1. Ahahaha! At last, we come face to face!
  2. Constance? Is something—
  3. Listen here! There's no need to dance around [cdb]me, for I bear you no ill will!
  4. Uh... I am having confusion. What are you [cdb]speaking of?
  5. I speak of the bad blood between Brigid and the Empire, of course!
  6. Ah. The war. I am having my own feelings about—
  7. Surely you are aware that it was your father who [cdb]invaded the lands of House Nuvelle, which I once [cdb]called home.
  8. It was his aggressions which cost me my family, [cdb]my friends, my land...everything!
  9. However, your father and many of your countrymen [cdb]paid for this in the coin of their own lives.
  10. Furthermore, neither you nor I took part in that [cdb]foolish conflict.
  11. Therefore, there is no merit to our dredging up the [cdb]past. We need not be at each other's throats.
  12. Have I made myself clear? Good. Now farewell! Ahahaha!
  13. Um...
  14. Constance...has a personality of much color. I was [cdb]not given a chance to give her my reply.
  15. I cannot be leaving things like this. I must be [cdb]telling her that I have understanding.
  16. Constance, I am wanting to talk to you [cdb]about what you were saying before.
  17. Greetings, Petra. I fear I caused you undue distress. Please accept my humblest apologies for the offense.
  18. One from my meager and reduced circumstances has [cdb]no right to insult a woman of your royal standing.
  19. Um...
  20. As galling as this must be after the fact, I humbly [cdb]beg your forgiveness.
  21. You can have my forgiveness, although I was not [cdb]taking any offense.
  22. Oh! What overflowing kindness! Truly, your mercy is [cdb]too good for a wretch such as I.
  23. But I should not expect aught else from one capable [cdb]of ruling an entire people. You are a mighty boulder, [cdb]and I but a pebble by the wayside.
  24. Let me speak, Constance. Please.
  25. I am knowing that our relationship is...complicated.
  26. I think about this every day. It is filling my heart [cdb]with pain and confusion.
  27. But...you had the braveness to say what I could not.
  28. Stop, I beg you. You will crush my sad and pathetic [cdb]frame under the weight of such undeserved [cdb]compliments.
  29. I think it best if I keep my own counsel from now on. Pray pay my ramblings no mind.
  30. Oh my! Now I have been so presumptuous as to tell [cdb]you what to do! Please excuse me while I go crawl [cdb]under a rock...
  31. ...
  32. I am not understanding what happened here. Which Constance should I be believing?