1. Ah-ha.
  2. Mhmm...
  3. Looks like he's at it again. HOW'S THE BOOK, IGNATZ?!
  4. Ah! Could you please not surprise me like that?
  5. Sorry, sorry. So, you got more books, huh? They look [cdb]expensive.
  6. They were tucked away in my family's storeroom. I had my brother send them to me.
  7. We're a merchant family. All the books here are [cdb]technically meant to be for sale.
  8. But they've gone unsold for years now, so he sent [cdb]them without telling my father.
  9. Ask about Ignatz's brother.
  10. Ask about Ignatz's father.
  11. Your brother sounds like a nice guy. Are you [cdb]two close?
  12. We weren't when we were younger. But I guess [cdb]we are now? We do write to each other a lot.
  13. I take it your old man is pretty strict?
  14. Not exactly. But he does take his business very, very [cdb]seriously.
  15. My father is quite...set in his ways. At least my [cdb]brother is easy to talk to.
  16. And he listens to even my strangest requests. That's why I tend to go to him for everything.
  17. I wonder if he feels sorry for me, since I became [cdb]a knight for our family's benefit.
  18. So, you didn't really wanna do it, then.
  19. Well, no, that's not... I did it because I wanted to [cdb]help them.
  20. Now that I'm a knight for House Gloucester, I've been able to make a lot more connections [cdb]with the nobility.
  21. If I use that to help my family's business, then I'm [cdb]perfectly happy with where I am.
  22. If you say so. What kind of books did you borrow?
  23. A bunch of travel journals! And collections of letters [cdb]from far-off places.
  24. No matter how painful life may be, it all fades away [cdb]when I read these books and imagine myself traveling.
  25. Wait, did you just say "painful"? I knew you weren't [cdb]happy!
  26. What you really wanna do is travel around and [cdb]paint all the scenery you like, don't you?
  27. What? How do you know that?!
  28. You're not exactly hiding it. You've got books on [cdb]painting techniques, preparing pigments, and all that [cdb]kinda stuff right here.
  29. Yes, the truth is, I love painting.
  30. I know the world holds all these wondrous sights that I can't even begin to imagine.
  31. If only I could see them for myself and capture them [cdb]on canvas...
  32. I used to dream of doing that. But things are different [cdb]now, you know?
  33. I don't regret becoming a knight, and I didn't do it [cdb]just for my family's sake.
  34. I want to do my part to shape Fódlan's future. It's my [cdb]responsibility, as much as anyone else's.
  35. That conviction has only grown with every battle.
  36. Ah, that must have sounded so arrogant. I'm sorry, I'm embarrassing myself.
  37. All right. If you're gonna make it that clear you don't [cdb]regret your choice, then I'll stop pestering you.
  38. But this war is gonna end one day. Why not keep [cdb]your dreams alive for when it does?
  39. Maybe I will.