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So, what did you want to talk about, Hubert?
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So what did you want to talk about, Hubert?
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I thought we might discuss you, actually. You wish to know more about those eldritch powers of yours, yes?
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Ah, right.
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Ah, right.
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Edelgard said I might have a chance to get to the bottom of that.
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Edelgard said I might have a chance to get to the bottom of that.
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Kinda figured she'd forgotten, since it's been two years now.
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Kinda figured she'd forgotten, since it's been two years now.
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Pray accept my apology on her behalf. It has been more trying to find answers than we originally expected.
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With Lord Arundel lost to the winds, it has been a trial combing through what little evidence he left behind.
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And of course, we are undertaking all of this in the midst of painstaking preparations for war.
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Lord Arundel is the guy who could shape-shift like Tomas, right? The one who escaped?
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Lord Arundel is the guy who could shape-shift like Tomas, right? The one who escaped?
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Correct. However, we have recently learned that he goes by another name—Thales.
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Did you figure out if my powers are the same as his?
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Did you figure out if my powers are the same as his?
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Sorry, who's Lord Arundel again?
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Sorry, who's Lord Arundel again?
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Short memory, I see. Arundel was the man we fought at the palace two years ago. Just like Tomas, he shape-shifted and managed to elude capture.
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Since then, we have learned he also goes by another name—Thales.
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Oh yeah, that guy. So did you figure out if my powers are the same as his?
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Oh yeah, that guy. So, did you figure out if my powers are the same as his?
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And what are my powers, anyway? Not some kinda curse, I hope.
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And what are my powers, anyway? Not some kinda curse, I hope.
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A fine question. I think it is safe to assume that you possess some form of magic.
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However, it is not the same ilk as the white and black magic we are familiar with.
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Yours is, shall we say, dark magic—heathen craft that is structured differently from conventional spells.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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You are familiar with those who slither in the dark, yes? People like Tomas, Kronya, and Thales?
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We believe they possess the same power as you.
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No. I'm not like them at all.
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No. I'm not like them at all.
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That's tough to accept, but the similarities are too great for it to be anything else.
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That's tough to accept, but the similarities are too great for it to be anything else.
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Still, what you think does not matter in the end, because my mind is already made up.
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So, what? Are you gonna banish me someplace far away because I'm too dangerous?
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So, what? Are you gonna banish me someplace far away because I'm too dangerous?
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It's fine if you do. I'm used to being cut loose— that's just how life as a sellsword goes.
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It's fine if you do. I'm used to being cut loose— that's just how life as a sellsword goes.
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Do not be absurd. If we were done with you, we would kill you, not banish you.
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Fortunately, you are exceedingly talented, and Her Majesty trusts you implicitly.
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The way I see it, we stand to profit best by keeping you in our service.
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So you trust me, too? Uh, thanks, I guess.
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So you trust me, too? Um, thanks, I guess.
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But now, we have a more important question to answer—namely, how you came by your powers.
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I thought I heard someone talking in here.
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We were just finishing up. Do you have business with our mercenary friend, Your Majesty?
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I do, and I suspect it's related to what you were just talking about.
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Then I will leave you to it. Pray excuse me.
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Ah, you should see the look on your face! Did Hubert threaten you?
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Don't let it get to you. Yes, he's quite good at that kind of thing, but it comes from a place of caution.
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I wish that was all that was bothering me.
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I wish that was all that was bothering me.
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I want to transform the world into a place where no one has to feel trapped by where they came from.
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When I am done, it won't matter where you are born, whose blood you have, or what powers course through you—everyone will be treated as equals.
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That's what we're fighting for, and that is what this war is going to achieve.
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So believe me when I say this—I don't care who you are.
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I only care about what you have done and what you have yet to do.
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Well...thanks, Edelgard. I feel a little better now.
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Well...thanks, Edelgard. I feel a little better now.