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Reading anything interesting?
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Flayn
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Ah! Good day, Linhardt. At the moment, I'm simply browsing history books.
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Flayn
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Reading these, it's easy to imagine what it would feel like to exist long ago.
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Linhardt
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Fódlan's history spans thousands of years. We're lucky to have so many detailed records of our past.
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I have knowledge of how people lived, who they loved, what wars they fought and why...
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But I'd never describe it as feeling like I was living in the past.
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Flayn
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And why not? It's only a figure of speech.
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About our shared Crests...
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Flayn
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Goodness, this again?
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Linhardt
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There's an experiment I wish to attempt, although it might prove to be a bit troublesome.
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Flayn
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A troublesome experiment? You know I do not like pain.
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Linhardt
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Pain? No. There won't... Well...I'm unsure of the results, but that's why they call it an experiment.
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It would, of course, require that you and I get married.
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Flayn
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I beg your pardon?!
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Linhardt
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Yes. If bearers of major and minor Cethleann Crests reproduce...
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Linhardt
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What Crest would the offspring possess, if any? I must know and thought the question might pique your interest as well.
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Flayn
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Are you actually speaking about a hypothetical future with me? Involving...children?!
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Linhardt
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Yes. Such parentage has never been documented. A whole new field of research awaits.
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It would be a worthy experiment, and we'd need only five or so children for a good sample size.
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Do you mind going back to what you mentioned earlier?
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Linhardt
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Pardon? Which part?
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The part about marrying and having children!
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I've always believed, rather firmly, that marriage is something between two people who love one another.
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Linhardt
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I like you well enough to advance a field of study to previously unknown heights. How do you feel?
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Flayn
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This is the first I've heard of such a thing from you!
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Linhardt
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Do you imagine I've spent all this time talking to you because I was bored?
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Anyway, I'm pretty worn out now, so let's continue this conversation another time, yes?
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Flayn
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Does conversing with me tire you out so much?
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Linhardt
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Talking to anybody tires me out. Thinking, putting thoughts into words, opening my mouth—all tiring.
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Do give some thought to my proposal. Think of how far we could advance Crest research, you and I.
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Flayn
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Experimental marriage and children? He likes me?
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Flayn
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I don't understand. I don't understand at all.