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Edelgard enters the scene
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Ferdinand
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You came at just the right time, Edelgard.
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Edelgard
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Is that so...
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Ferdinand
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Yes. I have a story for you.
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Ferdinand
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It's about a pair of nobles, living about a hundred years after the founding of the Adrestian Empire.
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Ferdinand
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One was Derick von Aegir. People called him the Warrior Prime Minister. He bravely led soldiers into battle, and mowed down his enemies.
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And the other—
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Edelgard
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Was the emperor of the time. She wagered the throne in a duel against Derick and won.
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Edelgard
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"Why don't we do what our ancestors did and have a little duel ourselves?"
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Edelgard
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That's what you were going to say, but the answer is no.
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Ferdinand
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You interrupted me!
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Ferdinand
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The Warrior Prime Minister used a dramatic line to propose the duel, and you did not allow me to say it!
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Edelgard
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My apologies, Ferdinand.
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Ferdinand
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Well, at any rate, you were correct in surmising that I was about to challenge you.
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Ferdinand
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But you were rather blunt in your refusal.
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Edelgard
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Ferdinand, control yourself. When will you tire of challenging me in pointless competitions?
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Ferdinand
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I can quit now, if you insist on it. I will not challenge you again.
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Edelgard
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You expect me to believe that?
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Ferdinand
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Why do you look so surprised? Of course, it is not a valid duel unless both parties are willing.
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Ferdinand
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Now that you have refused outright, I must come up with some other way of getting that which I seek.
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Edelgard
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I'm afraid to ask what you could possibly mean by that...
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Ferdinand
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Only that I will find some other way of showing everyone that I am superior to you.
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Ferdinand
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Huh. I will write a handbill listing your accomplishments, alongside my own, more impressive accomplishments.
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Ferdinand
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Copyists will produce thousands of these pamphlets and distribute them far and wide. Then everyone will know about my—
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Edelgard
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This has to stop. Ugh, perhaps I should have ended things with a duel after all...