Linhardt & Flayn A

Linhardt
Reading anything interesting?

Flayn
Ah! Good day, Linhardt. At the moment, I'm simply browsing history books.

Flayn
Reading these, it's easy to imagine what it would feel like to exist long ago.

Linhardt
Fódlan's history spans thousands of years. We're lucky to have so many detailed records of our past.

Linhardt
I have knowledge of how people lived, who they loved, what wars they fought and why...

Linhardt
But I'd never describe it as feeling like I was living in the past.

Flayn
And why not? It's only a figure of speech.

Linhardt
About our shared Crests...

Flayn
Goodness, this again?

Linhardt
There's an experiment I wish to attempt, although it might prove to be a bit troublesome.

Flayn
A troublesome experiment? You know I do not like pain.

Linhardt
Pain? No. There won't... Well...I'm unsure of the results, but that's why they call it an experiment.

Linhardt
It would, of course, require that you and I get married.

Flayn
I beg your pardon?!

Linhardt
Yes. If bearers of major and minor Cethleann Crests reproduce...

Linhardt
What Crest would the offspring possess, if any? I must know and thought the question might pique your interest as well.

Flayn
Are you actually speaking about a hypothetical future with me? Involving...children?!

Linhardt
Yes. Such parentage has never been documented. A whole new field of research awaits.

Linhardt
It would be a worthy experiment, and we'd need only five or so children for a good sample size.

Flayn
Do you mind going back to what you mentioned earlier?

Linhardt
Pardon? Which part?

Flayn
The part about marrying and having children!

Flayn
I've always believed, rather firmly, that marriage is something between two people who love one another.

Linhardt
I like you well enough to advance a field of study to previously unknown heights. How do you feel?

Flayn
This is the first I've heard of such a thing from you!

Linhardt
Do you imagine I've spent all this time talking to you because I was bored?

Linhardt
Anyway, I'm pretty worn out now, so let's continue this conversation another time, yes?

Flayn
Does conversing with me tire you out so much?

Linhardt
Talking to anybody tires me out. Thinking, putting thoughts into words, opening my mouth—all tiring.

Linhardt
Do give some thought to my proposal. Think of how far we could advance Crest research, you and I.

Flayn
Experimental marriage and children? He likes me?

Flayn
I don't understand. I don't understand at all.