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Lysithea enters the scene
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Lysithea
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Uh...you seem to have lined up your desserts very meticulously.
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Linhardt
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What you see before you, Lysithea, is a life choice.
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Lysithea
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Oh really?
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Linhardt
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The most skilled pastry chef in the army has been asked to do the impossible in the heart of wartime...
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Linhardt
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Source high-quality ingredients, employ advanced baking methods, and create...these two pastries.
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Lysithea
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Wow, you've put a lot of thought into this. May I?
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Linhardt
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Of course. You can have but one though, and it should be noted that they taste completely different.
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I thought I'd split them between us, seeing as they were made so carefully and are so very, very special.
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Lysithea
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Ah. Thanks. So, what exactly is the life choice you mentioned?
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Lysithea
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Also, if you are not partaking, I'll just go ahead and eat them both.
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Oh no. For you see, if you eat one, you simply cannot—must not—eat the other.
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Should you eat both, a pair of ingredients—one in each pastry—will combine to poison you.
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Lysithea
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That seems unnecessarily intense. Just one won't kill me, then?
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Linhardt
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Of course not. But making this choice means you will not be able to taste the second dessert...ever.
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No matter what I tell you, you'll never know which one tasted best.
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And if you are underwhelmed by your choice, you'll regret your decision forever.
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Lysithea
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So...I should just pick one and be done with it.
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Linhardt
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But you've already chosen, haven't you? Not between the pastries but your life paths.
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Linhardt
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You would gamble on the chance of living a long life, even if it meant losing your two Crests. Correct?
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Hence my current choice.
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Lysithea
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Wait—whose choice are we talking about now?
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Linhardt
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A shortened lifespan doesn't necessarily mean a short life. Even with two Crests, you might live a long time.
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Linhardt
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And with you around, the study of Crests will undoubtedly reach previously unimagined levels.
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On the other hand...
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Getting rid of them could help someone that I care about. Maybe. Or maybe it won't help at all.
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Unfortunately, one never knows until they eat the pastry. Even then, you can never taste them both...
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Lysithea
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Hang on, Linhardt.
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Lysithea
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Do you mean to tell me you care about me? Since when?
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Linhardt
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When indeed. You are someone I care about though. So much so, I wish we could be family, you and I.
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Lysithea
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Family?! That escalated rather quickly.
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Although...having more family does sound nice.
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Linhardt
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Anyway, I need to be going. Oh, and feel free to eat the pastries.
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I made up the poison bit because I didn't know how else to say what I wished to say.
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And because...well, because I believe there are choices we can make where you can have both.
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Linhardt
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I'll show you somehow...before the war is over.
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Lysithea
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Are you sure these aren't poisoned? Linhardt, wait! Wait!