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Oh, hey there. What are you doing up at this hour?
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Is that right? I guess the more you have to think about, the harder it is to fall asleep.
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My brain's just...busy. Thoughts keep going around and around in there, and meanwhile my eyes are wide open.
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At times like this, I like to gaze up at the stars to clear my head. I've been that way since I was a kid.
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Looking up at the big, starry sky makes my dreams feel small...which makes it feel like I can actually make them come true.
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I didn't believe in gods when I was a kid. Maybe that's because the night sky took their place for me.
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Hey, Teach... Will you talk with me a while?
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I bet you've figured this out, but I wasn't born in Fódlan.
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Where I come from, the people of Fódlan are looked down on as cowards.
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Technically, that cowardice runs in my veins. On my mother's side, anyway.
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That's why the people who were around me when I was growing up thought of me as an outsider.
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But I don't believe the people of Fódlan are cowards. That kind of perspective is just based on ignorance.
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The person from Fódlan who I know best is my mother.
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She fell in love with a man from the wrong side of the border and had the guts to leave home to pursue that love.
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I always threw that in the faces of anyone who tried to make a fool of me. My mother is proof the people of Fódlan aren't all cowards.
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Just saying that doesn't achieve anything, though. I need to destroy the prejudices that have taken root in my homeland.
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That's why I came here, to see Fódlan with my own eyes. I thought I might be able to find a new perspective that could help me change things.
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And what did I find? That the people here view anyone who's an outsider as a beast of sorts.
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I was shocked. Even though our cultures and beliefs are completely different, our two lands have that much in common.
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That's when I realized the only way to change things is to bring the whole world together and start anew.
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That's the dream I've been working toward since I first entered the Officers Academy five years ago.
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To unify the Alliance, and then all of Fódlan, and to bring a new set of values to this new land of mine...
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After that, I'd expand that vision to the rest of the world. Break down the walls and let a new perspective come rushing in! Start all over!
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Do you think that's just a crazy pipe dream? Or a brilliant ambition?
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Not too long ago, I would have said that it was too much for me to accomplish on my own.
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But that's not how I feel anymore. And that's because I have you on my side now.
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Lately, I've spent a lot of time thinking about how I wouldn't have made it this far without you.
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You and me, Teach. We can go anywhere. Do anything.
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I hope that you always walk in step with me...
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At least until the day comes when we can look out at the peaceful world we've built. Together.