In my dreams...

"Tell me Kaim, what is the outside world like? Has the revolution succeeded? are the people happy? are they smiling joyfully?"

Kaim opens his eyes slowly, and just barely, beneath the shade of his hand.

As far as he can see, the ground is covered in bodies. The corpses of royal troops and revolutionary troops are heaped on one another, and countless civilians are dead. a mother lies dead with her small child in her arms, the bloody corpse of the child's father next to them, arms outstretched in a vain attempt to shield them.

"Tell me what you see, Kaim."

Kaim fights back a sigh and says, "You must work from now on to build a happy society."

The old revolutionary senses the truth.

"I wont abandon hope, Kaim, no matter what." 

- Lost Odyssey "They Live in Shells"

Sprawled on the floor, nearly unconscious, the soldier
thrusts the leather pouch into Kaim's hand.

"Look at my 'sin stone,' will you? Maybe...maybe." he says, chuckling weakly,
"some of its shine has come back."

Blood spurts from his mouth, strangling the laugh.

Kaim looks inside the bag and says,
"It's sparkling now. It's clean."

"It is?" gasps the soldier. "Good. My daughter will be so glad..."

[...]

The stone, howeverthe man's 'sin stone,' which has rolled from the open pouchis as black as ever.

- Lost Odyssey "A Hero's Return"