Seteth & Manuela A+

Seteth
Manuela. About what we discussed earlier...with regard to Saint Cethleann.

Seteth
I feel the need to correct your misapprehensions.

Manuela
Oh, I won't expose your passion to the light of day. I told you I can keep a secret.

Seteth
That's not it at all! How can I make you see...

Seteth
I suppose there is no other way. Allow me to tell you a very old story.

Manuela
What kind of story? Is it about your past? Because there's a story I could enjoy hearing.

Seteth
I once had a wife. She passed from this world, a very long time ago.

Manuela
...

Seteth
She was wise, kind of heart, and always smiling. A most wonderful woman.

Seteth
Not long after we married, we were blessed with a child. A girl.

Manuela
You had a wife and a daughter? Why would you have kept that secret?

Seteth
To protect my daughter.

Seteth
That has been my foremost concern, ever since I had the misfortune to lose my wife.

Seteth
It is my daughter who resembles Saint Cethleann. That is why I make my oath to this statue.

Manuela
Hmm... Your story doesn't sound right to me. I don't mind saying it.

Seteth
Why is that?

Manuela
When you talked about your ideal woman before, your description was almost exactly Saint Cethleann.

Manuela
Now you're telling me your daughter is a perfect match?

Seteth
It is not an exact resemblance. My daughter, for instance, is neither proper nor quiet.

Seteth
In any case, even in matters of love, an ideal seldom lives up to reality. That is the way of the world.

Manuela
Do it again! Say "the way of the world" with a serious face!

Manuela
You're so stern and proper, but you really can be quite funny. I love a man who can make me laugh.

Seteth
My wife used to say the same thing. I never quite understood what was so funny.

Manuela
I sound like your late wife? Don't tell me... I actually resemble her, don't I? Mirror image, I bet.

Seteth
Absolutely not. Though... No. Unthinkable.

Manuela
The way you say it, I suppose I must resemble her a little. Well, isn't that an honor.

Manuela
Say, Seteth. Have you ever considered remarrying? You know, just so you're not alone?

Seteth
It is not a thought that has ever crossed my mind. I have been too preoccupied with fatherhood.

Manuela
It's been a long time since your wife passed, right? You should start thinking about it.

Manuela
There could be someone who finds you handsome. Someone close by. Maybe even right in front of you.

Seteth
Whatever you said just now, I didn't quite hear.

Seteth
But to remarry—I'd never even considered it an option until you brought it up just now.

Manuela
I'd be happy to help you mull it over, if you like. How about tonight? We could go out for a drink...

Seteth
Are we back to this again?

Seteth
Oh, very well. Just see that you do not drink too much. I would rather not have to carry you home.