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Annette, Dimitri enter the scene
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Annette
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Your Highness! I have a little favor to ask of you.
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Dimitri
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Of course. How may I be of assistance?
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Annette
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Well, I was hoping you could...tell me about my father.
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Annette
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I imagine he was a very different man at home than he was at work.
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Dimitri
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Ah, so you wish to hear about the Gustave that I knew...
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Dimitri
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As you know, he was a knight who served the royal family since my grandfather's reign.
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Dimitri
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To me, he was a teacher of martial arts and tactics. He was someone I depended on since I was a small child.
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Dimitri
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But he was also a very stern and strict instructor.
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Annette
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That doesn't surprise me. He was much the same at home.
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Annette
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He'd chide us if we made mistakes, whether it was with cooking or even how we spoke.
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Annette
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I feel we can talk like this because of our time at the academy...
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Annette
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But if he saw me speaking so casually to you... Oh my goodness. He would probably faint.
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Dimitri
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Is that so? Funny. I suppose in front of his family he felt the need to demonstrate proper etiquette.
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Annette
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Wait... Are you saying that's not how he was around you?
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Dimitri
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Even all these years later, there's something I recall with perfect clarity. It happened in the autumn of my eleventh year...
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Dimitri
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Before the break of dawn, he woke me suddenly. Said he'd heard a disturbance and had me grab my bow...
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Dimitri
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Then he set me and a fellow pupil loose on a dark mountain. Our only directive was to "go catch a deer."
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Dimitri
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As you well know, autumn in the capital is very cold. Now imagine being up on the mountain at night, with no idea what might jump out from the shadows.
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Dimitri
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That, in a nutshell, is the Gustave I knew.
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Annette
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Hehe, I can hardly imagine that! He was completely different with me.
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Dimitri
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I recall one other defining detail... He used to speak of you at every possible opportunity.
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Annette
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Really? What would he say about me?
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Dimitri
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Are you sure you want to know? There's one story he used to tell, from when you were very small...
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Annette
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No, stop! It's probably too embarrassing to bear... Is it?
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Dimitri
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Ah, perhaps...
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Annette
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Look, I'll promise to forget the stories he told me about you, if you return the favor. Deal?
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Dimitri
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Yes, that seems the only thing to do. It's a promise.