0. No movement on the Empire side, huh? All this [cdb]quiet only makes me more anxious.
1. Perhaps what keeps them at bay is the fear of having [cdb]to face the famed Hero of Daphnel.
2. Erwin! Do my ears deceive me, or did you just make [cdb]a joke?
3. I do not jest. Your being here is the only thing [cdb]preventing me from surrendering to the Empire this [cdb]very instant.
4. You can drop the traitorous villain act. I know you've [cdb]done more for the Alliance than anyone else.
5. You give me far too much credit. All that has ever [cdb]mattered to me is ensuring the well-being of the [cdb]commonfolk in my territory. Not the Alliance itself.
6. And that's what makes you a great lord in my book. Or rather, it made you one, I suppose.
7. Indeed. Now I am but a humble retiree, ready to enjoy [cdb]my decrepitude. Maybe now people will actually [cdb]leave me be.
8. I wouldn't count on that. You'll have plenty of [cdb]unwanted company if the Empire attacks.
9. Oh, I do not think we need concern ourselves [cdb]over that.
10. If the Empire had any intention of continuing their [cdb]war with the Alliance, they would have struck [cdb]already.
11. I imagine they have reconsidered their plans [cdb]following that last battle.
12. It was foolish of them to start a war on two fronts in [cdb]the first place, but it would be even greater folly yet [cdb]to continue after witnessing the might of the Alliance.
13. Hold on. Are you saying the reason you volunteered [cdb]to defend the Great Bridge is because you figured it [cdb]wouldn't be attacked?
14. Hm. Now there is a thought...
15. "Humble retiree," my foot. You're just as shrewd [cdb]as ever.
16. You honor me, Lady Judith.