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Byleth, Rhea, Claude enter the scene
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Rhea
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You... You have come to save me...
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Rhea
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Is this... Is this a dream? I have longed to see you again...all this time... Is it truly you?
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Rhea
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Claude... I can see you have grown into a reliable young man...
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Rhea
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Thank you for supporting the professor, and for rescuing me.
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Rhea
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Surely the protection of the goddess has—
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Claude
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Wait, Rhea.
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Claude
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What do you know about the children of the goddess?
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Rhea
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Children of... What is this about?
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Claude
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Forgive my bluntness. Someone from the Empire filled us in on a few things.
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Claude
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I know it must be painful for us to ask you difficult questions after such an arduous confinement.
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Claude
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But we have no choice. We must defeat a secret enemy... Those who slither in the dark.
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Claude
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Do you know about them?
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Rhea
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Those who slither in the dark...
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Claude
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Apparently, they resent the children of the goddess and the people of the world, and are planning something big. Something terrible.
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Claude
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They use blood for their wicked magic and are capable of dropping javelins of light from the sky, which are powerful enough to crush a fortress.
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Claude
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If you can think of anything at all, please tell us now. We need to know as much as possible about these enemies in order to stop them.
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Claude
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This is the critical moment that will determine whether or not Fódlan falls! Can't you see that the time for secrets has passed?!
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Rhea
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It is true that there is a group of people who have slithered in the darkness and threatened the peace of Fódlan since ancient times.
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Rhea
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I am sure you have heard the stories of a man named Nemesis...
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Claude
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Nemesis, the King of Liberation. He's the hero to whom the goddess gave the Sword of the Creator.
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Rhea
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Nemesis was originally the leader of a group of bandits. He plundered the Holy Tomb and stole the remains of the progenitor god.
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When Nemesis appeared in Zanado some time later, he already wielded the Sword of the Creator.
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Claude
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Zanado, the Red Canyon...
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Claude
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According to legend, the goddess gifted him the sword to fight against the evil gods.
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Rhea
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I do not know how Nemesis obtained the sword, or why he appeared in Zanado.
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Rhea
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But he used that sword to massacre the people there. The children of the progenitor god.
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From their corpses he gained even more power, and brought war to Fódlan...
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Claude
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That's completely different from what the legends tell us about Nemesis.
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Rhea
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A mere bandit like Nemesis would not have been capable of anything so monstrous on his own...
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Claude
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Aha! So Nemesis had accomplices.
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Claude
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And those accomplices must have been those who slither in the dark. They used Nemesis!
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Claude
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And this time they used the Imperial army to once again bring war to Fódlan!
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Claude
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I finally get it... And I even understand why Edelgard was associating with them.
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Claude
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Just as they were trying to use the Empire, the Empire was trying to use them.
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Claude
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Rhea, there's still a mountain of things I need to ask you. And I will. But I'll leave all of that for another day.
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Claude
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You must be weak after living in confinement for so long. Please rest for a while.
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Claude
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My friend... Let's prepare for battle. We need to strike Shambhala as soon as possible.
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Rhea
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You must not allow Fódlan's bloody history... the Red Canyon Tragedy...to repeat itself...