Music: Mines of NarsheArvis: That's not what we asked!
Elder: What you ask is the same.
Banon: Ha! You're absolutely right.
Arvis: Banon!
Banon: We're asking you to spill your blood. Emperor Gestahl is racing to acquire ever greater Magitek power. That's the reason he wants the esper that was discovered here. If we allow the Empire to continue amassing weapons of Magitek destruction...
I have a new euphemism for boobs now. Thanks, Banon!
Banon: ...history's greatest mistake will be repeated.
Elder: The War of the Magi...
Unnamed Narshe Guard: The legendary conflict that laid waste to the world...
Another Guard: You're saying it could happen again?
Elder: I had thought humans to be wiser creatures...
Sabin: Edgar!
Edgar: Who have you brought along?
Cyan: I am Cyan, a warrior from the kingdom of Doma.
Gau: Uwao... Gau!
It may be worth noting that "Gau" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a creature's growl or roar. If the game originated in the English-speaking world, he'd be called "Rawr" or something similar.
Cyan: Kefka... poisoned them...
Elder: Barbaric!
Banon: Elder!
Elder: But... that was because Doma was collaborating with the Returners. As long as we remain neutral, we have nothing to fear from the Empire.
Locke: Think again!
Terra: Locke!
Locke: The Empire's poised to attack Narshe as we speak!
Edgar: What!?
Banon: Locke, where did you get your hands on information like that?
Locke: Celes here was one of the Empire's gener--
Cyan: So it is her! I thought she looked familiar. Sir Gau, step aside!
Cyan doesn't wait for Gau to do so. He flings Gau into the wall, forcing Terra to leap back out of the way to avoid getting a faceful of feral child.
Cyan: The woman single-handedly responsible for the decimation of Maranda... Stand and meet thy judgment, Imperial b--
Locke: Celes has promised to join the Returners! She's fighting on our side now!
Cyan: Be that as it may...!
Locke: I promised I'd protect her, and I won't give up a woman I've sworn to protect!
Edgar: Locke... You still haven't gotten over that, have you...?
Terra: I was also an Imperial soldier.
Cyan: WHAT!?
Edgar: The Empire is evil, but that doesn't mean that all of its citizens are.
Sabin: I'm going to have to defer to my brother on this one...
Yeah, way to stand around gabbing instead of sending out the alarm and equipping everyone to fight off an attack, guys.