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Jeritza, Constance enter the scene
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Jeritza
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Hey.
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Constance
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Ahaha! Did you send for me, Emile?
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Jeritza
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Stop gossiping about me.
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Constance
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Gossiping? About you? You wound me, Emile. So what if your name falls from my lips now and then?
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Jeritza
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If you speak of my past, there will be consequences.
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Constance
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I am aware. I have been silent regarding you secretly being of House Bartels.
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Constance
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No, when I speak of you, I bandy gentler truths, such as your fondness for kittens and ice cream.
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Constance
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All the silly little details that make you seem human.
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Jeritza
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Those details are nobody's business but mine.
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Constance
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Oh, Emile. Do you have any notion what the rank and file say about you?
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Jeritza
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No.
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Constance
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They use words like "unapproachable," "menacing," and "inscrutable."
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Constance
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Regardless of your skill with a blade, fighting a war as if it were a long series of duels will end in death.
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Constance
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And that is why I do what I can to ingratiate you with the soldiers you lead! No thanks necessary.
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Jeritza
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I see you are still...unhappy with me.
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Constance
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Ahaha! Whatever do you mean?
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Jeritza
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The battlefield is solitary, in the end. I've no interest in camaraderie with soldiers.
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Constance
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Are you implying that, in combat, you are an utterly matchless warrior?
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Constance
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That you can vanquish any foe singlehandedly? That you need no cohort supporting you?
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Constance
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How perfectly presumptuous! Even I can admit my reliance upon others.
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Jeritza
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...
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Constance
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While you fight, who stands beside you to gauge the tide of battle?
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Constance
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Who eliminates the archers aiming for you? Who heals whatever injuries you might sustain?
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Constance
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These are questions you should be asking yourself, Emile. I ask them for you because we are old friends.
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Jeritza
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Always quick to cut to the heart of the matter.
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Constance
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Just as you are ever an ache in my side.
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Constance
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Which is nothing compared to the ulcers your sister must have developed, given your attitude.
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Jeritza
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Whatever.
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Jeritza
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But...there is a truth in your words.
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Jeritza
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However, it is not up for discussion. Stop gossiping about me.
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Constance
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I shall...consider it.