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Byleth enters the scene
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Edelgard
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Yes? Oh! It's you, Professor. I was certain it was Hubert coming to drag me back to my duties.
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Edelgard
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"Your Majesty, you must know your supreme talents are needed at present. Why not gaze at these documents instead of the sky?"
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Edelgard
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Doesn't it? And the worst part is that he's always right, so I can't even argue with him.
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Edelgard
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No? Well then. And here I thought my Hubert impression was second to none.
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Edelgard
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But that's enough about Hubert for the moment.
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Edelgard
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While I have your attention, I'd like to thank you for your help in that last battle.
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Edelgard
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As you well know, I'm perfectly capable of commanding the army by myself.
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However, when you're around, it's somehow different.
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Edelgard
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I'm not sure I can properly explain it. I suppose your perspective on the battlefield is simply sharper than mine.
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Edelgard
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When you're devising tactics and tricks for us, it's almost as though you can read the enemy's mind.
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Edelgard
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There's no getting around it. Your talent for strategy far exceeds my own. I'm quite jealous in all honesty.
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Edelgard
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Is that a fact? Well, if you insist.
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Edelgard
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I suppose a flower from another's field is always more beautiful.
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Edelgard
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I'll admit, I think of you as rather detached, so to hear that you have emotions such as jealousy is... something of a relief.
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Edelgard
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Oh, but you are! Don't even try to argue.
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Edelgard
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But I suppose I'm much the same. I've also distanced myself from the ordinary world.
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Edelgard
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I can't deny it. Ever since I underwent those... procedures, I've certainly distanced myself from the ordinary world.
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It seems we were fated to be friends.
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Edelgard
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Friends... That word somehow doesn't seem adequate.
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Edelgard
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Besides, we've been friends for a long time, you and I. By now, we're so much more than that, at least in my mind.
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Edelgard
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You know...instead of Edelgard, you can call me just El. If you so please.
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Edelgard
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That's what my parents and closest sisters used to call me when I was little.
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Edelgard
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Now there's no one left who calls me El...
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But with you, well...I think I could allow it. In fact, it would mean a great deal to me.
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Why is that?
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Edelgard
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Why? Hmm...
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Edelgard
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Well, you have stood beside me and shared my burdens. As I said, you are much more than a friend.
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In truth, you are like family to me. I suppose that's why.