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Constance enters the scene
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Ferdinand enters the scene
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Constance
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Ahaha! You there!
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Ferdinand
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Ah! Is there something I can do for you, Constance?
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Constance
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Is there something you can do?! Of course there is!
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Ferdinand
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Well, what is it?
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Constance
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It ought to be plain.
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Ferdinand
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I...do not follow. Please clarify what you mean.
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Constance
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Have you forgotten the day I revealed to you my silly little dream?
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Constance
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If you weren't paying attention, I shall be cross.
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Ferdinand
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Oh, yes... You must be referring to the oblique request you made concerning peaks and valleys.
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Ferdinand
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Not seeing a peak ahead of you, you hoped I might help lift you out of your lowly sta—
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Constance
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Precisely! You've summed it up completely.
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Constance
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Now that you know of what I speak, I want you to forget it immediately. Act as if you heard nothing.
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Ferdinand
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You want me to forget the occasion you just asked me to remember. I see.
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Ferdinand
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Before I discard this memory entirely, might I be so bold as to ask...why?
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Constance
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Is it not obvious? I don't want my weakness bandied about.
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Constance
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I vowed to restore House Nuvelle through my own grand achievement.
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Constance
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Just as I would not abandon this dream, I would not accept it being handed to me.
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Constance
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Though if I am to be quite honest...
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Constance
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The real reason is that letting you in on this vulnerability was an indiscretion I won't repeat.
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Ferdinand
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I see. What a curious situation.
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Constance
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I don't take your meaning.
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Ferdinand
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Five years ago, with the cladding of my highborn status stripped away, I was vulnerable and exposed.
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Ferdinand
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The hand of fate stripped everything from me, leaving me vulnerable and exposed.
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To borrow your words...I was in a valley and a thick shroud of fog obscured the peak before me.
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Ferdinand
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Now the cloud has lifted a bit, and I can see a glimpse of what lies ahead.
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Constance
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And what, dare I ask, do you see?
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Ferdinand
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There is a towering cliff for you to scale...and a long, rocky path lying ahead of me.
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Ferdinand
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Rather than ascending separately, we can join hands and face these obstacles together.
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Ferdinand
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Then we can reach the heights of our forebears— or, dare I say, even higher.
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Constance
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Even higher, you say?
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Constance
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Now you remind me once more of the boy I knew. I have but one concern.
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Ferdinand
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And what might that be?
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Constance
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That I shall outpace your laggardly efforts.
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Ferdinand
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Huh? I was being sincere, you know!
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Constance
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Ahahaha!