conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  "In my childhood, I was always told to keep an eye on Master Yu.” In other words, Yu and Misha weren’t just run-of-the-mill childhood friends. They were, in a sense, accomplices.
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “But when our house fell from grace, that relationship fell with it. The only reason my family wasn’t entirely stamped out, the reason we were allowed to merely lose our noble status and live as commoners, is that the king took on our debt as a form of hush money,” Misha said, her expression never changing.
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “In the meantime, His Majesty ordered the Church to study the Crosswise Curse in secret. However, his aim is not to reverse the curse, but to solidify it. He wishes Yu to not only appear as a prince, but to be one.” In short, they wanted to fulfill the queen’s original goal. Was that even possible? Perhaps it was, with the magic in this world.
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  When I asked, Misha’s expression finally changed, growing more and more distorted with distress. It was rare to see her thoughts show so clearly on her face.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I don’t know what’s possible,” she said. “All I know is that Yu hates it. Everyone sees Yu as a boy, but she’s a girl. Growing up, she was eternally confused. There was a gap between us—between what Yu knew to be true and what everyone else saw.”
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  I knew something about this kind of issue, in which a person feels their gender doesn’t match others’ perception of them. In Japan, it’s called gender dysphoria. You might call it a problem of a mismatch between one’s heart and body, which can create all kinds of problems for the person afflicted. Society can make people suffer for this in all kinds of ways, especially when they try to show their true selves in their daily lives.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Yu always expressed envy of the dresses I wore, or the length of my hair. Once…she even put on makeup in secret and asked me whether I thought she looked strange,” Misha recalled with some bitterness. “And I… No. She was lovely.”
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  On the day of the Academy festival, when we were getting dressed for the cross-dressing café, I’d thought Yu was having more fun than the rest of us, but I hadn’t guessed at all the layers underlying that moment. Yu hadn’t been delighted by any sense of absurdity. Rather, she had been overjoyed to fulfill a desire that otherwise had to be hidden. I’d always thought Yu cunning; I now understand she had no choice but to be. Yu was cursed with a double life.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Rae… You said you can reverse the curse?”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Yes. In a way.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “How?”
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “The Crosswise Curse is, well, a curse, and there’s a magical tool the Church keeps in its vaults that can negate curses.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I…am not going to ask how you know that.”
conversations.prefix: Misha:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  I was glad Misha was good at reading delicate situations.
conversations.prefix: Rae: