A Lesson in Off-Seeing

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A Lesson in Off-Seeing
	; Schoon from Zakir's squad asked for Noah to teach her. As her senior in off-seeing, show her how it's done.
Type	Standard Quest
Rec. Level	30
Acquired from	Tutor: Off-Seer
Prerequisites	Request from Teach, Chapter 4
Rewards	Devotional Necklace () x1; 1,410 EXP; 970 G; 3 SP; 550 Affinity (Colony Gamma );

A Lesson in Off-Seeing is a quest in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It can be received by discussing Tutor: Off-Seer, up from chapter 4 during the quest Teach's Teachers, and is necessary to complete this quest.

Quest objectives[edit]

1		Talk
		Talk with the specified character(s).
		Schoon

2		Destination
		Head for the specified location(s).
		Coolley Pool

3		Investigation
		Investigate the specified object(s).
		See off the 1st husks. See off the 2nd husks. See off the 3rd husks.

Result[edit]

"With Noah's advice, Schoon put the hesitation born from losing Miclan behind her, much to Zuno's relief."

Dialogue[edit]

Talk with Schoon[edit]

Noah

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Schoon

Oh...
No... It's no bother...

Zuno

...

Noah

Uh... And who might you be?

Zuno

I have no business with you, but there's nothing wrong with me being here, right?
I won't get in your way.

Noah

A-all right, then... I suppose I don't mind...

Schoon

I-I'm also OK with it...if you really want to, Zuno...

Zuno

...

Noah

(O...K...? Guess he doesn't quite trust me yet...)
(He doesn't seem like someone Schoon would be partners with, but...not my business, probably.)
Let's jump right into it, then-

Schoon

U-um, wait...!

Noah

Oh, uh...yes?

Schoon

S-sorry for interrupting...!

Noah

No, it's OK. What were you going to say?

Schoon

It's just...um... You're a Kevesi off-seer...aren't you?

Noah

That's right. And you're an off-seer too, or so I've heard...

Schoon

Yes...but I, uh... I don't really know how to send someone off properly...
I play my flute, but...I get the feeling that's not all I should be doing, so...

Noah

Hm...

Schoon

I-I'm sorry...! Oh, what am I on about...?

Noah

...No, I wasn't judging you. I can kind of understand how you feel.

Schoon

Oh...! Really...? B-but...

Noah

Ah, I know. Why don't we step outside the colony for a little while?

Schoon

Outside...?

Noah

I'm sure I saw a body of water in the mountains not too far from here.

Schoon

...You mean Coolley Pool?
Ummm... Could you wait a bit? I need to ask permission to leave the colony...

Schoon makes an Iris call.

Noah

Do you want to come too, uh... Sorry, I've forgotten your name...?

Zuno

Zuno. Sure, I'll come, but please just pretend like I'm not even there.

Schoon

...I've got permission to go.

Noah

All right, we'll start the lesson there. I hope you find it helpful.

Schoon

O-OK! Thank you.

Head for Coolley Pool[edit]

Noah

Now that Colony Gamma has been liberated from its Flame Clock, you no longer need to fight for its sake.
But I think the work us off-seers do will remain unchanged, no matter what.

Schoon

Mm...

See off the 1st husks[edit]

Schoon

Husks...

Noah

Let's send them off together.

Noah and Schoon see off the husks.

Schoon

I wonder... What were these people thinking, when they realized they were dying?
I wonder if they wanted to carry on living...
...or if they were relieved that it meant they didn't have to fight any more...

Noah

...It might be neither of those things. Could be something completely different.

Schoon

I feel like...I have no idea what to do...
I want to empathize with them, but it feels like my melody just rings hollow...
The more people I send off... the emptier I feel inside...

Noah

...If it's how you feel, then it's how you feel. No one can argue with that.

Schoon

I'm so sorry... I feel like I barely understand anything at all...

Zuno

Schoon...

Noah

It's all right. We'll take it slow. If you feel anything else, at any point, just let me know, OK?

Schoon

...OK.

See off the 2nd husks[edit]

Schoon

...It always used to feel like a proper send off before.
I never had doubts like this when Miclan was still around...

Noah

...Ah, right. Agnian off-seers play in pairs, don't they?

Schoon

Yes... Miclan was my partner.
He went to fight in Alfeto Valley, though, and since then, he...

Noah

...Ah, I see.

Schoon

...So I guess I'll have to be an off-seer on my own from now on.
But just the thought of that makes my mind go blank... Like I don't get what the point is, of any of it...
I never gave off-seeing a proper thought to begin with...
I just left it all to Miclan to take care of...

Noah

I don't know if this will alleviate your worries or not, but...
How about rather than thinking about how you *should* send them off, you try thinking about how you *want* to do it?

Schoon

"How I want to do it"...?

Zuno

...That's a big frown.

Schoon

Huh...?

Zuno

You're thinking too hard.

Schoon

Oh... Am I?

Noah

Don't panic, we're in no hurry. Just do whatever you think is right.

See off the 3rd husks[edit]

Schoon

The lights float away...
They overflow from the body, like they've been set free, from everything...
It looks so...beautiful.
I want to help these beautiful lights...
I want to lead their dance into the sky, sparkling way up high.

All husks sent off[edit]

Noah

The melody you played with your partner was inside you all along.
All that was left was to trust in yourself.
I'm certain that's the key to unlocking your own unique way of off-seeing.

Schoon

...Thank you so much.
I'll... I'll always treasure what you've said to me today, Noah.

Zuno

...I must offer my apologies.

Schoon

Wha...?

Zuno

I wanted to be there so I could make sure, if anything happened to Schoon, you couldn't get away with it, but...

Noah

...I see. So that's why you came. You're a good friend, Zuno.

Zuno

Not really.
I just thought that if Schoon got sad... Miclan wouldn't have wanted that, is all.

Schoon

Thank you, Zuno...

Zuno

...

In other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
English	A Lesson in Off-Seeing	—
Japanese	ノア達の教導・おくり編
French	Cours de passage d'âmes	Course in Off-Seeing
German	Ausbildung: Wegweisen
Spanish	Despedidas	Farewells
Italian	Lezione di tramandamento
Chinese (simplified)	诺亚一行的指导·送行篇
Chinese (traditional)	諾亞等人的指導‧送行篇
Korean	노아 일행의 교육・환송편