0. So, what did you want to talk about, Hubert?
1. So what did you want to talk about, Hubert?
2. I thought we might discuss you, actually. You wish to [cdb]know more about those eldritch powers of yours, yes?
3. Ah, right.
4. Ah, right.
5. Edelgard said I might have a chance to get to the [cdb]bottom of that.
6. Edelgard said I might have a chance to get to the [cdb]bottom of that.
7. Kinda figured she'd forgotten, since it's been two [cdb]years now.
8. Kinda figured she'd forgotten, since it's been two [cdb]years now.
9. Pray accept my apology on her behalf. It has been [cdb]more trying to find answers than we originally [cdb]expected.
10. With Lord Arundel lost to the winds, it has been a [cdb]trial combing through what little evidence he left [cdb]behind.
11. And of course, we are undertaking all of this in the [cdb]midst of painstaking preparations for war.
12. Recall Lord Arundel.
13. Ask for a reminder of who Lord Arundel is.
14. Lord Arundel is the guy who could shape-shift like Tomas, right? The one who escaped?
15. Lord Arundel is the guy who could shape-shift like Tomas, right? The one who escaped?
16. Correct. However, we have recently learned that he [cdb]goes by another name—Thales.
17. Did you figure out if my powers are the same as his?
18. Did you figure out if my powers are the same as his?
19. Sorry, who's Lord Arundel again?
20. Sorry, who's Lord Arundel again?
21. Short memory, I see. Arundel was the man we fought [cdb]at the palace two years ago. Just like Tomas, he [cdb]shape-shifted and managed to elude capture.
22. Since then, we have learned he also goes by another [cdb]name—Thales.
23. Oh yeah, that guy. So did you figure out if my powers [cdb]are the same as his?
24. Oh yeah, that guy. So, did you figure out if my [cdb]powers are the same as his?
25. And what are my powers, anyway? Not some kinda [cdb]curse, I hope.
26. And what are my powers, anyway? Not some kinda [cdb]curse, I hope.
27. A fine question. I think it is safe to assume that you [cdb]possess some form of magic.
28. However, it is not the same ilk as the white and black [cdb]magic we are familiar with.
29. Yours is, shall we say, dark magic—heathen craft that [cdb]is structured differently from conventional spells.
30. Ah!
31. Ah!
32. You are familiar with those who slither in the dark, [cdb]yes? People like Tomas, Kronya, and Thales?
33. We believe they possess the same power as you.
34. Refuse to believe it.
35. Accept the truth of Hubert's words.
36. No. I'm not like them at all.
37. No. I'm not like them at all.
38. That's tough to accept, but the similarities are too [cdb]great for it to be anything else.
39. That's tough to accept, but the similarities are too [cdb]great for it to be anything else.
40. Still, what you think does not matter in the end, [cdb]because my mind is already made up.
41. So, what? Are you gonna banish me someplace far [cdb]away because I'm too dangerous?
42. So, what? Are you gonna banish me someplace far [cdb]away because I'm too dangerous?
43. It's fine if you do. I'm used to being cut loose— [cdb]that's just how life as a sellsword goes.
44. It's fine if you do. I'm used to being cut loose— [cdb]that's just how life as a sellsword goes.
45. Do not be absurd. If we were done with you, [cdb]we would kill you, not banish you.
46. Fortunately, you are exceedingly talented, and Her Majesty trusts you implicitly.
47. The way I see it, we stand to profit best by keeping [cdb]you in our service.
48. So you trust me, too? Uh, thanks, I guess.
49. So you trust me, too? Um, thanks, I guess.
50. But now, we have a more important question to [cdb]answer—namely, how you came by your powers.
51. I thought I heard someone talking in here.
52. We were just finishing up. Do you have business with [cdb]our mercenary friend, Your Majesty?
53. I do, and I suspect it's related to what you were just [cdb]talking about.
54. Then I will leave you to it. Pray excuse me.
55. Ah, you should see the look on your face! Did Hubert threaten you?
56. Don't let it get to you. Yes, he's quite good at that [cdb]kind of thing, but it comes from a place of caution.
57. I wish that was all that was bothering me.
58. I wish that was all that was bothering me.
59. I want to transform the world into a place where no [cdb]one has to feel trapped by where they came from.
60. When I am done, it won't matter where you are born, [cdb]whose blood you have, or what powers course [cdb]through you—everyone will be treated as equals.
61. That's what we're fighting for, and that is what this [cdb]war is going to achieve.
62. So believe me when I say this—I don't care who [cdb]you are.
63. I only care about what you have done and what you [cdb]have yet to do.
64. Well...thanks, Edelgard. I feel a little better now.
65. Well...thanks, Edelgard. I feel a little better now.