conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "On the contrary, I’m curious as to why you’re so hesitant to work for me. Certainly, you have your ties with our magic researchers netting you a fairly high position, but that’s hardly stable. As I noted, they are free to cut you off whenever."
conversations.prefix: Philine:
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conversations.value:  "It’d be the same if I served you."
conversations.prefix: Hilda:
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conversations.value:  "No, it wouldn’t. We would be accomplices of sorts. I would be unable to betray you, and you would be unable to betray me."
conversations.prefix: Philine:
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conversations.value:  Hilda stared intently at Philine. She was no doubt weighing the pros and cons carefully inside her head.
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conversations.value:  "Hey, Hilda? Don’t you think it’s about time we spoke frankly to one another? I’ve told you my true intentions already, so won’t you drop the act for me?"
conversations.prefix: Philine:
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conversations.value:  Hilda’s eyes went wide again. Philine’s intent was clear—she was overlooking Hilda’s earlier, foul-mouthed transgressions.
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conversations.value:  Philine smiled faintly. "I cannot offer you much. But I still want you by my side. Will you be my first ally in my mission to change the empire, Hilda?" Once again, she asked for Hilda’s help. In a sense, she was just repeating what she had said before, but this time around, the circumstances were different.
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conversations.value:  Hilda was silent for some time. "Ha ha…ha ha ha…" Her shoulders trembled as she began to laugh. "Aha ha ha! Oh dear… You got me, Princess. Wonderful job. You truly do have Her Majesty’s blood within you." Tears filled Hilda’s eyes, but she was smiling, bright and cheerily, as though the Hilda of moments prior were another person entirely.
conversations.prefix: Hilda:
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conversations.value:  "I don’t much like being compared to Mother."
conversations.prefix: Philine:
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conversations.value:  "Oh, pardon me. Indeed, you aren’t very much like Her Majesty at all. Her Majesty would have forced me to obey. But you didn’t do that."
conversations.prefix: Hilda:
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conversations.value:  "And I think that difference will prove useful."
conversations.prefix: Hilda:
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conversations.value:  "How so?"
conversations.prefix: Philine:
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conversations.value:  "It would be contradictory for the person advocating reconciliation to use forceful means." Hilda appeared to value Philine’s earnestness. "But please remember, my princess, that idealism is a rough road to walk in the world of politics and diplomacy. There will be times when you must make decisions that go against your beliefs."
conversations.prefix: Hilda:
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conversations.value:  "Hilda…"
conversations.prefix: Philine:
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conversations.value:  "Your role is to be someone people are willing to rally behind. You must remain faultless and pure, to the extent that others are willing to soil their hands for you. It’s as daunting a role as being the ones who take on the grim and the filth, for no matter how backed into a corner you may feel, you can never stain your own hands."
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conversations.value:  Hilda turned to us, then. "Claire, Rae, thank you for listening and holding your tongues."
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