1. Your Majesty. You will take ill if you keep sleeping [cdb]at your desk.
  2. Mmm? Dedue?
  3. Urgh, I've done it again... Yes, well, thank you [cdb]for waking me and sparing my poor neck any [cdb]further damage.
  4. You sounded pained. Is everything all right?
  5. Dreaming of the past again, I fear.
  6. The Tragedy?
  7. No. The day I returned to the capital afterward.
  8. Do you remember the child who cursed me after [cdb]my father's funeral?
  9. Ah, yes. I believe he was the son of a knight who fell [cdb]in Duscur.
  10. He was furious that I would not take revenge on your [cdb]people, and even more enraged to see you serving [cdb]as my vassal.
  11. He berated me without mercy, demanding I kill you [cdb]then and there. All I could do was walk away.
  12. Everyone desires revenge for that day. Survivors and the dead alike cry out for retribution.
  13. I know, Your Majesty.
  14. I seek to fulfill the duty they have given me, [cdb]and have never once flinched from it. And yet...
  15. Dedue, if I were mortally wounded and begged [cdb]with my dying breath for you to avenge me, [cdb]what would you do?
  16. I would do it. Even at the cost of my life.
  17. And if I told you to forget me and live [cdb]for your own happiness?
  18. I would regretfully decline. I cannot know happiness [cdb]without you by my side.
  19. I would still seek vengeance. Just...for my own sake, [cdb]not yours.
  20. Interesting. And nothing I say to the contrary will [cdb]change your mind?
  21. Your Majesty, can you not live for your own sake?
  22. My life is not my own. It belongs to my kingdom, [cdb]my people, and the dead.
  23. But had I been born to a different fate...
  24. Well, perhaps I would have traveled outside Fódlan [cdb]with you as a mercenary. Or perhaps I'd be a farmer. I confess the thought does sound rather delightful.
  25. Surely you could still tread those paths.
  26. It was a jest, Dedue. I merely said the first thing that [cdb]came to mind.
  27. I am driven by matters on which I cannot permit [cdb]myself to yield. I hope you understand that.
  28. Well then, all the more reason to get some [cdb]proper rest.
  29. If work remains, I will aid you. If you have difficulty [cdb]sleeping, I will lend you my ear.
  30. But seeing you slumped over at your desk [cdb]disturbs me.
  31. Every time, I fear death has come for you in [cdb]the night.
  32. Death will never sneak up on me as long as I remain [cdb]under your watchful attention.
  33. Your Majesty, please.
  34. Though if I were to die and leave you alone, [cdb]the aftermath would be horrendous...
  35. I suppose I will heed your advice. Just this once.
  36. Thank you, Your Majesty.