conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "In fact, she initially rejected the very notion of it.”
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Why did she change her mind?”
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “A certain incident led her to question the system where nobles lorded it over commoners.” I began telling her about the ghost ship incident that had occurred on our visit to Euclid, my hometown, going into detail about my childhood friend Louie and how he had attacked us to save his kidnapped family.
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “That’s terrible…”
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “That was when Miss Claire truly learned what it meant to be poor. She examined her life and power as a noble, and she wondered how she could allow such things to happen.” I went on to explain how Claire had begun to think about ways to address poverty and wealth disparity, and how that, in turn, had led her to realize the deep-rooted problems with the aristocracy. “She wanted to help the people, so she strove to find a way to bridge the gap between commoners and nobles.”
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Something she could do…” Those words seemed to resonate with Philine.
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “And the rest is history. Claire gained the support of the populace by exposing the corrupt nobles and then by siding with the commoners against the provisional government after the Mt. Sassal eruption.” I’d left out some details and mixed in some half-truths, but I finished my mostly true recounting of events leading to the revolution.
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Claire is so…strong.”
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I wholeheartedly agree, but she couldn’t do it alone.”
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “What do you mean?”
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Miss Claire is gifted, but even she can’t do everything herself. She only managed to come this far because she had the help of many people.” If she were alone, she would have been executed that terrible day as a symbol of the corrupt nobility—leaving her name forever besmirched in the annals of history. “To achieve something, you need allies.”
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Allies…”
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “If you have any doubts about the current empire, Claire and I would be happy to lend our aid.”
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Huh? !” Philine went stiff as a board.
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  Maybe I’d gone too far?
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “M-my stomach hurts—I’ll be taking my leave!”
conversations.prefix: Philine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Um, Lady Philine?”
conversations.prefix: Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Pardon me!” And off she went. Aw, shoot… It had been going so well, too. Why did I have to rush things? But her already knowing about Claire was a godsend. And now that her impression of Claire was more than just “that scary person,” we could move on to the next step—putting them in direct contact.
conversations.prefix: Philine: