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Claude, Lorenz enter the scene
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Claude
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The earth nurtures the trees, and the trees bear fruit... It's the earth itself that gives us all life...
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Claude
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Oh, Fódlan! Land of plenty! Bless us with the gift of delicious food!
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Lorenz
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What are you doing?
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Claude
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Bah! Oh... It's just you, Lorenz.
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Lorenz
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I was disturbed by your ridiculous blather. Must you recite it quite so loudly?
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Lorenz
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And can you even call that nonsense poetry when it is utterly ignorant of rhyme and meter?
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Claude
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Ouch! You don't hold back, do you? I didn't know you were so particular about poetry.
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Claude
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Ha! Maybe you have a secret poetry collection of your own hidden somewhere.
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Lorenz
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That's absurd! Where did you hear that?!
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Lorenz
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And just what was that poem about? It seemed to me that you were praising the land.
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Lorenz
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But is it not the goddess who nurtures the land? Should your praise not go to her instead?
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Claude
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Of course you zero in on that detail. You really are a Fódlan noble through and through.
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Lorenz
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Certainly. Aren't you?
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Claude
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I'm not quite the same, no. Though noble blood flows within me, it can't change who I am at heart.
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Lorenz
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Pardon? I think you had best clarify.
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Claude
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Listen, Lorenz. You had ambitions of becoming the Alliance's ruler, didn't you?
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Claude
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Would you like to try that for real? If you really want it, I wouldn't mind giving up my position.
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Lorenz
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What's this all of a sudden?! That is not an offer to be made in jest!
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Claude
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I'm not joking around. I've been thinking it for a while now.
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Claude
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I originally thought you were like a fox drawn in by the deer of the Alliance. But I was wrong.
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Claude
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You're no thoughtless predator. You're trying to properly train the deer around you. Isn't that right?
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Lorenz
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That is my intention, but the ambition is insufficient. To rule well, a certain temperament is required.
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Lorenz
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When we first met, I mistrusted you a great deal. And on my father's advice, I observed you closely.
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Lorenz
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That is why I can say this for certain—you possess the qualities necessary to govern.
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Claude
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A compliment? From you? That's about as rare as a deer standing on its hind legs and doing a jig.
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Lorenz
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Merely a statement of fact. One that is quite relevant to the future of the Alliance.
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Claude
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The future of the Alliance, eh? You really are devoted to your cause.
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Lorenz
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Depending on your actions, I may yet see fit to seize your position for myself. Bear that in mind.
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Claude
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Heh, I welcome the idea. It means I can feel safe vanishing whenever I see fit.
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Lorenz
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Vanishing?
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Lorenz
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Do not tell me you intend to die in this conflict. You cannot shape the future if you do not live to see it!
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Claude
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Ha! First you compliment me, and now you're worrying about me? What have you done with the real Lorenz?!
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Claude
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No, I'm not going to die. I'm tougher than I look.
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Claude
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Besides... This war isn't just for the Alliance anymore. It's going to decide the fate of all Fódlan.
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Claude
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It would be cruel to leave you with the burden of uniting all of Fódlan by yourself. Don't you think?
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Lorenz
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Burden? Please. If there were none other suitable, I would gladly become a king. Or even an emperor.
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Claude
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Well, well! I guess I shouldn't take Lorenz of the famous House Gloucester so lightly!
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Claude
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Really, though... Don't you go dying on me either, Lorenz. We're going to need men like you in the age to come.
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Lorenz
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The same to you, Claude.
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Lorenz
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A world without you would be ever so dull.