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conversations.value:  "So that was Empress Dorothea. She’s a tyrant, all right,” Yu reflected as Misha helped her change. We were currently inside a dormitory assigned to the Bauer exchange students. Well, I say dormitory, but it was actually an inn that had been remodeled to accommodate us. Each room was bigger than those in the Royal Academy’s dorms, a show of the empire’s wealth. The four of us had gathered in the lounge after our audience with Dorothea. We wanted to reflect on what happened as we shed our formal outer layers.
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  “I didn’t expect her to entirely eschew diplomatic courtesy.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
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conversations.value:  “That’s probably what seems logical to her. She’s the worst kind of opponent for someone like me, who uses words as weapons.” Yu sighed as Misha removed her coat. Dorothea had largely ignored her even as we left.
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  “Rae is a better match for Dorothea. I’ll let you handle things next time we meet.”
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  “Don’t say that, Yu. Rae was only able to act without restraint because you showed the bare minimum of required formalities.” Misha was trying to cheer her up. They really were a good match.
conversations.prefix: Misha:
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conversations.value:  “Miss Claire, cheer me up, too!”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
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conversations.value:  “Why? You seem chipper enough to me.” Claire curtly denied my request, much to my dismay.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
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conversations.value:  “Let’s hear everyone’s impression of Dorothea, starting with Misha.”
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  Misha fell into thought for a moment. “She seemed to act without consideration of others. But…perhaps that’s more a quality of a ruler in itself.”
conversations.prefix: Misha:
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conversations.value:  “What do you mean?”
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  “She doesn’t seem the type of person to let herself be swayed by those beneath her. That kind of single-minded focus might be necessary to unite people in pursuit of your goals.” Misha seemed to think Dorothea was the polar opposite of a less strident leader like the late King l’Ausseil or Thane.
conversations.prefix: Misha:
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conversations.value:  “I see. She doesn’t have to weigh the opinions of her retainers, which would otherwise force her to perform an impossible juggling act. She can act without hesitation.”
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  “That’s it,” Misha affirmed. “She’s a tyrant, no doubt. But she isn’t conceited, and she doesn’t ignore the needs of her people. Misha’s right—that’s leadership in its own way. What do you think, Claire?”
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conversations.value:  Claire frowned. “I don’t think I can ever see eye to eye with her.”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
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conversations.value:  “Why is that?”
conversations.prefix: Yu:
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conversations.value:  “Our values are too different. I don’t see any respect in the way Dorothea treats others, and I simply don’t like those who so thoroughly disregard decorum.” I thought back to when Claire had taught May and Aleah the basics of etiquette. “To be without etiquette is to be unclothed,” she’d said. Claire valued the traditions of the bygone noble world.
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