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Hah! Yah! Hyah!
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I suppose that will be enough for today.
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Splendid spearwork. You are every bit the ideal of a nobleman—one who wields both lance and pen with equal aplomb.
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Hubert. As ever, you manage to materialize when one least expects it.
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If you insist on showing up in the middle of training, do not complain if you find yourself mistakenly skewered.
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Yes, accidents do so often happen during such exercises.
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Why, you could stab the life out of me here and now and still readily explain it away as a mere accident.
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Enough, Hubert—even if you are joking.
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Although I suppose it was I who first spoke flippantly. You have my apologies.
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I am ever at a loss to reply when you insist on apologizing so earnestly.
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In any event, your training has a certain ghastly quality about it of late.
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I found myself curious what it was that so impelled you, and came to check on the situation.
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I should think it obvious—the climax of this war is upon us.
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Thus, I have to focus myself all the more and work vigorously toward ultimate victory.
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I do this for my comrades, for the Empire, and for a better future.
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And perhaps for your departed father?
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Why would you think that?
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The father I looked up to—the one who served as a pillar of the Empire—died long ago.
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The man we fought at Fort Merceus was nothing but a traitor who lost sight of how to live.
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At this point...
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Listen to me, Ferdinand.
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If you wish to deny my claim, just tell me I am mistaken.
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As they say, those who protest overmuch admit the truth unwittingly.
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That was not my intention.
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Yet I cannot deny there is a part of my heart which thinks exactly that.
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You have changed. Well, no. Your true nature has not changed a bit.
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You are stubborn as ever, but there now also exists a rather flexible side to your personality.
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And you never change—and have not since the days when I was an ignorant young man.
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Since that time, you have proceeded unerringly along this road at Edelgard's right hand.
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But now all walk that same path, and it is the two of you who stand at the vanguard.
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If you have something to say, dispense with the flattery and speak plainly.
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Fine. I mean to join you both at the forefront, so our emperor will have loyalty at both her right and left.
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We shall be Hubert and Ferdinand, the twin jewels of the Empire!
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The twin jewels...of the Empire? Ahahaha!
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Hahaha! Er... Was it truly so amusing?