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Jeritza, Constance enter the scene
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Constance
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I must thank you, Emile.
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Jeritza
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Why?
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Constance
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You came to my aid in that recent skirmish.
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Constance
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I loathe being in anyone's debt, so I brought you something as thanks.
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Constance
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How it warms my heart to see you taking my advice about learning to work with others!
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Jeritza
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I...do not recall...
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Constance
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You don't recall working with others? Or you don't recall coming to my aid?
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Jeritza
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My memories from battle are always a blur.
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Jeritza
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The creature that you saw...is me and is not me.
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Constance
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Hmm. That sounds perfectly meaningless, and yet I may know exactly what you mean.
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Constance
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That aside, this should serve to balance the scales between us. Here.
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Jeritza
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This...
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Constance
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It's the same variety of flower you would give to me, those many years ago. I found it at a florist in town.
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Though I suppose your memory of those days isn't as sharp as mine.
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Jeritza
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I remember this.
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Jeritza
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I gave you a rose when Count Nuvelle brought you along on his visit to House Bartels.
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Jeritza
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I used to tend to the roses with Mercedes and Mother in the garden.
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Constance
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So you do remember. The garden of House Bartels did tend to make an impression.
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Jeritza
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Mother and Mercedes were always so blissful when they spent time there.
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Constance
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You picked a rose and gave it to me, like the knights in the stories.
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Constance
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Your story took a tragic turn... Time has had its way with you.
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Jeritza
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I thought the same upon seeing you.
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Constance
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Your sympathy is noted. Of the two of us, only I could be said to have aged gracefully.
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Jeritza
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That is not what I meant.
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Jeritza
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We cannot go back in time. That was my meaning.
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Constance
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Do not be so hasty.
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Constance
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Anything lost can be regained.
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Constance
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The garden may be gone now, but that will change once I have rebuilt House Nuvelle!
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Constance
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You'll see when you walk into the grand rose garden I shall have planted in the center of the estate.
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Constance
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You'll come and see it, won't you, Emile?
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Constance
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Along with Mercedes and your mother, of course.
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Jeritza
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You believe you are capable of that?
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Constance
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With you assisting me? It is practically guaranteed.
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Jeritza
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Is it now...
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Constance
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Some will undoubtedly take forceful issue with the restoration. That's where you come in.
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Constance
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What a privilege I am granting you, to play a part in the return of my noble house! Ahaha!
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Jeritza
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Hm-hm...
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Constance
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A smile? Spreading across your face? Now that is a rare blossom indeed.
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Jeritza
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Only when in the company of a select few.