- Mutton! Jerky! Steak! This is the best meat
[cdb]party ever!
- Slow down, Raphael! Just how much are you planning
[cdb]to eat?
- Oh, this is delicious. It has a nice, delicate sweetness
[cdb]to it.
- It really does. I wish I could share some with Dorte...
- Dorte? Who's that?
- Oh, that's your friend, right, Marianne?
The...horse one.
- My brother! You haven't had nearly enough to drink!
Come on now, bottoms up!
- And you need to eat something! I prepared the food
[cdb]myself, you know. Try the mushrooms. They came
[cdb]out perfect.
- The war is far from over, but these people are acting
[cdb]like they don't have a care in the world.
- Keeping your guard up all the time is just gonna tire
[cdb]you out. Everyone needs to unwind every now and
[cdb]again.
- Keeping your guard up all the time is just gonna tire
[cdb]you out. Everyone needs to unwind every now and
[cdb]again.
- Hmph. Then why isn't the man of the hour partaking
[cdb]in the festivities?
- Now that you mention it, where is Claude?
- Now that you mention it, where is Claude?
- Claude, what are you doing out here?
- Claude, what're you doing out here?
- Oh, hey there. Just thought a little fresh air would do
[cdb]me good.
- Hit the bottle a little too hard? Can't say I blame you.
It's been a while since we've cut loose like this.
- Hit the bottle a little too hard? Can't say I blame you.
It's been a while since we've cut loose like this.
- Yeah, that could be it.
- You've got to wonder what's really running around in
[cdb]that mind of his.
- He never revealed his dealing with Count Gloucester,
[cdb]nor that he'd befriended an Almyran general.
- He's probably hatching a new scheme right now.
Not that he'd ever tell us about it.
- Ask Claude what's on his mind.
- Stare at him in silence.
- What're you thinking about, Claude?
- What're you thinking about, Claude?
- Hm? Oh, not much. Just letting my mind wander a
[cdb]bit now the battle's finally over.
- ...
- ...
- What? Do I have something on my face?
- Well, I guess I should rejoin the festivities. Come on,
[cdb]let's go be merry.
- It still feels like he's got this wall around him.
Hard to say if we're ever gonna really understand
[cdb]each other.
- It still feels like he's got this wall around him.
Hard to say if we're ever gonna really understand
[cdb]each other.
- I'm sure you will one day. After all that's happened,
[cdb]he's come to depend quite heavily on you.
- Although, if you really want him to see you as
[cdb]someone he can turn to, you'll need to get stronger.
- That man harbors many secret ambitions. I wouldn't
[cdb]expect him to back away from this war anytime soon.
- Sounds pretty tough when you put it like that.
- Sounds pretty tough when you put it like that.
- Oh yes. He'll say all of this is for everyone else, but he
[cdb]has aspirations of his own, too.
- Just like us and our goal of slaying the Ashen Demon.
- If you grow stronger for Claude's sake, it'll benefit
[cdb]your own aspirations as well.
- He may not be your partner in destiny, but yours
[cdb]is a valuable relationship nonetheless.
- Hey, Arval.
- Hey, Arval.
- Yes?
- Don't you think you're getting a bit too obsessed with
[cdb]this little grudge match?
- Don't you think you're getting a bit too obsessed with
[cdb]this little grudge match?
- Maybe so. Though I don't believe that's all there is
[cdb]to it.
- What do you mean?
- What do you mean?
- I suppose it just feels like our destiny. Like it's
[cdb]something we're meant to do.