0. Oh, Dimitri. Have you read that letter from your [cdb]stepmom yet?
1. Oh, Dimitri. Have you read that letter from your [cdb]stepmom yet?
2. Ah, yes. I have.
3. It was a missive requesting the then Viscount Elidure's cooperation in her conspiracy against [cdb]my father.
4. She claimed he would have much to gain from the [cdb]king's elimination, all while shrewdly expressing [cdb]sympathy with his objections to the reforms.
5. I had it investigated for signs of forgery as a [cdb]precaution, but such a search returned nothing. The letter is authentic.
6. Meaning your stepmom was a willing participant [cdb]in the Tragedy of Duscur.
7. Meaning your stepmom was a willing participant [cdb]in the Tragedy of Duscur.
8. She sent so many to die—and would've done the same [cdb]to her own stepson, if all had gone according to plan.
9. She sent so many to die—and would've done the same [cdb]to her own stepson, if all had gone according to plan.
10. All out of desire to see her daughter again. Or so Cornelia said.
11. The wretch's words deserve little weight...but I [cdb]believe she spoke true.
12. In every memory I hold of my stepmother, she was [cdb]always looking past me. As if the one she truly cared [cdb]for was somewhere else entirely.
13. Get upset.
14. Sympathize with her.
15. That's horrible. I never knew my real mom, but the [cdb]woman who adopted me loved me with all her heart. That's how it should be.
16. That's horrible. I never knew my real mom, but the [cdb]woman who adopted me loved me with all her heart. That's how it should be.
17. It was horrible, yes, but what of it? There is no [cdb]guarantee a parent will come to love their child.
18. I can't imagine how that must've felt for you. But I'm [cdb]sure it wasn't easy for your stepmom either, separated [cdb]from her family like that.
19. I can't imagine how that must've felt for you. But I'm [cdb]sure it wasn't easy for your stepmom either, separated [cdb]from her family like that.
20. Indeed. I don't forgive her for how she treated me, [cdb]but...I suppose the blame doesn't lie solely with her.
21. Still, being faced with such plain evidence of her [cdb]crimes is a difficult thing to come to terms with.
22. I had once thought her among those I would avenge, [cdb]yet now she lies squarely in the path of my fury.
23. Pretty heavy stuff, yeah.
24. Pretty heavy stuff, yeah.
25. I can tell you're troubled as well.
26. You can see straight through me, huh? Guess that's [cdb]what three years together will do.
27. You can see straight through me, huh? Guess that's [cdb]what three years together will do.
28. It's Myson, that dark mage from before. He was... familiar with my power somehow.
29. It's Myson, that dark mage from before. He was... familiar with my power somehow.
30. And yeah, I know you said you trust me, but I'm not [cdb]so sure I even trust myself anymore.
31. And yeah, I know you said you trust me, but I'm not [cdb]so sure I even trust myself anymore.
32. I just, can't stand not knowing the truth. Who am I, [cdb]really?
33. I just can't stand not knowing the truth. Who am I, [cdb]really?
34. No matter what answer awaits, I will continue to [cdb]place my trust in you. That hasn't changed.
35. But what if I transform and attack you?
36. But what if I transform and attack you?
37. I would do whatever I must to restrain you, naturally. Failing that, I'd...
38. Forgive me. It helps no one to utter such words.
39. It's fine. If nothing else, the threat of death is good [cdb]motivation for me to get this power under control.
40. It's fine. If nothing else, the threat of death is good [cdb]motivation for me to get this power under control.
41. Have you lost your mind? It almost sounds like you'd [cdb]be OK with him killing you.
42. I don't wanna die, of course. But if it was between [cdb]that and killing a friend, I know which one I'd pick.
43. I don't wanna die, of course. But if it was between [cdb]that and killing a friend, I know which one I'd pick.