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Manuela
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Dorothea? You look as if something's terribly wrong.
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Dorothea
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I do? Oh. Nothing's wrong. Not really. I just...
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Dorothea
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I've just been thinking about the future...and what happens when the war is over.
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Manuela
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And tell me, what is your vision of the future like?
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Dorothea
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Well, I'm...not entirely sure. I guess I don't know what to expect.
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Dorothea
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In my life, I've met all sorts of people who've lived lots of different ways.
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Dorothea
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So now I'm trying to figure out how I want to live.
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I'm free, unlike so many people. I have the ability to take control of my own fate. Like you.
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Manuela
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Ha, well...
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Manuela
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I quit the opera to join the Officers Academy as a professor...
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Manuela
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Then I joined this war because... I don't know. I'm hoping for an end to it. Peace for the world.
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Manuela
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Even though I took control of my own fate, I still haven't found the man of my dreams.
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Dorothea
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Haha, you'll find him. He's out there somewhere... You know, there is one thing I want for the future.
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Manuela
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So, you've got a dream after all?
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Dorothea
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Well, it's a dream I've always had. You'll think this is silly, but...I'd like to stand beside you.
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Manuela
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I don't get it.
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Dorothea
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When you left the opera company...
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Dorothea
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I took your place. I stood center stage and sang. And everyone cheered for me.
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Dorothea
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I wish the cheers were for me and you. I wish we stood on that stage together.
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Manuela
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I have to tell you something.
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Manuela
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The first time I saw you on stage, I felt you were the one I wanted to hear sing.
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Manuela
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I already had plans to leave the opera company, but when I met you...
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Manuela
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I knew I couldn't leave until I saw you take your rightful place.
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Manuela
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You're right though. It would have been nice to stand beside you on stage, even just once.
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Dorothea
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Maybe we weren't together then, but we're together here. Now.
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Dorothea
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And, in the future, maybe it won't be so bad if you never find that man of your dreams.
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Manuela
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What do you mean by that?
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Dorothea
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You and me. I won't find a guy either, we can just be together.
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Dorothea
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I think that'd be pretty nice, don't you? Living together, and doing whatever we want.
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Manuela
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Huh. You know... That could be nice. It'd be like you and me, finally together on stage...
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Manuela
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The light shining down, our gowns and jewels sparkling. Just us...
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Sparkling in the stage lights forever.