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Hey, Marianne! You were really doing great during those drills today!
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Oh, um...
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I'm heading over to the mess hall, you wanna join? After all that training this morning and no break, I'm starving!
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Oh, sorry, I forgot. You like to eat alone, right?
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Then don't worry about it. I'll find someone else.
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No! I'd... I'd like to accompany you. If you would have me, that is.
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You sure? All right then, let's go. I wonder what's on the menu today.
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Oh man that was good. I feel alive again!
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Yes, that was nice.
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By the way, why'd you decide to come along with me?
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What do you mean?
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You usually sit by yourself. I thought you didn't like eating with others.
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Sometimes I see you eating with Hilda, but I figured that's 'cause she makes you do it, right?
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Yes, I do feel more comfortable when I'm alone.
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I haven't been around people much, so I don't normally know what to say in conversations.
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Well now I'm even more curious why you decided to eat with me.
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Well...
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You have a strange power, right? It makes you transform...or something like that.
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Yeah. You curious about it?
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It's not so much that. I, um, wondered if you despised having it.
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Nah, I don't even give it much thought. And besides, my power's come in handy a few times.
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It does bother me, but I can't really put my finger on why.
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I know it makes people suspicious of me, and curious about my background, but that's just how people are.
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And yet you always have such a sunny disposition, and everyone here respects you.
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I wondered why that was...
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I mean, I sure hope they respect me. So that's why you wanted to join me?
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I wanted to know how I could be like you.
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Like me? But Marianne, it's not like you have some mysterious power tucked away, right?
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No... I don't.
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If you just wanna make friends with people, then you don't need to think so hard about it.
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It's not like anyone here hates you.
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Don't they? I'm so useless.
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Hey, you're a huge help to all of us. I mean that. So you don't have to force yourself to act like someone you're not, OK?
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All right... Thank you for saying that.