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I wonder when I'll be able to return to Enbarr...
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Greetings, Dorothea. I hope I'm not intruding.
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Oh, you're fine, I was just having myself a little think. So what do you need?
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I come with a matter involving the opera company of which you were once a member.
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What's wrong, what happened?!
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Nothing drastic, I assure you. A letter addressed to you arrived, and finding myself with a moment to spare, I decided to deliver it personally.
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And as I was also hoping to speak with you about the company, the trip serves a dual purpose.
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OK, don't scare me like that, Hubert! I figured something awful had happened since you were coming here in person!
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My apologies. Let your heart be at ease.
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Now then! I wish to discuss the matter of your return to the opera company.
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I'm pretty sure I said I wasn't going back.
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That is not what I refer to. Well, it is and it isn't.
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You have no love of violence, and in fact care little enough for it that the mere sight of someone in pain nearly rends your poor heart in two.
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Further, I am aware that you received numerous invitations to return to the company.
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Despite that, you continue to remain here on the front lines of the war. I find this choice...curious.
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OK, that's a fair point.
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I honestly have given some thought about returning to the company.
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Touring across the land with them and using music to heal weary hearts sounds...wonderful.
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And if I did make that choice, it would be a different way to help Edelgard and everyone else.
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You agree, right?
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Indeed, I should think it terribly useful work.
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But even so, I can't abandon the actual fight when all of you are still here.
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The thought of being safe and sound while my friends risk their lives isn't something I'm comfortable with. Does that make sense?
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It does—and I even share your feelings to a degree.
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However, we could always summon your opera company to the front so that you could use your diva talents to motivate our troops.
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Surely you have considered this possibility?
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You really see through everything, Hubie. It's vexing.
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But fine, there's another reason—I want to support Edie as a commoner.
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If I were here in the position of an opera diva, I wouldn't be treated like one anymore.
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I want to be here fighting as a representative of the peasant class.
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However selfish it might be, I feel this is the best way to help Edie as she tries to erase the gap between nobles and commoners.
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Well, this is a surprise.
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You choose the path of hardship for the sake of your emperor? Truly I have undersold your resolve.
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Oh, but there is one more reason...
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Still more?
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There are quite a few young nobles here—dependable ones with quality futures ahead of them.
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And they're a lot more attractive than the doormats who flutter about us divas in the capital.
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Yes, that does seem important. You are stronger than I gave you credit for, Dorothea—and you have earned my respect this day.