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conversations.value:  They’ve spent the last few months expanding their forces. Of course, the other three nations haven’t been idle either, but the empire has overtaken us nonetheless.” It appeared Dorothea had far more diplomatic savvy than we gave her credit for. I hadn’t thought she could be so crafty, but the results spoke for themselves. Maybe she just had talented people working under her. “Regardless, doing nothing will only put us back where we started. That’s why Queen Manaria is hoping to add the empire to the alliance to create a new, unified international front. This summit is to lay the groundwork for that."
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conversations.value:  Rather than create a three-nation alliance to fight the empire, it would be better to wrangle the empire by including them in the alliance—or so Manaria believed.
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conversations.value:  "Now wait just a moment. Is this really viable? The empire’s the most powerful state at present. Wouldn’t they just exploit a unified international power however they saw fit?" Claire’s concern was warranted. Even in my old world, the United Nations had often been at the beck and call of the world’s superpowers.
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conversations.value:  "That will depend on how well Queen Manaria and the rest can maneuver. Besides, if it does go that way, the other three nations can reverse course to face the empire as their own united front."
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conversations.value:  "So all this is being done under the assumption of possible failure?"
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conversations.value:  "To put it bluntly, yes. But that’s just politics—excessively roundabout." Dole shook his head and sighed. "Claire, Rae, what are your thoughts on the empire? How do you think Empress Dorothea will respond?"
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conversations.value:  Claire thought for a moment. "I cannot see Dorothea’s aggression relenting."
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conversations.value:  "Why is that?"
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conversations.value:  "Only moments prior, we saw off Princess Philine as she went into exile. I believe Dorothea wouldn’t have exiled her daughter if she had even the slightest inclination toward reconciliation, as her daughter was heavily in favor of it."
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conversations.value:  "Hmm… I see. And you, Rae?"
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conversations.value:  "I agree with Miss Claire. But it seems Dorothea has some reason for her aggressive stance. We might be able to sway her if we discover those reasons." Josef had said Dorothea wasn’t upholding her current policy by choice. Of course, I didn’t think I could forgive her, no matter her reasons…but now that I really thought about it, she had never once tried to justify any of her actions. When we’d had our first audience with her, she hadn’t protested Claire’s condemnation of the empire’s actions—in fact, she’d said Claire’s words were logical. I was starting to think she viewed whatever she was doing as a necessary evil.
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conversations.value:  "Do you have any idea what that reason might be?"
conversations.prefix: Dole:
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conversations.value:  "Unfortunately, I haven’t a clue. In fact, not even the person closest to Dorothea, her manservant, seems to know. I suspect only she could explain herself."
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conversations.value:  "It seems there’s nothing we can do there, then."
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