FFXVI Side Quest 9 — Necessities for the Common People

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Table of Contents

Clarke’s Request
Clarke’s Thoughts on Using Crystals

Clarke’s Request

Translated Japanese (Kokuyōka)	Original English	Japanese	Translation Notes
[Clarke is looking at buckets of fish next to the ladder leading down from Martha’s Inn to Three Reeds Marsh]	[Clarke is looking at buckets of fish next to the ladder leading down from Martha’s Inn to Three Reeds Marsh]	[Clarke is looking at buckets of fish next to the ladder leading down from Martha’s Inn to Three Reeds Marsh]
[Clive goes over to Clarke]	[Clive goes over to Clarke]	[Clive goes over to Clarke]
[Clarke looks up from his fish to see Clive]	[Clarke looks up from his fish to see Clive]	[Clarke looks up from his fish to see Clive]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
You’re the Bearer at Martha’s place, right? I’ve got a favor [to ask you], and its an urgent one.	Here, you’re that Bearer who works for Martha aren’t you? Can you give me a hand?	あんた マーサんとこのベアラーだよな ひとつ急ぎで頼みがあるんだよ
I carelessly let go and dropped my crystal. What’s more, it unfortunately fell into the wetlands below the cliff…	Curse my luck! I dropped my crystal off a cliff into the bloody swamp like an utter fool.	うっかり手を滑らせて クリスタルを落としちまったんだ それも運悪く 崖下の湿地帯まで転がっちまって⋯
If I don’t use magic with the crystal, I can’t keep the fish I’m selling cold, and my business will be doomed…!	Now, I’ve not got your knack, see, and I need that shard to chill my fish if I’m to take them to market.	クリスタルで魔法を使わなきゃ 売り物の魚も冷やせなくて 商売あがったりたりだ⋯!
[Clarke kneads his forehead]	[Clarke kneads his forehead]	[Clarke kneads his forehead]
[Clarke looks up at Clive]	[Clarke looks up at Clive]	[Clarke looks up at Clive]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
I’ll pay as much money as it takes! Will you go get my crystal…!?	It’s just a short climb down—I’ll make it worth your while.	金ならいくらでも払う! 俺のクリスタルを拾ってきてくれないか⋯!?
Do you want to go get the crystal?	Search the swamp for the crystal?	クリスタルを拾いに行きますか?
✓ I’ll go get it	✓ I might as well have a look.	✓ 拾いに行く
← I’ll pass	← You’ll have to ask someone else.	← やめておく
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
It’s inevitable. I guess I’ll go.	I can’t promise anything.	仕方ない 行ってやろう
[Clarke smiles]	[Clarke smiles]	[Clarke smiles]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
Thanks a lot. You saved me.	Just promise you’ll look!	ありがてえ 助かるぜ
[Clarke strokes his chin in thought]	[Clarke strokes his chin in thought]	[Clarke strokes his chin in thought]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
Ah, and about the crystal I dropped… Maybe a monster ate it…	Ah, there may be one thing I failed to mention about the crystal— a creature might have already *claimed* it.	あと 落としたクリスタルなんだが もしかしたら魔物が食っちまったかもしれない⋯
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
…What did you say?	Claimed it?	⋯何だって?
[Clive rests a hand on his hip]	[Clive rests a hand on his hip]	[Clive rests a hand on his hip]
[Clarke crosses his arms over his chest and his face falls]	[Clarke crosses his arms over his chest and his face falls]	[Clarke crosses his arms over his chest and his face falls]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
I saw those 《bog crabs》 that nest in the wetlands around here swarming toward the crystal…	Alright, eaten it. But only might have, you understand. There were a lot of bog crabs down there… Nasty buggers, them.	この辺りの湿地帯に巣食ってる《ボグクラブ》って奴が クリスタルに群がってきたのが見えてな⋯
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
In that case, it’ll be fine if I defeat every single one of them.	Sounds like I need to break a few shells.	なら 片っ端から倒せばいい
[Clarke grins and rests a hand on his hip]	[Clarke grins and rests a hand on his hip]	[Clarke grins and rests a hand on his hip]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
How reliable, I’ll leave it to you! You can get to the wetlands below the cliff by going down that ladder there!	Don’t worry, there weren’t too many of them. A veritable “walk in the marsh,” as they say. The ladder’s right over there!	頼もしいな 任せたぜ! 崖下の湿地帯には そこのはしごを下りれば行けるからな!
[Clarke nods in the direction of the ladder leading down to Three Reeds Marsh]	[Clarke nods in the direction of the ladder leading down to Three Reeds Marsh]	[Clarke nods in the direction of the ladder leading down to Three Reeds Marsh]
[Clive talks to Clarke again]	[Clive talks to Clarke again]	[Clive talks to Clarke again]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
I dropped a crystal in wetlands below the cliff and a 《bog crab》 might have eaten it…	Bog crabs wouldn’t eat a crystal, would they? Surely not. Not even those little bastards in the swamp…	崖下の湿地帯に落としたクリスタルなんだが もしかしたら《ボグクラブ》が食っちまったかもしれない⋯
I hope you can get it somehow…	Good luck down there! I’m counting on you!	何とかして拾ってこれるといいんだが⋯

Clarke’s Thoughts on Using Crystals

Translated Japanese (Kokuyōka)	Original English	Japanese	Translation Notes
[Clive climbs down the ladders to the Three Reeds Marsh]	[Clive climbs down the ladders to the Three Reeds Marsh]	[Clive climbs down the ladders to the Three Reeds Marsh]
[Clive encounters a group of crabs in the marsh]	[Clive encounters a group of crabs in the marsh]	[Clive encounters a group of crabs in the marsh]
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
So these guys ate the crystal? There’s nothing to do but defeat every single one of them.	Never heard of crabs eating crystal… This should be interesting.	クリスタルを食ったのは こいつらか 片っ端から倒すしかないな
[Clive fights and defeats the crabs]	[Clive fights and defeats the crabs]	[Clive fights and defeats the crabs]
[Clive finds a Dirty Crystal in one of the crabs]	[Clive finds a Dirty Crystal in one of the crabs]	[Clive finds a Dirty Crystal in one of the crabs]
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
This must be the crystal he dropped. Let’s deliver it to the merchant.	This must be it. No point spending any more time down here then I have to…	これが落としたクリスタルだな あの商人に届けてやろう
[Clive climbs up the ladders to Martha’s Inn]	[Clive climbs up the ladders to Martha’s Inn]	[Clive climbs up the ladders to Martha’s Inn]
[Clive goes over to Clarke]	[Clive goes over to Clarke]	[Clive goes over to Clarke]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
So, did you find my crystal!?	…Well? any luck?	どうだ 俺のクリスタルは見つかったか!?
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
Yeah, this is it, right?	Yours, I presume?	ああ これだろう
[Clive gives Clarke the Dirty Crystal]	[Clive gives Clarke the Dirty Crystal]	[Clive gives Clarke the Dirty Crystal]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
It is! It is! Thank you!	You found it! Oh, thank you!	これだ これだ! ありがとう!
[Clarke uses the crystal to manifest ice on all his fish]	[Clarke uses the crystal to manifest ice on all his fish]	[Clarke uses the crystal to manifest ice on all his fish]
[Clive is watching Clarke with his arms crossed over his chest]	[Clive is watching Clarke with his arms crossed over his chest]	[Clive is watching Clarke with his arms crossed over his chest]
[Clarke stands up and wipes sweat from his forehead with the back of his arm]	[Clarke stands up and wipes sweat from his forehead with the back of his arm]	[Clarke stands up and wipes sweat from his forehead with the back of his arm]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
I was worried the fish was going to go bad. I’m glad I was in time.	Any longer out int he sun, and my catch would’ve made for poor eating indeed!	魚が駄目になるかとヒヤヒヤしたぜ 間に合ってよかったよ
Clive	Clive	クライヴ
Next time, be [more] careful.	Be more careful next time.	次からは気をつけるんだな
[Clarke turns to Clive]	[Clarke turns to Clive]	[Clarke turns to Clive]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
Yeah, I certainly will.	Oh, I will, I promise!	ああ そうするとも
For us, crystals are crucial tool of the trade, even before we use them in our daily life.	No point casting my nets of a morning if I’m without a crystal to see the catch to town.	俺たちにとっちゃ クリスタルは 生活に使う以前に大事な商売道具だ
Despite that, [since we] became a vassal state of Sanbreque, distributed crystals have become even more scarce.	There was a time honest tax-paying folk could get new ones whenever they wanted. Can’t now though—not for love nor money.	それなのに ザンブレクの属領になって クリスタルの配給も少なくなった
They’re not as easy to get your hands on as they used to be, so I’ll make sure to never lose it again.	Crystals are scarce, and they empire tightens its purse strings more every day. Lose this little beauty again, and I might as well scrap my nets and take to begging!	昔のように簡単には手に入らないからな 二度と落とさないようにするよ
[Clarke gives Clive a bunch of materials]	[Clarke gives Clive a bunch of materials]	[Clarke gives Clive a bunch of materials]
[Clive talks to Clarke again]	[Clive talks to Clarke again]	[Clive talks to Clarke again]
Clarke, the Fishmonger	Clarke, Fishmonger	魚屋のクラーク
My crystal is an important tool of the trade. Thanks to it, I can keep the fish cold and travel long distances to sell them.	Life without my crystal doesn’t bear thinking about. You’ve saved my livelihood and no mistake!	俺のクリスタルは 大事な商売道具だ おかげで 魚を冷やもして遠くまで売りに行けるよ