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Hmm...
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What's wrong, Leonie? Bad day of hunting got you down?
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Come on, Claude. You and I both know bad days don't happen to me.
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I was just thinking about the situation Leicester finds itself in right now.
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That's an unusual topic coming from you. Go on.
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You know how both Riegan and Gloucester territories have been the site of some pretty serious battles during this war?
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Well, I had the chance to talk to some people who live there, and it turns out their crops for the year are suffering because of it.
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Some villages even had their fields completely trampled in the struggle. Which, yeah. If that doesn't delay your fieldwork, I don't know what will.
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Turns out that a lot of them are blaming the leader of the Alliance for what happened, though.
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Turns out a lot of them are blaming the king of the Federation for what happened though.
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No surprise there. It was my decision to go to war with the Empire, after all.
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Were it up to me, Leicester would never see the flames of battle on its lands again...but things don't always work in absolutes.
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Now that you mention it, how's Sauin doing? The area managed to stay pretty safe, right?
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Thankfully, yeah.
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Good. I know you'd be worried to death if something happened to your home.
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Hey, Claude?
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If I'm being honest, I don't really care much about this war. Or what kind of relationships the different regions end up having with each other.
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But I can get behind the future you're fighting for.
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It's a good one, I can feel it in my gut. Though, that's kinda all I have to go on since I didn't get the education some of the others did.
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I appreciate that, Leonie. And I get that you don't really "care" about a lot of this stuff.
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The one thing that matters most in the life of a commoner is what tomorrow's harvest is going to look like. I know that.
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But those people will get caught in the web I'm spinning for the future all the same. They won't have a choice but to fight.
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But...
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I know. If we don't fight, more and more innocent people will get struck down as collateral.
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Even so...there'll be sacrifices no matter how much or how little we struggle. And most of those will end up being commoners.
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...
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I hope you stay on my side all the same, Leonie.
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And not just for your raw strength as a mercenary. I could use your perspective, too.
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My perspective?
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Think about it. You met the farmers in our land eye to eye, and found out they were upset with me.
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I could never do that. Not in the position I'm in now.
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I guess you're right.
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That's why these kinds of things don't get addressed. They never even reach my ears.
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So I want you to help amplify their voices. Help me hear what the people have to say.
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As the ruler of Leicester, this is my number one priority. It's even more important to me than winning the war.
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And I'm more than glad to help you accomplish it.
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You know, you're really not like your run-of-the-mill noble. With a guy like you leading the Alliance...
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You know, you're really not like your run-of-the-mill noble. With a guy like you leading the Federation...
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Leicester will be a better place. I just know it.