0. Surrender now and I will spare your life.
1. You're all alone, fancy boy! Whatcha gonna do?
2. Urgh!
3. Heh. Oh, you are positively brutal.
4. She seemed to be reaching for a weapon. It is better to have safety than sorrow.
5. Also, she would not have told you any information [cdb]of usefulness. You have knowledge of this.
6. As she is now nothing more than a corpse, I cannot [cdb]be certain of anything.
7. However, I must admit she appeared to be going for [cdb]her blade. You have my gratitude.
8. There is no need for thanks. I have awareness that [cdb]you could have been dealing with that assassin [cdb]yourself.
9. Heh. Perhaps. Still, I must say, I have never hidden [cdb]atop a tree just in case I needed to put an arrow into [cdb]someone's back. I must try it sometime.
10. I imagine such tactics are part and parcel for a woman [cdb]of Brigid—though I am a touch surprised a queen [cdb]would resort to them.
11. Why does it give you surprise? It is the tactic of most [cdb]cleverness. You can attack with safety and with clear [cdb]shots at the enemy's vitals.
12. Or are you thinking that a queen should not be [cdb]like her people?
13. Oh, no. Not in the slightest.
14. In fact, I can think of no wiser strategy than for a [cdb]queen to position herself somewhere safe.
15. Fódlan's history is littered with foolish rulers who [cdb]have gleefully ridden off to their own deaths.
16. All in the name of the ludicrous, contemptible [cdb]concept they call chivalry.
17. Chivalry... Ah, yes! That is the code for the knights.
18. There are no knights of Brigid. We have agreement [cdb]that they are without sense.
19. But in Fódlan I have been reading many books [cdb]about chivalry.
20. It is a code without point, yet it is followed by many. I do not have understanding of the reasoning.
21. Well, knightly deeds make for good tales—and tales [cdb]have a way of stretching very easily.
22. Over time, it is likely that people let go of the fact [cdb]while happily embracing the fiction.
23. Perhaps Fódlan once enjoyed an era of peace just long [cdb]enough for that fantasy to take root.
24. Interesting... It is peace we are wishing for, [cdb]but also peace that is making us weak.
25. I am not wanting my land of home to be weak. But I am wanting it to have peace.
26. The meaning of this is that chivalry may be coming to Brigid one day.
27. Despite my grumbling, it is not a system completely [cdb]without use.
28. For example, it serves well enough for keeping [cdb]otherwise unruly warriors under control.
29. Still, one advantage cannot make up for a host of [cdb]failings. At the end of the day, it is a poor belief [cdb]system at best.
30. I will be keeping your words in my mind as I [cdb]attempt to create an era of peace.
31. Yes, begone with the tired old ways and usher in a [cdb]new age for all. That is what we are fighting for.