conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "Surely you understand it’s not our place to intervene in another country’s politics?”
conversations.prefix: Dole:
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conversations.value:  “But—”
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conversations.value:  “Most importantly, Claire, the coup will be beneficial to Bauer.” Dole stroked his moustache. His usual gentle expression was gone, replaced by the impersonal one he reserved for work.
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conversations.value:  A chill ran down my spine. “Wha—do you realize people will die, Father? !” Enraged, Claire stood—slamming her hands on the table as she did so.
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conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Please calm down, Miss Claire,”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
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conversations.value:  “Not you too, Rae! How can I be calm when—”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
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conversations.value:  “Please, Miss Claire. I sympathize with you so much, it hurts. But let’s hear him out. We’re the ones who came to him, remember?”
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conversations.value:  “Gah!” Claire, with a fierce look of indignation, relented and sat down. Her anger still raged, but she couldn’t forgo civility. She scowled at Dole as the discussion resumed.
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conversations.value:  “By beneficial, I assume you mean politically?” I asked Dole.
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conversations.value:  “Exactly.” He nodded, then took a sip of his tea. Perhaps hoping to calm Claire, he took ample pause before continuing. “We don’t know the scale of the coup, nor how it will affect Dorothea, but it is a coup nonetheless. It will be a blow to the empire, and an opening for us.” He spoke in a frighteningly matter-of-fact tone. I was reminded of the time he’d insistently defended the nobility to Claire. “Think about it: The coup will happen on the day of the summit. With so many foreign leaders present, the empire will have to take responsibility, no matter how easily the attempt is suppressed. That is a powerful diplomatic advantage to have.” A faint smile rose to his face. His explanation was clear: Bauer’s prosperity came first, even at the cost of lives.
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conversations.value:  “You would use the lives of those youths as political bargaining chips? !” Claire asked, incredulously.
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conversations.value:  “They are not my people. And if we do not strike the empire while we can, it will be the lives of our people instead.”
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conversations.value:  “That’s…that’s…!” Claire couldn’t accept it. She knew, however, that if she were to weigh the lives of Bauer’s youths against the empire’s, the scales would not be even. But that didn’t excuse doing nothing as people died. Not to Claire.
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conversations.value:  Seeing his daughter so worked up, Dole sighed understandingly and looked her in the eyes. “Claire, you’re too arrogant.”
conversations.prefix: Dole:
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conversations.value:  “I am? Are you sure you don’t mean yourself, who sees human beings as mere pawns?” she seethed.
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conversations.value:  “Since when have you been mighty enough to save everyone?” he asked.
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conversations.value:  “Wh-what… I…” That was all it took to leave Claire at a loss for words. She hadn’t intended to think so highly of her own ability, but that only made it all the more painful a realization.
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conversations.value:  Dole didn’t relent. “Man is not God. We must choose the few we can save. I won’t disavow having ideals, but you must realize they are nothing more than that, ideals. You cannot escape reality.”
conversations.prefix: Dole:
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conversations.value:  Claire could say nothing in return. “Or what?
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