The Ground Beneath our Feet

The Ground Beneath our Feet
Location	Hardhaigh Palace, Mor Ardain (Grian, Wing Area #2)
Characters	Nia, Mòrag
Required story progress	After chapter 5 begins

The Ground Beneath our Feet is a Heart-to-Heart in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. It can be found at Grian, Wing Area #2 in Hardhaigh Palace, Empire of Mor Ardain. Staying at Jakolo's Inn before viewing this Heart-to-Heart may trigger additional dialogue pointing to its location.

Script

Inn dialogue

Nia

Hey, Mòrag. Do you know if there's a place round here with a good view of the whole town?

Mòrag

A good view of Alba Cavanich... Hmmm...
As I recall, you see a great vista from Hardhaigh Palace... Like the second Wing Area, Grian, for instance.

Nia

That sounds awesome! Think you could show me up there?

Heart-to-Heart

Nia

When I look at it now, this capital of yours is pretty prosperous.
Far cry from Gormott.

Mòrag

...Is that how you see it, Nia?

Nia

Well, am I wrong?
Your technology is so much more advanced than Gormott's, and you've got army facilities, hot springs...
Looks to me like you've got all you need right here. I guess I don't get why you had to go and annex Gormott...

Mòrag

...Mor Ardain generally has a rather hot climate, you see.

The camera gets behind both and pans over the capital's scenery, from right to left.

Mòrag

We developed by actively exploiting technology which uses the heat, as well as that we obtained through salvage.
But as the Titan nears the end of its lifetime, the temperature has started rising steadily.
Ironically, while this has made our heat-powered technologies even more efficient...
Our farmland has done very much the opposite of flourish.

Nia

The Titan's lifetime, huh...

Mòrag

Yes, it shouldn't be long now. The day when Mor Ardain's Titan becomes uninhabitable.
Sensing that, the Senate started a war to conquer a new home for our people.

Nia

...That'd be Gormott, then.

Mòrag

...Indeed.

Nia

What do I say to that?

Nia

You realize there was a better way?

Trust +200

Mòrag

...Was there, now?

Nia

Our two governments could've just talked, got to know each other, become friends...
We could've worked together on this!
Just like you and me. We were enemies at first, sure, but now we're allies, fighting on the same side.
If our nations could've done the same, it wouldn't have had to come to war.

Mòrag

...Perhaps so.
If everyone in this world thought like you do, terror and strife wouldn't be so commonplace.

Nia

Well, come on... You're not just gonna give up, are you?

Mòrag

What do you mean?

Nia

If there's no need for strife, then we should just get rid of it.
Rex told us, right? If we reach the World Tree, there'll be no need for fighting any more.

Mòrag

You think Elysium is the answer to all our troubles, do you?

Nia

I don't care if people laugh, call it a pipe dream, or whatever...
I'd rather be an optimist than just despair at the state of the world.

Mòrag

Haha... You have a point.

Nia

I hope you'll lend us your strength to reach that goal, Mòrag. It'd be grand if we could count on your support.

Mòrag

I will. They call me the Empire's finest and I intend to prove it.

Nia

All this because of dumb pride...

Trust +200

Mòrag

What do you mean?

Nia

You didn't have to act so high and mighty. You coulda been humble.
But no. I dunno if you were refusing to show weakness, or if you just felt you were better than us...
But you put your damn pride above all other things and chose to invade. Am I wrong?
You started a war. Wanting to save lives, you ended up losing lives. How backwards is that?
If you can't make enough food...
why not just...bow your head and ask if you could share?
I mean, we were enemies once, but now we understand each other...
How could a sodding government not even think of it?

Mòrag

A point well made... But the world is not as straightforward a place as that.
Sometimes the most obvious way is the most difficult to take.

Nia

Cor... People are such a pain...

Mòrag

No question...
That's exactly why I want to support the boy, and other upright people like him.

Nia

You mean Rex?

Mòrag

A world with no strife... Can you imagine something so wonderful, if it were true?
And if there's anyone who could ever make it true, it's him.
Every age needs its own dreamers to forge new paths, after all.

Nia

Hah... You're full of surprises, Mòrag. You always struck me as straight-laced.
But here you are, believing in the Elysium story.

Mòrag

It's not just little boys and girls that follow their dreams, is it?
I too want to see the fruits of this dream you all share. That's why I'm with you.

Nia

Well, whatever your motive, it's nice to have you with us, Mòrag.
Yeah, I think we can make good use of the Empire's finest!

Mòrag

Please do.
No matter what path we tread, I'll be there to help you on the way...

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	The Ground Beneath Our Feet	—
Japanese	スペルビアの巨神獣
French	Le Titan de Mor Ardain
German	Der Titan von Mor Ardain
Spanish	El suelo que pisas
Italian	La terra sotto i nostri piedi
Chinese (simplified)	斯佩比亚的巨神兽
Chinese (traditional)	斯培爾比亞的巨神獸
Korean	수페르비아의 아르스

Gallery

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  Location of the Heart-to-Heart on the map

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  The characters required to view the Heart-to-Heart

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  The choices during the Heart-to-Heart