0. An opera company smack dab in the middle of the Imperial capital, huh? I can't even begin to imagine [cdb]what that must be like.
1. I mean, I've been all over the place for my mercenary [cdb]work, but it's mostly just been for small-time rural [cdb]lords and the like.
2. Honestly, I'd never even met anyone from the big [cdb]cities like Enbarr or Fhirdiad before coming to Garreg Mach.
3. Even after I ended up in the capital, all the glitz and [cdb]glamor made me feel almost like I was living someone [cdb]else's life instead of my own.
4. You know, shows in the capital are about a thousand [cdb]times flashier than the little town festival shows you [cdb]might be used to.
5. Every important moment of the drama is conveyed [cdb]through elaborate song, and at the center of the [cdb]musical ensemble stands its star: the diva.
6. Ask more about divas.
7. Compare it to the mercenary life.
8. I think I get the idea. These divas sound pretty [cdb]incredible.
9. They probably get stage names and everything if [cdb]they're that important, huh?
10. Kinda like how all the most famous mercenary groups [cdb]have one big name leading the charge. People like the Blade Breaker or the Ashen Demon.
11. You must've had a stage name or something [cdb]too, huh?
12. Oh, but of course. I was known as the Mystical Songstress.
13. Hey, that's pretty good. There always has been this [cdb]kinda indescribable aura surrounding you.
14. Thanks, but I have mixed feelings about the name [cdb]myself. They called me that because of how suddenly [cdb]a street orphan like me was discovered and debuted.
15. Yeah, I see how there could be some complicated [cdb]feelings wrapped up in that.
16. But if you were able to rise from that to diva, [cdb]you must have the chops to back it up.
17. Not that I can even picture what that would sound [cdb]like. Hey, do you think you could sing something [cdb]for me?
18. Since you asked so nicely. But I'm only doing it [cdb]this once, OK?
19. ♪How the crimson rain of pain it came, falling hard [cdb]upon a land aflame. When the sacred blade it split [cdb]the sky, until the heavens heard our cry...♪
20. ♪In the hour of vengeance, will you heed the call? On the red fields of revenge, will you help avenge? We must fight strong and stand tall!♪
21. Well, what did you think?
22. It was, uh...yeah.
23. What, you didn't like it? Not quite the booming [cdb]applause I'm used to.
24. Tell her the truth: You don't get it.
25. Tell a little white lie.
26. No, it was incredible, honest. It's just, I'm not really [cdb]sure I "got" it, you know?
27. I mean, the only songs I know are the ones sung by [cdb]mercs in taverns or village girls as they tend the fields. You're kinda in a different league, Dorothea.
28. No, it was incredible, honest. I was just kinda at a loss [cdb]for words for a second there. That was like nothing [cdb]else I've ever heard before.
29. Sorry I can't really give you much more than that.
30. Oh, don't worry about it. This sort of thing happens [cdb]more often than you'd think.
31. Well, as long as you're not mad. If you don't mind, [cdb]though, maybe you could try again for me sometime?
32. I'd really like to hear you sing some more. And hey, I might even get better at telling you what I thought.
33. Hehe. Sure. I suppose I can give you one more [cdb]chance.