Dorothea & Manuela A

Manuela
Dorothea? You look as if something's terribly wrong.

Dorothea
I do? Oh. Nothing's wrong. Not really. I just...

Dorothea
I've just been thinking about the future...and what happens when the war is over.

Manuela
And tell me, what is your vision of the future like?

Dorothea
Well, I'm...not entirely sure. I guess I don't know what to expect.

Dorothea
In my life, I've met all sorts of people who've lived lots of different ways.

Dorothea
So now I'm trying to figure out how I want to live.

Dorothea
I'm free, unlike so many people. I have the ability to take control of my own fate. Like you.

Manuela
Ha, well...

Manuela
I quit the opera to join the Officers Academy as a professor...

Manuela
Then I joined this war because... I don't know. I'm hoping for an end to it. Peace for the world.

Manuela
Even though I took control of my own fate, I still haven't found the man of my dreams.

Dorothea
Haha, you'll find him. He's out there somewhere... You know, there is one thing I want for the future.

Manuela
So, you've got a dream after all?

Dorothea
Well, it's a dream I've always had. You'll think this is silly, but...I'd like to stand beside you.

Manuela
I don't get it.

Dorothea
When you left the opera company...

Dorothea
I took your place. I stood center stage and sang. And everyone cheered for me.

Dorothea
I wish the cheers were for me and you. I wish we stood on that stage together.

Manuela
I have to tell you something.

Manuela
The first time I saw you on stage, I felt you were the one I wanted to hear sing.

Manuela
I already had plans to leave the opera company, but when I met you...

Manuela
I knew I couldn't leave until I saw you take your rightful place.

Manuela
You're right though. It would have been nice to stand beside you on stage, even just once.

Dorothea
Maybe we weren't together then, but we're together here. Now.

Dorothea
And, in the future, maybe it won't be so bad if you never find that man of your dreams.

Manuela
What do you mean by that?

Dorothea
You and me. I won't find a guy either, we can just be together.

Dorothea
I think that'd be pretty nice, don't you? Living together, and doing whatever we want.

Manuela
Huh. You know... That could be nice. It'd be like you and me, finally together on stage...

Manuela
The light shining down, our gowns and jewels sparkling. Just us...

Dorothea
Sparkling in the stage lights forever.