Claude & Leonie B

Leonie
A little closer...

Claude
Hey, Leonie! What are you up to?

Leonie
Oh, come on! What'd you do that for?!

Leonie
Look, you ran my quarry off.

Leonie
No, but I like to hunt every now and again. Keep my skills sharp.

Claude
I suppose so. You're from a family of hunters, right? Well, there's no shortage of prey to hunt around here.

Leonie
True. Not many hunters around the monastery, huh?

Leonie
Rivers full of fish, trees bursting with fruit, mushrooms ready to harvest all over...

Leonie
It's the kind of place where you can really be self-sufficient. Guess we can thank the goddess for that.

Claude
Eh, I dunno. I'm more inclined to thank the bountiful earth than the goddess for such things.

Claude
The goddess may offer spiritual guidance, but she doesn't fill our bellies, that's for sure.

Leonie
Not a very noble-sounding thing, to disregard the goddess and honor the land.

Claude
Leonie... Whose grace do you suppose humans live by? The goddess? The nobility? I'd say it's neither.

Claude
It's the endless bounty of this magnificent land that gives us life.

Leonie
Won't hear me deny it. But who's to say it isn't the goddess whose protection makes nature thrive?

Leonie
I'm not the most devout person, but I'm not about to go around saying we don't need the goddess at all.

Claude
I said she gives spiritual support, didn't I? I wouldn't go so far as to say she's wholly unnecessary.

Claude
But in Almyra, Dagda, Brigid, and plenty of other places, they don't believe in the goddess...

Claude
Nature is a blessing that knows nothing of borders. The goddess is the goddess, and the earth is the earth. They should both be revered for what they are.

Leonie
Hmm.

Claude
Look, this is just my personal opinion. If you truly believe that everything depends on the goddess of Seiros, that's your—

Leonie
Hey, it's fine. You don't have to worry about me.

Leonie
I'm a believer, but I know there are those who aren't.

Leonie
And I kind of like your way of thinking—giving thanks to nature and all. It makes sense.

Claude
I knew a wild girl like you would be able to get behind an idea like that.

Leonie
What, like I'm feral or something?

Claude
Hey... You know, this kind of talk could be viewed as heresy if it was public.

Leonie
Yeah, probably. We'll just have to keep it to ourselves.