Verdant Wind
Available: Until The Golden Scheme
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Claude, Hilda enter the scene
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Claude
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Huh? Are you actually reading, Hilda? I thought you hated studying.
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Hilda
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Oh, hush. It's just a letter from my brother. He sends them all the time.
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Claude
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Your brother, huh? Isn't he known as a great general of the Alliance? A true beacon of—
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Hilda
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Don't even start. That's got nothing to do with me.
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Claude
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Uh oh, better not let your brother hear you say that! 'Twould break his fraternal heart! But all joking aside, it sounds like he really cares for you.
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Hilda
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You can say that again. He must be rather bored too, now that the situation in Almyra has settled down.
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Claude
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Ah, the Almyrans. The "eastern menace," as they're often called. I did hear your brother had fought them a number of times.
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Claude
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In fact, I hear he's even gone toe-to-toe with Nader, the great Almyran warrior.
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Hilda
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"Nader the Undefeated," was it? Just another grizzled old man, as far as I'm concerned.
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Hilda
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But my father was ecstatic when he heard my brother had defeated him.
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Hilda
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He paraded my brother all over our territory. What a pain that must have been for our people.
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Claude
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A pain? Any celebration is something to be enjoyed! Celebration puts smiles on faces faster than anything.
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Claude
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I'm sure even you at least congratulated him, right? A smile from you would surely mean the world to your brother.
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Hilda
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Well, sure. Then he got all worked up and started saying things like, "I am the protector of Fódlan!"
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Claude
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That's not far from the truth, you know. Why do you think the Almyrans have been so quiet lately? They're wary of your brother.
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Claude
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If House Goneril of the border were a bunch of weaklings, the Almyrans would have invaded Fódlan a long time ago.
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Hilda
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You talk about it as though you've spoken to the Almyrans yourself.
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Claude
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Well, I am heir to the leading house of the Alliance. I'm privy to all kinds of information, whether I like it or not.
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Claude
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Well, I am the leader of the Alliance, after all. I'm privy to all kinds of information, whether I like it or not.
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Hilda
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Hm. You act so nonchalant about your studies, but you know so much about politics and history.
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Hilda
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You're a hard guy to grasp, you know that, Claude?
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Claude
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Oh, I disagree. I'd let you grasp me any day. My hand, my heart, even my neck.
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Claude
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But if you want to know all of my secrets... you'll have to bare yours as well.