Hubert & Linhardt B

Hubert
I can't believe it. How can I show my face to Lady Edelgard after this?

Linhardt
That's what you get, Hubert.

Linhardt
If you rested like me, you wouldn't collapse from exhaustion.

Hubert
As much as it pains me to say it, you're right.

Hubert
But to be looked after—ugh. By you, of all people. That might be the worst part of this.

Hubert
I don't know how to feel, to be honest. So for now, let's pretend I thanked you.

Linhardt
Oh, come now. Even I wouldn't abandon someone who'd collapsed.

Hubert
You would have in a heartbeat if anyone else had been around.

Linhardt
Ah, yes. Quite accurate, Hubert.

Linhardt
Why would I ever bother to be a decent person if there were anyone else I could foist the duty upon?

Linhardt
If your situation turned bad, it would have been an absolute hassle. I could never just leave you there.

Hubert
If that were the sort of man you truly were, we could never be friends.

Linhardt
Heh, but if we weren't friends, I probably would have just left you.

Hubert
Shame you're so reluctant to do any real work. You're actually pretty good at this.

Hubert
Made sure I was comfortable. Checked carefully for injuries. Even carried me here yourself.

Hubert
If only you'd apply that knowledge of yours so proactively and thoroughly all the time...

Hubert
You'd be a tremendous asset to the Empire.

Linhardt
There you go again. I see no problem with staying just the way I am.

Linhardt
Think of it this way... In an anthill, 20 percent of the ants are asleep at any given time...

Linhardt
And it's not because they're lazy—far from it.

Linhardt
When the working ants become tired, they go to sleep, and the others wake up.

Linhardt
That's me. I'm the ant who rests so I can work later when other people are tired.

Hubert
Maybe that's true. But even if it is, it's still just a fancy way to say you let others do all the work.

Hubert
Consider me unconvinced.

Linhardt
I'll consider you a bother and leave it at that.

Linhardt
You and Edelgard work far too hard. I mean it. Take a break now and then.

Linhardt
If you both collapsed, I think it'd be too much effort for me to bother with.

Linhardt
Get some rest, Hubert. Not as much as me of course.

Hubert
Fine.