On the Moon, Columbina asked, "Wasn't that Roland's consciousness? Why are there weapons representing other Favonius Knights in there?"
"Didn't I explain already? It isn't just Roland's consciousness. Andrius's consciousness is there too. Every Knight of Boreas has to earn the North Wind Wolf's recognition, so naturally, traces of the other Knights of Boreas' consciousness remain."
"Oh, so that's how it works. You're amazing, Sandrone."
"You're doing that on purpose, aren't you? But why do they appear as weapons? Rosalyne, did those swords mean a great deal to them?"
"Wolf's Gravestone was the First Knight of Boreas's weapon, and there's a legend behind it. But I don't think there are any legends about the Iron Shadow Greatsword or the Favonius Sword.
At any rate, I don't know why Rustam became tied to the Favonius Sword line.
Though the Favonius Sword was indeed the weapon he used most often in life."
"Then we'll have to wait for the Sky Screen to give us the answer."
Back on the Sky Screen, Roland continued speaking as he kept circling with Varka.
"The strength you pride yourself on will fade like fine sand in the wind. Your legend will ultimately be no more than a fire beneath the stars, born at dusk and extinguished at dawn, utterly insignificant."
"Is that so? I think the fire rising from the earth burns more fiercely than the starlight falling from the sky."
"That blaze is only fleeting. A hundred years from now, your fire will go out, yet those you once illuminated will still shiver in the lightless, freezing night."
"Ha, they'll still remember me a hundred years from now, just as I still remember all of you from centuries ago.
So when one flame goes out, the next will rise higher, burn hotter, and shine brighter."