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Hey there. Got time for a little chat?
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I do, but don't you kind of have a lot going on right now?
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Oh, I should probably be using your title now, shouldn't I? Since you're a king and all, Your Majesty.
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Call me whatever you want. I'm still the same Claude.
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I was shocked when I heard you were going to be the king of Leicester.
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I never imagined you'd be able to unify the Alliance and make it all "official."
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Hey, it was your idea. Don't tell me you forgot!
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Oh, right, the thing. The thing I definitely remember. That thing.
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Hm, are you sure? You're not filling me with confidence in your memory here.
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Sorry, it's not ringing any bells.
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Seriously? Wow. Guess that's just you being you, though, come to think of it.
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You said that the Alliance should get rid of the roundtable system so we could act more decisively.
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Oh, yeah... I did say that. But I didn't expect you to remake the whole alliance as a...federation? Whatever that is?
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Alliance. Federation. They're the same thing with different names. I just established something new to get rid of the old system.
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Huh. I guess it makes sense when you put it that way.
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You're a strange one, you know that? I find myself actually wanting to open up to you.
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It's probably because you don't seem to have any strings attached. Makes it easy to talk to you.
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Yeah, I'm just a wandering mercenary. All my life, I've never had many relationships to speak of.
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Right, right. You were taken in pretty young, weren't you?
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Yeah. I don't remember any of it, but that's what my mom told me.
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The lady who raised you... What kind of person was she?
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Hm, how do I put it? It was like she could do anything. She taught me all sorts of stuff.
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We lived in a small village deep in the mountains. It was a humble life, and I didn't interact much with the other villagers.
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Then one day, my mom suddenly got sick and passed away. And I was booted out of the village.
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I had to use everything she taught me just to stay alive after that.
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So you were left to face the world all alone after they kicked you out, huh?
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The whole time, yeah.
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I became a mercenary, but the groups I joined didn't last for long, so I ended up drifting from one place to the next.
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And that's how I ended up like this. Completely untethered.
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I see. You know, I think I understand you a little better now.
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Though I suppose I can't say for certain that I don't have any connections.
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You mean your power?
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Yeah. I still have no idea what it actually is or who my real parents are.
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Just remember that no matter what you find out, it won't change who you are. Just like how becoming a king hasn't changed who I am.