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Lysithea!
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Must you cry out my name whenever you see me? Yes, well, what do you need?
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A moment of your time, nothing more. I have an issue I would like to discuss.
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Very well—but please make it fast.
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It concerns your future.
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Huh?
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I just could not understand why a talented young woman such as yourself would make such a rash and, frankly, illogical decision.
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Why would you throw away your nobility? Why must you live with such hasty abandon?
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I sought answers to these questions. I attempted to understand your reason for living.
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Could you not, though? It's incredibly irritating.
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Ugh. Fine, whatever. Keep talking.
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Right. Well, in the end, I happened upon your secret and came here to talk to you.
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I know you have been condemned to a brief life.
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...
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So you know the truth. Good for you.
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Well, as I have no options or choice in the matter, I'd appreciate you just leaving it be.
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Do you truly have no options?
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And what option do you think is open to me? I can't do anything but take on responsibility for my parents.
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I do not know, at least not right now, but...
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Don't you think I'd do something if I could?!
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Of course. And as I said, I lack a solution to the issue at present.
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Though there may only be little time left to you, does it mean there is no tomorrow? No day after that?
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As long as you draw breath, you can take action.
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And what "action" can I possibly take, Ferdinand?!
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I stopped clinging to false hope long ago!
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Do not turn away from the magic of possibility.
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Lord Arundel and the others who worked in the shadows of the Empire left behind a great deal of information.
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And as you know, I have been delving into that information with Hubert.
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In the course of our work, we located records of the fell experiments conducted at House Ordelia.
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Ah!
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You...did?
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We did. Now, there is no guarantee we will stumble across a solution to your particular problem...
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But we have the wisest minds of the Empire— including Linhardt, Professor Hanneman, and many others—researching the matter as we speak.
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With the aid of some of our most esteemed Crest scholars, we are beginning to unravel many mysteries.
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With the aid of some of our most esteemed Crest scholars, we are beginning to unravel many mysteries.
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So please just hold on a little longer, Lysithea. Let us finish this before your life flickers out.
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That's... I don't even...
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Ferdinand, wait! Let me help with the research, too!
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That way would be better! Much, much, better! Wait for me!