1. Hey there, Ignatz!
  2. Oh, Raphael!
  3. I've been looking all over for you. Got a minute [cdb]to chat?
  4. Of course. With all the battles lately, we've barely [cdb]had any time to sit down and rest.
  5. Right? It feels like I don't even see you anymore, [cdb]and I definitely don't have enough time to show off [cdb]my muscles!
  6. Glad to see you haven't changed at all these past two [cdb]years.
  7. The Officers Academy shut down so suddenly. I scarcely would've imagined we'd all end up back [cdb]together as part of an army.
  8. Same here! Oh, and I could hardly believe my ears [cdb]when I found out you signed up to be a knight over [cdb]with Lorenz.
  9. To be honest...I had nowhere else to turn. I owe a great debt to him and his generosity.
  10. Gotcha, gotcha. He's not such a bad guy, that Lorenz!
  11. But Lorenz, he... He fell in battle.
  12. He was a good guy, though. That's still true, [cdb]even in death.
  13. I agree. Tell me Raphael, how have you been holding [cdb]up these past two years?
  14. I hear your family opened an inn?
  15. Oh yeah, me, my grandpa, and Maya! Business is [cdb]going pretty great, if you ask me.
  16. That's wonderful. And how is Maya?
  17. She's as sunny as always! That reminds me, she was [cdb]pretty worried about you. I better write her a letter [cdb]and tell her you're OK.
  18. I'm sure she wants to see you. Bet you're feeling the [cdb]same way, huh?
  19. Of course, I'd love to come and... That is, I should [cdb]write her a letter.
  20. ...
  21. What's wrong?
  22. Life never works out the way you want, does it?
  23. Huh?
  24. Oh, it's nothing. Just thinking back to my childhood.
  25. Back then, I felt like I had the power to do whatever I wanted.
  26. Whaddya mean? I still feel like that now.
  27. You do?
  28. Sure! I know I joined the Officers Academy to be a [cdb]knight, but that option's off the table.
  29. But look at me now! I might not be a knight, but I'm [cdb]fighting in a war as if I was.
  30. All you've gotta do is put your mind to it and you can [cdb]do anything you want. Trust me.
  31. Yes, I think you're right. Thanks, Raphael.