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♪Mmm... Mmm... Mmm...♪
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That song...
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Manuela
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♪Mmm... Mmm...♪ Ah! Hello, Edelgard.
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Professor Manuela, that song you were humming... I feel as though I've heard it before, long ago.
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And I'm sure it was you singing it back then...at the opera house in the Imperial capital, perhaps?
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Manuela
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Why, yes! You must have seen me there. I am flattered you would remember it!
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I performed with the Mittelfrank Opera Company in Enbarr on numerous occasions.
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So it was you. I went to that performance with my uncle.
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I wanted desperately to see it again, but after that night, he took me to seek asylum in the Kingdom...
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When I returned to the Empire several years later, you had already retired.
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Manuela
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Oh... That's a shame. So, you only got to hear me sing once?
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Sadly, that's correct.
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Yet you still remember it...even the melody of the song I sang. I'm honored.
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That's how much of an impression your voice left on me.
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I must ask... Why did you retire so soon? You could have continued for another 10 or 20 years.
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Indeed. Many singers perform for decades.
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Manuela
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But that wasn't for me. I wanted to go out on top.
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Manuela
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My voice is a gift from the goddess. However, as all things do, it will decline with age. One day, I will lose that gift.
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And so I decided I needed to learn to survive without it, long before that day came.
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I needed to prove to myself that I can live on... even after my voice returns to the goddess.
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Edelgard
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So despite your belief in the goddess, you wished to live by your own strength?
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It's hard for me to explain. The goddess supports me both spiritually and emotionally.
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Everything else is up to me.