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Gilbert, Rodrigue enter the scene
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Gilbert
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There's quite a bit of fog settling in. We won't be able to advance our troops very far in this.
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Rodrigue
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We won't be able to move at all until the fog lifts, no matter which path we take. We'll have to be patient and wait it out.
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Rodrigue
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Gilbert. No... Gustave. I would like to take this opportunity to speak with you about something.
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Rodrigue
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It's about the Tragedy of Duscur. There's something about it I just can't wrap my head around.
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Gilbert
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I'm listening.
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Rodrigue
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I lost a son in Duscur that day. I exhausted every last resource I had to investigate what took place there.
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Rodrigue
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I was startled to find that...there wasn't a single shred of evidence to suggest that Lady Patricia's carriage had been attacked.
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Gilbert
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Go on...
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Rodrigue
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Apart from His Highness, whose injuries left him on the verge of death, everyone else present at the time was slaughtered.
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Rodrigue
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Of all the victims, only the corpse of Lady Patricia, His Majesty's second wife, was never found. Isn't that right?
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Gilbert
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Hmm... Surely that means she was abducted. There was no evidence of an attack, suggesting they threatened her but did not kill her...
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Rodrigue
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But what reason would they have to take her? Would it not have been better to kill her?
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Gilbert
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Perhaps she had some value as a diplomatic pawn.
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Rodrigue
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Nonsense. In the many years since that day, has Lady Patricia ever been used thus?
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Gilbert
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No... Not as far as I know. Then perhaps she was used for some political gain within the Empire.
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Rodrigue
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Now that her daughter is the emperor, what reason would she have to keep hiding her existence?
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Gilbert
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It is possible she passed away after returning to the Empire...
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Rodrigue
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Gustave, I know this is hard for you to hear, but just consider what it would mean if Lady Patricia was involved with that incident...
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Gilbert
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Silence, Rodrigue. I will not allow you to tarnish her memory like that.
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Rodrigue
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I do not mean to imply that she arranged His Majesty's murder or anything of the like.
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Rodrigue
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But, Gustave... I cannot shake the feeling that the tragedy was part of a much larger conspiracy.
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Rodrigue
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There is more to it than we know, that much is certain...
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Kingdom Soldier enters the scene
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Kingdom Soldier
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Rodrigue! Gilbert! Please, hurry!
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Byleth, Dimitri enter the scene
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Rodrigue enters the scene
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Gilbert, Kingdom Soldier enter the scene
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Gilbert
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To kill like this...is inhuman.
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Rodrigue
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This is one of the knights we dispatched to the leader of the Alliance. Tell me everything you know.
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Kingdom Soldier
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Sir! A soldier on patrol came across this knight a short while ago in a rocky area not far from here.
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Kingdom Soldier
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Someone from the Alliance must have disposed of the body there...
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Gilbert
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Is this how the Alliance chose to inform us that they have no intention of joining our cause?
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Rodrigue
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The Alliance lords each have their own motives. It's difficult to say for sure who was behind this.
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Dimitri
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Yes. I would not hesitate to believe them capable of this.
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Rodrigue
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Whatever the truth is, the other knights we dispatched are in serious danger.
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Rodrigue
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It's best to assume that joining with the Alliance is out of the question now.
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Gilbert
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Even with Count Charon's support, this makes our situation grim...
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Dimitri
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I never expected the Alliance to help us.
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Dimitri
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Anyone who stands in my way will be crushed beneath my feet...
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Maiden
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It is time, dear Brother...