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Hey Dedue. It looked like you were having some trouble out there during training today. All good?
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It is not uncommon. Many soldiers do not think highly of me.
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Why's that?
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As you know, I am from Duscur.
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Relations with my home have improved now that His Majesty has taken the throne, but...
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Many still hold misgivings about fighting beside someone like me.
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I don't really care myself, but I can get why it might bother some people.
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Especially if they had family or friends who died in Duscur. That's not something you can just move on from.
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Really? I don't see why.
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The Tragedy of Duscur shook the entire Kingdom to its core.
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And now I am among the royal guard. An honor often reserved for the children of nobles.
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As I am neither noble nor knight, many are displeased at my position.
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Yeah, that kinda stuff always makes people jealous. I've got tons of rumors flying around about me, too.
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Not that I blame them. I was just a regular merc, plucked off the street and into the Officers Academy just because I happened to bump into Dimitri.
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All of it was a lucky break, if you ask me. Kinda natural it would get under people's skin.
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True.
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We are both here due to happenstance involving His Majesty.
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It is in the nobility's instinct to resent us for claiming their rightful roles.
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Missing out due to sheer luck is cruel indeed.
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I'm sure Dimitri's got his hands full balancing it all, too. One wrong move and we could be faced with a full-on rebellion.
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But y'know, I think there's an easy way to solve this.
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Hm?
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We just have to prove we're both capable leaders. That we deserve people's support.
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It's like I said before. As long as we get results, trust and respect will follow.
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Even the biggest skeptics'll have to throw their weight behind us if we can show we have what it takes.
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Something you learned as a mercenary?
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Yep. There was this thief we had in our company, real shady guy. Nobody trusted him.
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But he did his work just as well as anyone else, and before long everyone had pretty much warmed up to him.
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After a year or so, even I was joking around with him like he was an old friend.
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He won your trust.
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Mmhm. Course, we didn't know for sure he wouldn't just run off with all our stuff one night.
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But that's why people like you are so valuable. Y'know, people who keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
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I see.
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Sorry, I didn't mean to talk your ear off.
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No, I appreciate it. I will try to follow your advice.