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An opera company smack dab in the middle of the Imperial capital, huh? I can't even begin to imagine what that must be like.
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I mean, I've been all over the place for my mercenary work, but it's mostly just been for small-time rural lords and the like.
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Honestly, I'd never even met anyone from the big cities like Enbarr or Fhirdiad before coming to Garreg Mach.
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Even after I ended up in the capital, all the glitz and glamor made me feel almost like I was living someone else's life instead of my own.
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You know, shows in the capital are about a thousand times flashier than the little town festival shows you might be used to.
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Every important moment of the drama is conveyed through elaborate song, and at the center of the musical ensemble stands its star: the diva.
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I think I get the idea. These divas sound pretty incredible.
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They probably get stage names and everything if they're that important, huh?
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Kinda like how all the most famous mercenary groups have one big name leading the charge. People like the Blade Breaker or the Ashen Demon.
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You must've had a stage name or something too, huh?
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Oh, but of course. I was known as the Mystical Songstress.
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Hey, that's pretty good. There always has been this kinda indescribable aura surrounding you.
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Thanks, but I have mixed feelings about the name myself. They called me that because of how suddenly a street orphan like me was discovered and debuted.
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Yeah, I see how there could be some complicated feelings wrapped up in that.
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But if you were able to rise from that to diva, you must have the chops to back it up.
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Not that I can even picture what that would sound like. Hey, do you think you could sing something for me?
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Since you asked so nicely. But I'm only doing it this once, OK?
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♪How the crimson rain of pain it came, falling hard upon a land aflame. When the sacred blade it split the sky, until the heavens heard our cry...♪
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♪In the hour of vengeance, will you heed the call? On the red fields of revenge, will you help avenge? We must fight strong and stand tall!♪
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Well, what did you think?
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It was, uh...yeah.
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What, you didn't like it? Not quite the booming applause I'm used to.
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No, it was incredible, honest. It's just, I'm not really sure I "got" it, you know?
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I mean, the only songs I know are the ones sung by mercs in taverns or village girls as they tend the fields. You're kinda in a different league, Dorothea.
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No, it was incredible, honest. I was just kinda at a loss for words for a second there. That was like nothing else I've ever heard before.
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Sorry I can't really give you much more than that.
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Oh, don't worry about it. This sort of thing happens more often than you'd think.
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Well, as long as you're not mad. If you don't mind, though, maybe you could try again for me sometime?
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I'd really like to hear you sing some more. And hey, I might even get better at telling you what I thought.
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Hehe. Sure. I suppose I can give you one more chance.