Constance & Mercedes B

Mercedes
I see. The sunlight brings back painful memories in you.

Constance
I'm afraid so. Please forgive my behavior from before. I cannot abide these indiscretions of mine.

Mercedes
That's all right. The way you always work so hard day and night, it's no wonder it's had this effect on you.

Mercedes
You work harder than anyone I know. I've always been impressed by that, Constance.

Constance
That means a lot to me.

Mercedes
You know, at the school of sorcery there was a professor who specialized in magical cures.

Mercedes
Why not write her a letter? Perhaps she can suggest a treatment that might help.

Constance
I have tried. She could do nothing for me.

Constance
But I vowed then to the goddess that I would find a way to overcome my trials.

Constance
I will prove my skills to the goddess and everyone else, bringing me closer to restoring House Nuvelle!

Mercedes
Haha! You're a tough cookie, Constance!

Constance
Naturally. And with your support, I shall grow ever stronger by the day!

Mercedes
I know you will! You know...during the years of political turmoil, House Martritz was destroyed just as your house was.

Mercedes
But restoring my father's house has hardly crossed my mind. I guess I'm not as tenacious as you are.

Constance
You needn't be so hard on yourself, Mercedes. You have had other priorities since then.

Constance
Oh! I've just had a grand idea!

Mercedes
What is it?

Constance
You ought to try to reinstate House Martritz!

Mercedes
Oh dear! I'm not sure that's possible.

Constance
Nonsense. If I can restore my own house, then you can restore yours.

Constance
As we work to further our own like goals, we shall learn so much that we can share with one another!

Mercedes
You make it sound so simple. How would I even go about that?

Constance
That is simplicity itself! You shall become a prodigy at spellcraft, as I am.

Mercedes
Um, all right.

Constance
I shall master the black arts, and you shall master the white. The world will know us as sister sages!

Mercedes
I see...

Constance
Our names shall ring out across Fódlan, earning us the titles we rightly deserve!

Mercedes
I hope you won't mind me saying so, but this plan seems to have gotten a bit far-fetched.

Constance
Oh, no, not if you join me, Mercedes! Where one may fail, together we are bound to succeed!

Mercedes
She has such big plans...perhaps too big. In that way at least, she's exactly the same as when she was little.