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Byleth & Sylvain B

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Sylvain, Town Girl enter the scene
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Town Girl leaves the scene
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Byleth enters the scene
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What happened?
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Sylvain
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Oh, Professor. Heh, I didn't realize you were there.
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Sylvain
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If we keep running into each other like this, people will start to talk.
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Sylvain
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They'll say, "Sylvain and the professor are on the prowl." Heh...
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Sylvain
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Hey, don't get mad! I was joking.
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Sylvain
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Ah, forget it. What do you need?
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Sylvain
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Well, you're not wrong.
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Sylvain
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I fell for that girl recently, but I just wanted to have some fun and leave it at that. So I told her we should break it off.
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Sylvain
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I guess she was feeling a little more serious than I was. She started crying, and everything got a bit...complicated.
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Sylvain
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Come on, Professor. Playing around with girls is the most fun a guy can have.
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Sylvain
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Besides, I don't care what you think of me. I don't intend to change how I live my life.
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Sylvain
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I'm a good-for-nothing, if you haven't noticed, but I'm still a noble with a Crest. That's all anyone cares about.
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Sylvain
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It's best to avoid getting too serious with fools like that. It only leads to trouble.
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Sylvain
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I'm gonna be forced into an arranged marriage with some random noblewoman anyway.
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Sylvain
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By the way, Professor. You didn't know you had a Crest, did you?
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Sylvain
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I see. I suppose a mercenary wouldn't be concerned with such things.
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What was your experience?
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Sylvain
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Most children who are born to noble families are tested upon birth to see if they bear one.
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Sylvain
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Even descendants of the 10 Elites, like myself, can't be legitimate heirs without a Crest.
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Sylvain
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That means, as children, we're only accepted if we're born with one.
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Sylvain
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The heads of most noble houses keep having kids until they get one with a Crest.
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Sylvain
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Those children then grow up to be heads of their houses, and the vicious cycle continues.
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Sylvain
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Do you get it now? To all these commoner girls, I'm just a trophy. Or rather, a studhorse.
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Sylvain
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See? I knew you'd get it. These girls don't love me. They love the potential rewards of loving me.
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Sylvain
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Perhaps. But that doesn't change the fact that these girls don't love me. They only love the potential rewards of loving me.
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Sylvain
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If I marry a girl and she gives birth to a child with a Crest, that kid might become the next head of House Gautier.
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Sylvain
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But nowadays, with the bloodlines getting weaker, there are a lot of kids like my brother...born with no hope.
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Sylvain
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For ages now, those of us with Crests have been envied and desired but never for who we are.
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Sylvain
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I understand the value of my blood. Believe me, I hate how much I understand it.
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Sylvain
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I know better than to dream of being free from this burden. I'm used to it by now.
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Sylvain
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I used to think I didn't have the right to live freely.
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You don't think that way anymore?
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Sylvain
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Heh heh... That's right.
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Sylvain
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You know what? I'm a bit jealous. The whole time you were growing up, you never knew you had a Crest.
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Sylvain
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You were free. Nobody pretended to like you. I kind of hate you for that... You were a spoiled brat who should pay for that Crest. Maybe I'll collect the debt.
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Sylvain
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Ha! Gotcha! Wow, you shoulda seen the look on your face just then. Don't mind me, Professor. After all, ladies love a dark and brooding noble.