I don't know. They thought it was the best plan. [And look how that turned out. The people of Tazmily grew up without knowing their history or passing down truly ancient stories. Not the ones that were made up as part of their false legend.] I was supposed to bring back the "important item" that stored memories in times of danger, but I got separated from everyone and lost my own...

...If I hadn't failed that mission, we would have fought against the Pigmasks earlier and prevented all this.

[He fiddles with one of the tassels hanging off his belt. This isn't a topic he likes thinking about. Sure, in exchange for the safety of the world, Duster made his first real friends, but the mess with the Seven Needles might have been prevented. Maybe.]

...We heard it from the one person whose memories weren't removed. Leder. The Pigmasks took him away shortly after I disappeared, but we found him right before we went searching for the Seventh Needle. He told us everything.

As for the Dark Dragon, I never got to see it.