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Julius:  “In the end, perhaps it was…jealousy.”
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Ferris:  “Jealousy…?” Ferris echoed.
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Julius:  The purple-haired knight nodded slowly. Yes, that was it. The prickling Julius felt inside himself sprang from a helpless envy of Ferris and Reinhard, who had already decided the paths they would travel in life. It chilled him to realize how long ago it had begun…
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Julius:  “The very first time I saw Reinhard… I believe then and there was when I gave up the idea of ever standing on equal ground with him. I might speak only too eagerly of how I wish to be friends, how I wish to be equal to him, yet I had already all but given up the notion that I could ever attain the heights he has reached and ever see what he sees from there.”
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Julius:  Then he had averted his eyes from this weakness, playing the part of a fine and knowing friend. His own insistence that he could never stand shoulder to shoulder with Reinhard had blinded him to his burgeoning jealousy.
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Julius:  “At first, it was incomprehensible to me why Master Cecils should want to face Reinhard, knowing he would never prevail. In fact, I think I deliberately chose to not understand. But now I see.”
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Ferris:  “Hmm?”
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Julius:  “Talk of ‘equality’ was simply an excuse, a front I used to try to distance myself from both of you. And yet at the same time, I had the gall to wallow in my loneliness when that distance opened up. It was the height of foolishness.”
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Julius:  “So now that you’ve realized that…what does Julius Juukulius do next?”
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Julius:  “Outwardly, I believe he doesn’t change much. I do mean to be friends with you two, on equal terms. But now I’ve finally comprehended what that really means.”
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Ferris:  It seemed to Ferris that Julius had taken an awfully roundabout route to get to what struck him as an incredibly simple conclusion. The cat-boy simply put his cup to his lips and gave Julius an exasperated squint.
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Ferris:  “Well, if that’s what works for mew, Julius, then I guess that’s all right. Plus, you’ve finally stopped going around looking all sad and serious, like you’ve been doing ever since we got back from the empire.”
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Julius:  “Was it that obvious?”
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Ferris:  “Uh-huh. I almost thought mew were eager to see Reinhard fight that guy just so you could feel better. Like a baby, that’s what I thought!”
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Julius:  “I must say, even I’m not quite that uncouth.” Julius rested against the back of his chair as if shoved back by his friend’s particular interpretation of his behavior. There he stayed, soaking in the breeze that blew through the window, and the two of them passed a few minutes in silence. Then Julius had a thought.
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Julius:  “I suppose I do feel better, after a fashion."