"The reason I had Furina play my role was to wait for a way to break Fontaine's prophecy!"
"I imagine you've all heard Fontaine's prophecy, so I won't repeat it."
"But why did that opening line say that the people of Fontaine were guilty from the moment they were born?"
"And haven't you wondered why you need to pray at the Fontaine Fountain of Lucine to conceive children?"
"The answer is simple. None of the people of Fontaine are human. They are Oceanids wearing human skin."
Focalors's words made everyone's eyes widen in astonishment.
"Y-you must be joking! We're not human? I don't believe it!"
"Exactly! We're flesh and blood, and none of us have flippers like aquatic animals. Lady Hydro Archon, do you have any proof?"
The Knave and the children of the House of the Hearth also looked at the downcast Focalors in bewilderment and doubt. They, too, found her shocking words hard to believe.
"I know everyone here finds this hard to believe, especially when such a terrible truth comes from the mouth of the Hydro Archon herself."
"But I truly have no reason to lie. The reason you all have human forms is that the previous Hydro Archon, Egeria, transformed the Oceanids into human shapes to fulfill their desperate wish to become human."
"As for proof, it's simple. Why are the people of Fontaine afraid of the Primordial Sea?"
"Because the people of Fontaine were transformed from Oceanids. Once we come into contact with the Primordial Sea, the dormant factors in our blood awaken, and our selves, bound by flesh and skin, break free and return to the forms of Oceanids!"
"That is why people from other nations aren't afraid of the Primordial Sea. Drinking it only improves their sensitivity to Hydro."
"But what about the