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Your Majesty. You will take ill if you keep sleeping at your desk.
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Mmm? Dedue?
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Urgh, I've done it again... Yes, well, thank you for waking me and sparing my poor neck any further damage.
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You sounded pained. Is everything all right?
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Dreaming of the past again, I fear.
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The Tragedy?
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No. The day I returned to the capital afterward.
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Do you remember the child who cursed me after my father's funeral?
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Ah, yes. I believe he was the son of a knight who fell in Duscur.
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He was furious that I would not take revenge on your people, and even more enraged to see you serving as my vassal.
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He berated me without mercy, demanding I kill you then and there. All I could do was walk away.
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Everyone desires revenge for that day. Survivors and the dead alike cry out for retribution.
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I know, Your Majesty.
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I seek to fulfill the duty they have given me, and have never once flinched from it. And yet...
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Dedue, if I were mortally wounded and begged with my dying breath for you to avenge me, what would you do?
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I would do it. Even at the cost of my life.
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And if I told you to forget me and live for your own happiness?
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I would regretfully decline. I cannot know happiness without you by my side.
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I would still seek vengeance. Just...for my own sake, not yours.
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Interesting. And nothing I say to the contrary will change your mind?
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Your Majesty, can you not live for your own sake?
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My life is not my own. It belongs to my kingdom, my people, and the dead.
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But had I been born to a different fate...
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Well, perhaps I would have traveled outside Fódlan with you as a mercenary. Or perhaps I'd be a farmer. I confess the thought does sound rather delightful.
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Surely you could still tread those paths.
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It was a jest, Dedue. I merely said the first thing that came to mind.
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I am driven by matters on which I cannot permit myself to yield. I hope you understand that.
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Well then, all the more reason to get some proper rest.
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If work remains, I will aid you. If you have difficulty sleeping, I will lend you my ear.
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But seeing you slumped over at your desk disturbs me.
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Every time, I fear death has come for you in the night.
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Death will never sneak up on me as long as I remain under your watchful attention.
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Your Majesty, please.
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Though if I were to die and leave you alone, the aftermath would be horrendous...
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I suppose I will heed your advice. Just this once.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.