Dorothea & Lorenz C

Lorenz
Ah, Dorothea. Your beauty puts even the most pristine flower to shame.

Dorothea
Ah, Lorenz. As silver-tongued as ever.

Lorenz
Oh, not at all. I must bid you good day.

Dorothea
I see the rumors are true. What a shame.

Lorenz
Rumors? About me? Whatever do you mean?

Dorothea
Why, that you're always ready to flirt...

Dorothea
Unless she's a commoner. Then you'll bid her good day as quickly as possible.

Dorothea
Like you did with me just now. Are we so unpleasant to speak to, us commoners?

Lorenz
That is a rather, ah, pointed question. But I do happen to have an answer for you.

Lorenz
As the heir to House Gloucester, I am in search of a bride of suitable social status.

Dorothea
I'd think you could find plenty of suitable women even among the masses.

Lorenz
Do not be so certain. A lady who marries me must be prepared to enter noble society, whether she wishes to or not.

Lorenz
It is a complex web of etiquette and expectation. Not a world one could easily step into without the proper upbringing.

Lorenz
What's more, House Gloucester would hardly see much benefit were I to join myself to the household of a commoner.

Dorothea
Oh, I can imagine.

Dorothea
Well, I suppose that means any friendship between you and I is doomed as well.

Lorenz
Isn't that a rather excessive conclusion?

Dorothea
You want someone to birth your house's next generation. I want someone to share my life with.

Dorothea
I'm not even an option in your eyes, and you're hardly viable in mine.

Dorothea
However, we're all friends here, aren't we, so I suppose politeness, at the very least, is in order.