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A Closer Look: find and reassure Marat
Updated September 14, 2026
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After Distant Shadows, follow Marat to the woods south of Svartrau and speak with him promptly. PowerPyx reports failure after sixteen time segments without that conversation.
01Go directly to Marat
Track A Closer Look after the hideout conversation. Follow its location south of Svartrau, near the woods, where Marat is alone. Handle this personal quest before advancing the rebel finale.
02Finish the conversation
Reveal choices and consequences
- Ask to join him, express concern and say you understand the issue. Identify Ascar as his father, then ask why.
- Reassure him that this revelation does not change how you see him. Continue the conversation to finish the quest.
- Accepting the subsequent romantic advance is optional. Rejecting it still completes this quest; killing Marat fails it.
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