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Hanneman, Seteth enter the scene
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Hanneman
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Good day to you, Seteth.
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Seteth
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Persistent, aren't you? If this is about my Crest...
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Hanneman
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No, no. I thought we might speak of something else for a change.
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Seteth
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Is that so?
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Hanneman
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Indeed. I am quite fond of conversation, even just for the sake of conversation.
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Hanneman
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Just listen to an old man's worries, eh?
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Seteth
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Very well. Go ahead.
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Hanneman
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Perhaps it's due to my age, but I've been troubled by lower back pain lately.
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Hanneman
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Right now I'm in the process of finding a good way to treat it.
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Seteth
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Ah... If it is an ointment you are after, I think Manuela would know more than me.
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Hanneman
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An excellent suggestion. Yes, I'm sure she will be able to help me with the pain itself, but...
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Hanneman
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Doesn't it make you nervous to rely on Manuela? I do not mind asking her about the pain itself, but...
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Seteth
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Ah... If it is an ointment you are after, I think Manuela would know more than me.
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Hanneman
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An excellent suggestion. Yes, I'm sure she will be able to help me with the pain itself, but...
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Hanneman
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Doesn't it make you nervous to rely on Manuela? I do not mind asking her about the pain itself, but...
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Seteth
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What are you trying to say?
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Hanneman
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Oh, nothing. I'm only lamenting the fact that I am getting old. It is a pastime I'm not sure I enjoy...
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Hanneman
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Yet I can't help but notice time hasn't taken such a toll on you.
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Seteth
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The signs of age may not write themselves plainly on my face, but I feel the strain of years as much as you.
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Hanneman
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Is that right? But then, that doesn't explain your sister...
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Seteth
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Ngh...
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Hanneman
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Your sister, Flayn, was born around the time I came to the monastery from the Empire, yes?
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Hanneman
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In all that time, I never knew you to pay her a visit or to write her letters...
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Hanneman
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Yet, somehow, the two of you seem very close. Like a family who has spent years together.
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Hanneman
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Could this not suggest a different interpretation? Perhaps, like you, she has—
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Seteth
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You will not pry into Flayn's business.
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Seteth
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If you interrogate her—no, if you even so much as inquire where she has been or what she has done...
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Seteth
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I will never forgive you. Never.
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Seteth
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Investigate me all you wish. I will even cooperate, if I must. But Flayn...
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Hanneman
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Calm down, Seteth. I have no intentions of approaching Flayn.
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Seteth
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Do I have your word on that?
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Hanneman
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You have my word as a scholar, and as a man. I do apologize for using your sister's name in that way.
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Seteth
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Using her? What do you— Oh, that is low.
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Hanneman
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You promised me just now... "Investigate me all you wish," you said. "I will even cooperate," you said. Do you deny it?
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Hanneman
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Those words were all I needed to hear. Now I have no cause to approach your sister.
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Seteth
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It seems I have no choice. To think I have been played the fool by a man of your age.
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Hanneman
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I'll let that slight go, now that I have your cooperation.
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Seteth
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Even with my cooperation, there is no guarantee you will reach the truth.
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Hanneman
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Oh, Seteth. Searching for the truth is what I do. And I will find it. I promise you that.
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Seteth
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Then I suppose I will have to look forward to the day you prove your claims.