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Mercedes enters the scene
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Good evening, Dimitri. Have you come to pray?
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Dimitri
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Something like that. And you?
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Mercedes
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Oh yes, that's why I'm here. I love how calm and peaceful the cathedral is this late at night.
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It really is...
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Mercedes
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Coming here on a quiet night always makes me think of those who aren't with us anymore.
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We've lost so many in this war. Too many to count.
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I hope they all get to live in eternal happiness at the goddess's side...
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These prayers are all I have to offer.
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Dimitri
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You are a kind soul, Mercedes.
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I think you're kind too, Dimitri. Sometimes to a fault.
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Kind? Me? No, not at all. I am just...a killer. A disgusting monster.
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But why do you kill?
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For the sake of your loved ones? Those who have passed?
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Real monsters kill for selfish reasons. They're incapable of expressing sorrow when they kill.
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So please...don't call yourself a monster.
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Dimitri
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Mercedes... I...
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I am scared...so scared that I will forget their faces.
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The people who have died...who I have killed. I cannot let myself forget them.
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I know that, and yet...
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Whatever my feelings, it is all the act of a monster.
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Mercedes
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It's sad, but the truth is that people forget.
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You may be afraid to forget your past, but you'll never be able to revisit it.
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Living in the present is the best we can do. We owe it to those who can't come back.
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Dimitri
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If someone had said those words to me five years ago, I would be a different man today.
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Mercedes
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What do you want to do now, Dimitri? Continue fighting for those who have died?
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Mercedes
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Not as a king, but as my classmate. What do you want to do?
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My own dreams... I have never given it any thought.
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What about you? What do you want, Mercedes?
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I want to keep sewing and training with you, even after you've become king. I want to be your friend.
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But... I have no right to stand beside you.
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Please, I can't hear any more of this self-deprecation!
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I just want to be by your side. Is that so much to ask?
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Mercedes...
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I want the same thing. If you allow it... I wish to stay by your side.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.
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Let's spend a little more time here together. Just the two of us.