1. My, if it isn't Marianne. How is the fine maiden [cdb]today?
  2. Oh, Lorenz. I'm all right, thank you.
  3. Off to the chapel again? Your devotion never ceases [cdb]to amaze me.
  4. I... Yes, I am.
  5. Tell me. Do you regret taking part in this war?
  6. I was most surprised to hear you were joining our [cdb]forces, so if you are overexerting yourself for [cdb]whatever such reason...
  7. I'm not. And I wouldn't say I regret it, either.
  8. Hm?
  9. I had no other choice.
  10. When the Officers Academy shut down, my adoptive [cdb]father insisted I join the army. I wasn't given the [cdb]opportunity to say no.
  11. I see. So it is by the will of Margrave Edmund that [cdb]you're with us.
  12. Yes.
  13. I can only presume he did so as a show of his loyalty [cdb]to the cause, considering he cannot make much use [cdb]of his own soldiers.
  14. Yet you do not seem entirely on board with the [cdb]concept. Are you sure this is what you want?
  15. If need be, I would be glad to contact your father and [cdb]sort this out for you.
  16. Just stop!
  17. I'm fine with this. It's not like I have anywhere else [cdb]to go anyway.
  18. This is the only option I have. So please, just leave [cdb]me be.
  19. ...
  20. ...
  21. Marianne. We are living through an era of [cdb]immense change.
  22. This great war has entangled the three eminent [cdb]powers in Fódlan, and will undoubtedly leave a [cdb]lasting impact on the continent at large.
  23. Leicester cannot stay the way it is now. No—it must not.
  24. Not to mention we currently find ourselves arm in [cdb]arm with the Empire. Leicester cannot run counter [cdb]to the rushing torrent of change.
  25. Um, why are you telling me all this?
  26. Listen carefully, Marianne.
  27. I believe this moment in time to be a wonderful [cdb]opportunity for you to turn a new leaf.
  28. I, too, feel pressure to do the same, and I have spent [cdb]my days reacting in kind.
  29. Why don't you and I welcome in this new era [cdb]together—as changed people?
  30. If only it were that easy. Perhaps things wouldn't [cdb]be such a struggle.
  31. I'm sorry, I will continue to be as I always have. All I can do is pray.
  32. If you'll excuse me.