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Lorenz, Marianne enter the scene
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Lorenz
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Hello, Marianne. You're well, I hope?
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Marianne
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I am, Lorenz. Thank you.
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Lorenz
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I cannot help but notice you do not look it.
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Marianne
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Is that so? I feel fine.
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Lorenz
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Hmm...
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Marianne
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W-was there something you needed?
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Lorenz
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How unseemly of me. My apologies. It is not my intention to stare.
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Marianne
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Does something about me seem...off?
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Lorenz
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Not at all. I was just remembering your father. Or, rather, comparing my experience of him to you.
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Lorenz
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Your father, Margrave Edmund. He is one of the shrewdest nobles in all the Alliance, with a noted gift for pointed speech.
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Lorenz
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On and beyond the battlefield, his words have the power to move friend and foe alike.
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Lorenz
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My own father has said he would not want to make an enemy of him. Naturally, I am of the same mind.
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Lorenz
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Your father is blessed with gifts of confidence and eloquence. Yet, compared to him, you seem always reticent and downcast.
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Lorenz
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Uh! Oh—I'm...I'm sorry. I don't mean to cause you discomfort. It's just that the contrast between you and your father is striking.
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Marianne
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I have very little in common with my adoptive father.
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Lorenz
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But he sent you to Garreg Mach. Clearly he sees potential in you.
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Lorenz
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I think I see it too. Yes, a certain charm. Gravitas, if you will. Just like him.
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Lorenz
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Ah!
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Marianne
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I can't say that I know too much about him. I should be going now.
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Lorenz
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Yes. Yes, of course. Please, take care.
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Marianne leaves the scene
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Lorenz
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Oh, such grace! Such serenity! How could such a beauty be hiding in plain sight?
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Lorenz
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With a little polish, she would shine magnificently...