Yuri & Bernadetta A

Bernadetta
Frigid ocean waters! I can feel them already!

Yuri
Calm, caaaalm. Just listen to me for a moment. There's something I need to tell you.

Yuri
The reason I worked for House Varley, Bernadetta, was to kill you.

Bernadetta
Aha! I knew it! I always knew you were out to kill me! Sink me into the deep, dark, freezing depths...

Bernadetta
Hold on. House Varley? But...why?

Yuri
As you well know, theirs is one of the six great noble houses—the true rulers of the Empire.

Yuri
And you're the heir...with a Crest. There were tons of people who wanted you wiped out.

Yuri
Like people who want to eradicate House Varley. Or a relative who wants the glory for themselves.

Yuri
That particular breed of treacherous nobility...is the kind that'd hire a kid to do their dirty work.

Yuri
The first thing that kid would do? Get close to the target by befriending her, find an in through, say, an assistant gig.

Bernadetta
This kid you're mentioning sounds...real. That was you, wasn't it...

Yuri
Yours truly. My biggest mistake? Getting to know you.

Yuri
I crept into your room one night and readied my blade.

Yuri
The whole thing had been a breeze, up until that moment. I couldn't bring myself to do it.

Yuri
While I hovered there, hesitating, your father came in. You know the rest.

Bernadetta
Why are you telling me all this? I'm so confused...

Yuri
Because I want you to look at it objectively. I was hired to kill you. Your father protected you from me, a filthy assassin.

Yuri
He was looking out for you. You're lucky to have a father who cares for you enough to do that.

Bernadetta
Father...protected me? He...protected me...

Yuri
Yeah, why would I lie?

Yuri
At this point, I figure it's you who hates me, and not the other way around.

Bernadetta
I don't hate you, Yuri! But I mean, I do feel weird... But I don't know how to feel... I just...

Bernadetta
Can't we just be friends? Like back then?

Yuri
You want to be friends? With...me?

Bernadetta
The reason you couldn't kill me was because we were friends. Right?

Yuri
Well...

Bernadetta
You were my first friend.

Bernadetta
My very first friend. The first person who played with me. The first person who went on adventures with me. The first—

Yuri
And you were the first friend I had to baby that much.

Bernadetta
What do you mean?! Well...even so... You were the first friend who cared for me!

Yuri
The whole thing was probably a sham anyway.

Yuri
Though, you know... Even if it was...I did have a lot of fun with you.

Bernadetta
Heh! I knew it!