Hubert & Dorothea B

Dorothea
Hey there, Hubie. I've been thinking about our conversation the other day...

Dorothea
And I've just got to know... Do you really love Edie?

Hubert
If it's one or the other, I suppose it would be closer to love than to hate. Why?

Dorothea
Ahh, I knew it! That's why you work so hard for Edie!

Dorothea
Oh, Hubie, I finally get you. You're just another servant suffering from unrequited love for their mistress.

Hubert
You completely misunderstand.

Hubert
Unrequited love? Do I really look like the kind of drooling simpleton to have that kind of motivation?

Dorothea
I'd like to say yes, but I know you'd just argue. Fine, Hubie. Tell me your situation.

Hubert
My situation is simple. I am walking a path.

Dorothea
Oh, do go on.

Hubert
Everyone has a path in life.

Hubert
Lady Edelgard has shown me mine. It is just beside her own. So we walk together, side by side.

Hubert
We stride ever forward, yielding to nothing and to no one.

Dorothea
So... You're sharing the same dream?

Hubert
Bluntly, yes.

Hubert
But it's more than just a shared dream.

Hubert
I have many feelings toward Lady Edelgard. Gratitude. Respect. Awe. Empathy. Trust. Hope.

Dorothea
OK...

Dorothea
I was teasing you, but I gotta say I'm just a little bit jealous of you and Edie.

Dorothea
That you're able to embrace these feelings and stride forward along the same path...

Dorothea
You're lucky, Hubie. I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to experience anything so utterly...operatic.

Hubert
Why not?

Dorothea
Because I figure the best quality in a partner would be that they make me happy.

Dorothea
And loving another is really about wanting to be loved.

Dorothea
I'm pretty sure that's different from how things are with you and Edie.