    : But if Minsc can become calm, perhaps evil will learn to fear his serenity.
    
    507.
    Minsc
    : ...
    
    80.
    Minsc
    : Yes. It is working. Evil is unnerved by the righteous composure of Minsc!
    
    Link to Node 536
    
    170. Player: No need for rage - Shadowheart's safe now.
    
    3.
    Minsc
    : Not just safe - she is among friends. Minsc is her friend, you are her friend, and most important of all, Boo is her friend.
    
    374.
    Minsc
    : I do not know all of those words, but it is clear that Boo likes Shadowheart best of all.^devnote
    
    346.
    Minsc
    : A little too much, perhaps. It is good that Minsc is too reasonable to ever become jealous.
    
    Link to Node 536
    
    251. Player: We should burn their homes to the ground!
    
    41.
    Minsc
    : YES! BURN, SAYS YOU AND BURN SAYS BOO! SO MINSC WILL BURN!
    
    207.
    Minsc
    : WE SHALL SET FIRE TO THE NIGHT ITSELF!
    
    34.
    Minsc
    : Or perhaps the night is too large to burn. I do not know. But I do know that I am angry.
    
    536. [Jump] Jump to Node 499 (2)
    
    50.
    Minsc
    : She has shown herself to be a true Sharran - and lost to all but Lady Loss herself!
    
    204. Player: Shadowheart walks a dark path - but we can trust her.
    
    337.
    Minsc
    : You are asking Minsc to be pragmatic. That is a word that Jaheira uses to win arguments.
    
    107.
    Minsc
    : It does not work on Minsc because Minsc does not know what the word means.
    
    467. Player: It's simple - the end justifies the means.
    
    110.
    Minsc
    : If you are telling Minsc that it would be right to plant his boot on the hindquarters of a thousand tiny orphans in order to save the city...
    
    58.
    Minsc
    : Minsc says you may not be as righteous as you believe yourself to be.^devnote
    
    458. Player: Let's talk about something else.
    
    93.
    Minsc
    : If we must.
    
    128. [Jump] Jump to Node 499 (2)
    
    448. Player: Leave.
    End
    
    83. Player: It means that sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
    
    257.
    Minsc
    : The enemy of my enemy is my sword and my boot. But the enemy of my enemy may also be my enemy, for evil often eats itself for supper.
    
    260.
    Minsc
    : I still do not understand 'pragmatic'. But I believe you are a friend to Minsc and Boo. And an enemy to evil.
    
    534. [Jump] Jump to Node 458 (1)
    
    308. [Jump] Jump to Node 448 (1)
    
    269. Player: I don't know what it means either.
    
    239.
    Minsc
    : Then let us rely on swords, not words, my friend.
    
    344.
    Minsc
    : And Boo shall watch Shadowheart like a tiny wingless hawk.
    
    240. [Jump] Jump to Node 260 (2)
    
    148. Player: I wish Shadowheart had chosen differently, but I'll stand by her.
    
    118.
    Minsc
    : Boo has always stood by Minsc - even when Minsc made mistakes.
    
    330.
    Minsc
    : But would Boo have stood by the Stone Lord? I do not think so.
    
    126.
    Minsc
    : Be sure that your friend has not changed so much that she is no longer the person you knew.
    
    23.
    Minsc
    : And in the meantime, Boo shall watch her like a tiny wingless hawk.
    
    380. [Jump] Jump to Node 260 (2)
    
    27. Player: We share an enemy right now, but... you're right. Shadowheart is evil.
    
    97.
    Minsc
    : Then I do not understand why she shares your camp.
    
    411.
    Minsc
    : Evil is my enemy - and I have two boots. One can stomp righteously on Sharran skulls while the other kicks the Absolute about the place.
    
    46.
    Minsc
    : Boo says he believes that you are on the side of justice, but that the stink of Shar is not one easily washed out.
    
    431.
    Minsc
    : Minsc says that you are perhaps not as righteous or sweet-smelling as you believe.
    
    323. [Jump] Jump to Node 58 (2)
    
    525.
    Minsc
    : We shall not know which side has won until it hits the earth, I think. So cough it up, Boo!^devnote
    
    66. Player: Leave.
    End
    
    358. Player: Yes, Boo. I'd love to hear your opinions.
    
    Link to Node 70
  - 256. Player: Never mind.
    
    474.
    Minsc
    : Not minding is one of the many things Minsc is known for!
    
    238. [Jump] Jump to Node 166 (1)