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Ah, Ferdinand. I hadn't realized you'd returned to the palace.
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Yes, here I am. Not that I have official business like you.
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Then why come such a long way— Ah, I see. You're here to visit your father.
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I am ashamed to say this was my first time seeing him in his cell.
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My father insisted I stay away for my own safety.
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Though I must confess, the dungeon was not the horrid place I had imagined it to be.
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I was envisioning...you know. Fiery hot pokers, spikes...that manner of thing.
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Oh? Then it may interest you to know that we do actually have such a dungeon. I've only seen it once, myself.
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It's...further down from where we're keeping the former duke. It's a dismal place, one where rats scurry to and fro.
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Rats? I do not imagine Father would cope well with that at all.
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While he did look haggard, it sounds as though his treatment could be far, far worse.
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We're doing our best to keep him in good health— the rest will depend on his frame of mind.
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Well, you will hear no complaints from me.
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I care only that he is kept alive and given a fair trial. And that his punishment fits the crime, of course.
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You'd better speed things along then, because Hubert is quickly losing patience.
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A fact of which I am very well aware. The problem is that I remain unable to connect my father to many of the acts he is accused of.
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Perhaps you're wasting your time. A noble as powerful as your father could easily have documents forged and witnesses bought off.
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Any records that remain will be considered far too dubious to prove guilt or innocence.
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Another fact I am very much aware of...
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In truth...I already found proof some time ago. Proof of his corruption, that is.
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I discovered it while looking through his tax records. When I realized what he had done, I was ready to serve him up to the authorities myself.
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Your own father? I'm surprised to hear you say that.
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I mean it. I thought I could carefully build a solid case against him while studying at the academy.
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However, you had him clapped in irons before I could have my case organized. Heh. Now there is a bit of comedy.
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I idolized my father ever since I was a child. Yet I had to push those feelings aside in order to muster the anger to punish him.
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Now I find myself trapped between both of those emotions with no resolution in sight.
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I see. And tell me, is that the end of your story?
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I thought you were going to become prime minister. Keep me in line. Surpass me, even.
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Oh! Uh, well, I did not mean...
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You can still share words with your father and see him punished for his crimes, you know.
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So if you desire resolution, start resolving matters. It's never too late.