「亡羊之叹」

「亡羊之叹」
Location	商业区 北第一街
Time	Anytime

「亡羊之叹」 is L's fourth 牵绊 in 异度神剑X. It occurs between L and Cross in front of the NLA Food building in the 商业区 of NLA.

Dialogue

• L
  "Ah, my dear friend Cross. We were hoping you'd come by today."
  "We just signed a major distribution deal with a food manufacturer!"
  "Are you surprised? We bet you're wondering which of our inventions would be of interest to a food company."
  "Well, let us tell you—it's a low-calorie, highly-addictive, medicinal salsa!"
  "It's made entirely out of local Miran 水果 and 蔬菜, including 科斯豌豆s, 查鲁帕叶子, and 蔓越莓."
  "It has virtually no calories, and helps regulate blood sugar while promoting good intestinal health."
  "Its flavor profile is so complimentary with processed meats, it makes 热狗 exponentially more delicious when applied as a topping."
  "So delicious, in fact, that test subjects will eat as many 热狗 as you give them in a single sitting!"
  "Well, are you impressed? You know how much we value your opinion."
• Cross
  • Envy: Express 嫉妒 over how much money L will make.
    • L
      "This sort of 调查·挑战 is far from our specialty, but it was fun to experiment with the culinary arts and end up with something so 有趣."
      "Even if it only meets our conservative projections, it should make a considerate amount of money."
      "Which we will then use to invent something that makes everyone truly 高兴!"
      "Ah, but we mustn't forget your human aphorism—"pride cometh before the autumn.""
      "It is quite possible that we will end up making only molehills out of that mountain."
      "We must be careful not to end up failing so dramatically as an 发明家 that we end up in debt. Like a certain someone we could name..."
      "After all, this is nothing more than a hobby to us!"
      (END)
  • Worry: Express concern that people will overeat 热狗.
    • L
      "That is quite perceptive of you."
      "The salsa itself may be free of calories, but that isn't true of 热狗."
      "The addictive properties would all but ensure that our customers would overeat and grow fat."
      "What a scandal it would be when customers started growing obese off of a salsa marketed as being low in calories!"
      "But...isn't there another side to this scenario?"
      "What of the 热狗 makers who grow insanely wealthy from our addicted customers?"
      "They would emerge with the greatest profits of all, stealing the spotted light from us entirely."
      "And when the inevitable class action lawsuit hits, who do you think will be paying the damages? A poor salsa maker? Or the mighty 热狗 cabal!"
      "As you can see, we've studied your culture. So are you impressed NOW?"
      (END)
  • Advise: Suggest that L develop a pizza sauce for the 码农. (+heart)
    • L
      "The representatives from the food company made the same request."
      "They said the 码农 pizza market is bigger than the human 热狗 market by a factor of 20."
      "But it's not as if we set out to make a low-calorie highly-addictive medicinal salsa."
      "It was just a flute! A lucky accident!"
      "So we decided it would be best to take our time and start by selling the salsa."
      "After all, a journal of a thousand miles begins with a single successful niche-market product 吹飞."
      "And since you had the same idea, we'd be delighted to work with you on the pizza-sauce 调查·挑战."
      (END)