Cogita/Quotes

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These are Cogita's quotes in the Pokémon games.

In the core series

Pokémon Legends: Arceus

Ancient Retreat

• First encounter

"Shirking your work to come pester me again? Even beneath a bleeding sky, you never change."

"No "mistress," thank you. Just Cogita. And this is?"

"Ah, the poor wretch you spoke of. Lost in time and space. Dear me, lost one... It seems I'll be able to fulfil my duty at long last, thanks to you."

Regardless of choice: "Indeed––I am to guide you, lost one. For the task of preventing great disaster falls to you. The rift in space-time must be mended, lest time and space themselves be thrown out of balance."

"But come. You may enter my dear hideaway. There's much to be told."

• Inside her house

"The space-time rift is said to be a portal to innumerable other dimensions... In one such realm, far and farther still from ours, dwells almighty Sinnoh."

Regardless of choice: "The expanse from antiquity to eternity and the expanse to all sides, above, and below... Time traces the path we tread from the here and now into the future... While space yawns all-encompassingly, surrounding us in every direction."

"You see, don't you? The two together, time and space, comprise all creation–the universe. How can one claim that either is greater than the other, as those two clans do?"

Regardless of choice: "Perhaps the truth is clearer to a wanderer such as you–one who has known other ages."

"Now listen, lost one. Here is what you must do. Hisui holds three lakes of great importance–Lake Verity, Lake Valor, and Lake Acuity. At each dwells a Pokémon said to embody one aspect of the mind. Complete the trials each one will set you, and bear their gifts to the Shrouded Ruins. There you may receive the Red Chain. With it, perhaps you can bind the world together."

"Kindly spare me your doubts, young man. I know the old words and what they bid us do. How true they are isn't mine to know. And regardless of their truth, I am bound to pass them on. How callous of my ancestors–to leave their legends to their children without a single thought for the hardship it would cause them! But...here we are. You know your duty, and you'll do it. Won't you?"

Of course!: "There is nobility in knowing what must be done and seeing to it."

I can't possibly......: "What twaddle! You would abandon the people and the Pokémon that have cared for you? I doubt it."

"What was that cry? Have we now a lost Pokémon as well as a lost child? Do see to it, please."

• After completing the first trial

"Ahh, Azelf's Fang/Mesprit's Plume/Uxie's Claw... So the legends told it true. Then the Red Chain must be real as well."

"Your doubt suggest a keen intellect. I see you're not your clan's leader for nothing. Without the mind, were the rift to widen and the very world to end, would we even know it? One might even say the world–time, space, all creation–exists only because our minds are there to perceive it. Perhaps the Red Chain's purpose is to let one see creation as it truly is."

"Such are myths, my child... Teaching us about the world in their own incomprehensible ways. They urge is to think more for ourselves–on the nature of almighty Sinnoh and on the nature of the world in which we dwell."

"How nonchalant you sound. How confident of successes to which you contribute nothing. You tag along only for the chance to gawk at more ancient ruins."

• If talked to after completing the first trial

"More and more human voices echo throughout Hisui with the growth of your Galaxy Team..."

• After completing the second trial

"So that's Azelf's Fang/Mesprit's Plume/Uxie's Claw... I sense a warmth to it."

"What makes you say so?"

""One of those Ginkgo Guild merchants"? You make it sound as if you're not one of them."

""Watch"? Is that all you really do? Remember: once you've sought the third lake and found what's needed for the Red Chain, make for the Shrouded Ruins."

Crimson Mirelands - Shrouded Ruins

"Seems I've made it in time."

"I had the aid of a rather remarkable Pokémon, if you really wish to know."

"I would hardly know. We speak of a divine instrument–one said to be capable of binding the very world. Do you really imagine it can be forged by mortal hands?"

"Ah... The Pokémon of the lakes!"

"So it was true... The pact our people have passed down for all these generations has been kept. At last, I can set this burden aside!"

Jubilife Village - Front Gate

"And here you are, lost one. Ready to face your fate atop Mount Coronet? It seems a vicious battle might await you."

I'll go where I must: "Oh, well said."

I...I guess I'm going...: "Come now, child... I know you did not choose this burden, and it must weigh mightily on you. But you can bear it. You have your friends, your allies—and most importantly, your Pokémon."

"Now, hearken to my words, young ones. Time cannot be severed from space, nor space from time."

"The being you will encounter at the Temple of Sinnoh is Dialga, ruler of all time / Palkia, ruler of all space. If it is allowed to run wild, time / space itself will twist /warp and bend here in Hisui, and eventually, the very world may be broken."

"But you have the aid of its counterpart—Palkia. the ruler of space / Dialga, the ruler of time. And therein lies hope. Balance will be brought to time and space, and the world can once again be as it should."

"Now, take Dialga / Palkia at your side and make for the Temple of Sinnoh once more!"

"I must say, this is quite the intriguing village... Perhaps I'll have a look around before I go—see what your clothier has on offer."

"Well, I'll hardly have time for shopping if the world ends, will I, young man?"

Ancient Retreat

"Oh, lost one... It's miraculous what you've done! It seems the Red Chain served its purpose well. And you carried out your duty, as you were bid."

"But what brings you here? Have you yet need of me?"

"Ah, yes. A tale whose origins lie a millennium or two years ago... Those were the days of the ancient Sinnoh people, from whom I am descended across many generations. These forbears of mine worshipped Arceus as the Pokémon that created the Hisui region. And I have heard of certain fragments—plates, as they are called—that were given to the ancestors of Pokémon such as Kleavor and Wyrdeer."

"I'm afraid I've nothing new to tell you. Why, the Diamond and Pearl Clans would never have confused Dialga and Palkia with the creator, Arceus, had anything concrete been passed down."

"Aha. I see what you intend. Very well—I'll help as best as I can."

"There are still other tremendous Pokémon in Hisui—other mysteries to be solved. Whether they are connected to Arceus, I cannot say for certain. But in searching them out, perhaps you'll stumble upon the path you seek. Let me think... There are the Pokémon of the lakes, of course. And the temple giant. The crescent moon, the volcano... And perhaps you might even return to the very beginning..."

"Now then... What would you hear of?"

The three lake Pokémon: "Ah, yes. Them, you already know. Go give them your thanks for the Red Chain—and show them how strong you've become."

The volcano: "Well, where could that be but Firespit Island!"

The crescent moon: "Yes, the moon... You must go where you may meet the moon's gaze unobstructed. Does that clue illuminate you path? Well...make for the Coronet Highlands, for now."

The temple giant: "The secret that lurks in Snowpoint Temple... To find it, you must open the door that is sealed."

The beginning: "Indeed—a beginning for you, certainly... Where was it you first fell to earth here?"

Never mind: "Done with your questions, are you?"

"Very well, lost one. The rest depends on you and your efforts."

"It appears that the opening of the space-time rift compelled Pokémon that might otherwise have stayed hidden to come out and see what has befallen the world. I hope you succeed—for your own sake and for that of the Pokédex you labor on."

• If talked to after

"You'd do well to go and look into those five leads I've told you of, lost one."

Other Translations

• Cogita and Volo's exchange about 'One of those Ginkgo Guild Merchants' is significantly altered compared to the Japanese. In the Japanese version, Volo says, "Some person from the Ginkgo Guild told me that" (translated from Japanese), to which Cogita replies "You as well are someone from the Ginkgo Guild". In both versions, Cogita's suggesting that Volo is being dishonest, but in the English version, it suggests that Volo is dishonest about being a member of the Ginkgo Guild while in the Japanese, it suggests Volo is dishonest about who he heard it from.