- I'm so sorry I can't let you run free. We'll go for
[cdb]another walk together soon, all right?
- Ah!
- Why so guarded, Marianne? Is that how you always
[cdb]greet beautiful men?
- Yuri... What do you want?
- Oh, nothing in particular. I simply spotted you on the
[cdb]way back from drills and felt like coming over to see
[cdb]what you were doing.
- I feel like you never leave these stables. Don't you
[cdb]ever grow tired of it?
- I'm sorry...
- It's merely a question. I'm not trying to judge you
[cdb]or anything.
- Well, this is going poorly already. All I wanted was
[cdb]to make a little small talk, and it ended up like...this.
- Are you always this gloomy? It seems you speak just
[cdb]fine around everyone else.
- I only know how to make small talk about animals,
[cdb]and you seem to hate them.
- So, um, I figured that no matter what I talked about,
[cdb]you would hate it. And...me.
- Hold on. Why would I hate you? And when have I
[cdb]ever said I hate animals?
- Once, when I was replacing the horses' hay, I saw you
[cdb]glaring at me from a distance.
- But if you don't hate animals, then it must be me...
- I'm sorry, I don't mean to sour your mood further.
I'll be gone soon anyway.
- ...
- Um, look, Marianne. Allow me to clear everything
[cdb]up for you.
- Firstly, I don't despise animals. I actually like them.
Understand?
- Yes. I'm sorry!
- Don't apologize or I'll have to repeat myself forever.
Just listen.
- Second, I don't hate you, or even think poorly of you.
Although I'll admit that I was somewhat annoyed
[cdb]with you earlier in this conversation.
- Sorr... Um, then why were you glaring at me before?
- I'm not sure. Perhaps you saw it wrong? I don't know
[cdb]when this was, but...
- Wait. I think I see now.
- I have a...condition, of sorts. One that can get
[cdb]aggravated under certain circumstances.
- I knew it. My very presence had aggravated you.
- I'm telling you that's not it! I swear by the goddess
[cdb]herself that it's not your fault. OK?
- No, you don't know what I have... Excuse me!
- Well, that got us absolutely nowhere. Conversing
[cdb]with the shady lady is almost pleasant in comparison.
- Well, that got us absolutely nowhere. There has to be
[cdb]some way to make her hear me.
- Hm. What did she mean when she said she'd "be gone
[cdb]soon"? That's a little too ominous to ignore.