- Hey there, Shamir. What's a gal like you doing in a
[cdb]place like this?
- Oh. It's you. What do you want?
- Nothing in particular. Just had some time to kill.
Thought it'd be nice to chat.
- Shouldn't you and Holst be punching each other's abs
[cdb]or something?
- Shouldn't you be off sparring with Catherine?
- Shouldn't you and Caspar be off punching things?
- Shouldn't you be off dripping sweat all over the
[cdb]training grounds?
- That sounds nice and all, but...I've had my eye on you
[cdb]for a while.
- Try anything funny, and you'll regret it.
- Whoa, take it easy, pal. I didn't mean it like that.
- I was just thinking the two of us have got a lot in
[cdb]common, yeah?
- Nothing comes to mind.
- Hey now, let's not be too hasty.
- Take gambling, for instance. I happen to know
[cdb]you like a little game of chance, and I fancy a
[cdb]wager myself every now and again.
- Hmph. You can't call it gambling if all you do is lose.
- Sure, I've probably lost more than I've made.
But hey, that's part of the fun, right?
- Keep telling yourself that.
- What about booze? From what I understand,
[cdb]you're quite the drinker.
- But unlike you, I can actually hold my liquor.
- Hey, that was one time! Nobody drinks Balthus
[cdb]under the table... Not unless I've lost a bet.
- You must lose often. I've seen you stumbling around
[cdb]here quite a bit.
- All right, so gambling and booze are out. What about
[cdb]fighting? The battlefield is where we both come alive,
[cdb]yeah?
- My fighting style is nothing like yours.
- I can't argue with that. I like to get in real close
[cdb]and crack some skulls, while you prefer to pick
[cdb]off enemies from a safe distance.
- But even if our methods are different, the end result is
[cdb]the same. It's kill or be killed out there.
- Huh. So you do see how we're different.
- Give me some credit, will ya? I might not be the best
[cdb]drinker or gambler, but I am the Desirable King of
Grappling.
- I can tell you're not looking for your fights to be
[cdb]a bloodbath, unlike yours truly.
- Because I don't like dying. I prefer to be the one
[cdb]doing the killing.
- That's why I use a bow. The only one who bleeds is
[cdb]the enemy.
- Aren't you forgetting something? After gambling and
[cdb]booze, you're supposed to ask me about women.
- Though I doubt our tastes are similar.
- Wait, what's that supposed to mean? Hey, Shamir!
Where're you going?
- Huh, wonder what that was about.