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'''Dorothea:''' Well, I had fun today. Of course, you'll want to see me again, yes?<br>

'''Dorothea:''' Well, until we meet again! Oh! Hello, Professor. Were you...watching that?

|response2='''Dorothea:''' You look like you have something to say, Professor.

'''Dorothea:''' Look, I know what I'm doing. My acclaim as a diva won't last forever, after all. I must look to the future. As a man, you may not feel so rushed about these things, but I know my beauty will eventually fade.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' You? Really? I never would have guessed.

|response2='''Dorothea:''' I wish I could be that easygoing.

'''Dorothea:''' Anyway, I'm not just playing games with these boys. This is for my future. You have no right to object. I very much want to find a good partner here at the academy. Someone who will take care of me for the rest of my life.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' I'm glad you understand. Not everyone appreciates the necessity of taking the initiative while you're still in your prime. Or are you just saying that?

'''Dorothea:''' Anyway, I value your opinion, Professor, but I won't have you interfering with my life plans. Unless you'd like to take care of me into my old age? That'd be something, eh? How about it, Professor?

'''Dorothea:''' I wasn't— You aren't being serious, are you? I was just teasing. Or did you really just consider spending your whole life with me? If you did that...that actually makes me... It makes me happy. I had no idea you might look at me that way. You've gotten awfully quiet... You might even be blushing a bit. Have I embarrassed you? If so, I'm very, very sorry. I should be going anyway. I'll see you later... Professor.

'''Dorothea:''' ...

'''Dorothea:''' Professor?! I— Oh...don't worry. It's nothing. ... Actually, could we talk for a bit? Somewhere a little more...private?

'''Dorothea:''' ... I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I find you a little difficult to be around. I know, I know. I'm your student and you're just trying to watch out for me. But the way you look at me sometimes...it's like you're seeing right through me.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' No, don't apologize. I know you don't mean anything bad by it. I'm just self-conscious, I guess.

|response2='''Dorothea:''' Don't worry. I know you don't mean anything bad by it. I'm just too self-conscious, I guess.

'''Dorothea:''' The thing is, I don't have anything to call my own. No land, no birthright, no fortune. Little knowledge or battle skill. I think that's why I always clung to my popularity as a diva. Even after leaving the stage behind, I sort of kept up the act. When I look at you, it's like your eyes are accusing me... Telling me that you see right through it. That's what I mean when I say it's difficult being around you. Hey, uh, this might be nuts, but maybe you could show me some kind of weakness of yours?

|response1='''Dorothea:''' You know my biggest fear. If I know one of yours, maybe I'll feel less, I don't know...vulnerable.

|response2='''Dorothea:''' Oh, come on, Professor. Everyone has some kind of weakness. You know mine. If I know one of yours, maybe I'll feel less, I don't know...vulnerable.

|choice1=Well, if it would really help...

'''Dorothea:''' Excellent. Well then, don't mind me. You know, Professor, I never hear any gossip about you. Of a romantic nature, I mean. Would I be right in assuming you're not very... experienced with romance? Maybe we should find out somehow... Um... Professor? What's with you? Why aren't you reacting to anything I'm doing? Oh, come on! Is your heart even beating? You're making me lose my confidence...

|choice1=Sorry.

|choice2=Actually, my heart isn't beating.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' That's all right. I didn't really think a little tease like that would be enough to get to you, anyway. Though it does still make me lose just a little confidence in my own charms...

|response2='''Dorothea:''' Ha, don't be so silly... Huh? It really isn't beating?! Is what I'd say if I were more gullible. You're just fooling around, Professor. I'm not sure how you did it, but that was a good one.

'''Dorothea:''' This may seem a bit sudden, but...I want to thank you, Professor. That is, for letting me live my life the way I want. I've noticed you've been giving me fewer of those soul-revealing gazes lately. I appreciate you making an effort to not trouble yourself over who I spend my time with.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' Well, of course. Did you think I wouldn't notice? It's kind of sweet, in its own way.

'''Dorothea:''' Professor, may I tell you a story about when I was younger? I was an orphan, living in the back alleys of Enbarr, until one day I was overheard singing... That was when my new life began. I was suddenly a songstress in the Mittelfrank Opera Company. Performers, nobility... I met so many people. But none of them ever really knew me. I was just some young, pretty girl who could sing, a spectacle to be admired. Even though everyone praised my looks and my voice, and they showered me with gifts... I knew, one day, I'd be old. My looks would fade, my voice would change, I wouldn't sound the same. And I started to wonder, when I did get old, what would I have left? I'd be old, alone...and back on the streets of the capital, right where I'd started.

|choice1=I don't believe that's true.

|choice2=I won't let you be alone.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' You can never be certain about what the future will bring.

|response2='''Dorothea:''' That's sweet of you, even if you are just flirting.

'''Dorothea:''' I never had much to begin with in life, and I worry that one day, I'll be that way again... That's why I keep searching for someone who will love me. Someone unaware of the songstress, who can love a girl that used to be scared and alone on the streets of the capital... I wonder if such a strange person can even exist.

'''Dorothea:''' Oh, is this where you've been? Everyone's looking for you. With the war over, I'd like to think they'd at least give you a few days' rest. Don't worry, I won't tell them you're here. It's a rare occasion for me to have you all to myself.

|response1='''Dorothea:''' No, I've given up on that. I realized there was no point. Besides, maybe the person I've been looking for is closer than I realized.

|response2='''Dorothea:''' See...there is one person I must confess I'm just little bit interested in.

'''Dorothea:''' What? Is that— That's a ring. It would be very embarrassing if I had the wrong idea, so I have to ask... Are you proposing? Here? Now? T-to me?<br>

'''Dorothea:''' A life singing for you in a peaceful world... I imagine that life will be more wonderful than I ever could have hoped. I love you. I could never sing anything as pure as those three little words.