conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  If I did the labor for you, I’d get pulled into the empire for real.
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  "You can’t put a foreigner in charge of your own military."
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “The Nur Empire welcomes all individuals of talent, regardless of origin.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “How do you know I won’t make something highly addictive or unhealthy?”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “You wouldn’t say that if you were planning to.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I might just be employing reverse psychology.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  I’d just learned something new: Dorothea had no sense of caution regarding those she took an interest in—likely as a result of her excessive confidence. She probably considered herself a perfect judge of character, or she believed she could solve problems with violence after the fact if she were somehow mistaken. Her sloppiness surprised me. Though I supposed if it had worked for her thus far, I couldn’t really call it sloppy.
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Humph… Then what do you propose instead?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Well, I wouldn’t implement the change right away, for sure. I’d test its safety over a year, then officially adopt and mass-produce it.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Too slow. Your exchange program will have ended by then.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Indeed. Let Lady Philine handle it. I can train her.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Philine? You think she can handle this?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Philine is more talented than you think.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Humph… Let’s do that, then.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  Whew, dodged that bullet. But the real deal began now. "Your Majesty,"
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “eating is more than the process of acquiring adequate nutrition.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “What’s this about?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Are you aware of the general consensus on the empire’s formal cuisine?”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I am not, and neither do I care.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “‘I thought they were trying to poison me.’”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Hmm…?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “A certain diplomat spoke those words after eating the empire’s food.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  Dorothea grimaced. “Go on.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “The only country with such awful formal cuisine, bad enough to be considered blasphemy against food itself, is the empire. It’s so bad that it’s costing the empire diplomatic opportunities.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Is it truly that awful?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Yes. Definitely, yes,” I asserted.
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  Dorothea groaned. “Then what do you suggest?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Culinary reform. Luckily, the empire has a wealth of ingredients at its disposal, thanks to its various vassal states. We should definitely make use of them.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Hmm…” Dorothea seemed deep in thought.
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  Just one more push would do it. "I recall Your Majesty was a devotee of rationality?"
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Naturally.”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Then shouldn’t you amend any irrationality within the empire?”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “What is this irrationality you speak of?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Your chefs are forced to intentionally make unpalatable food. Their skills are deteriorating.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Is that really a problem?”
conversations.prefix: Dorothea:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Yes! People eat every day. If the empire’s chefs were given the opportunity to really flaunt their skills, you could develop a far more impressive food culture.”
conversations.prefix: Ryouma:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Culture, hmm? I don’t quite understand that field…” Dorothea’s obsession with rationality had become a problem. Under the lens of rationality, culture was often seen as wasteful and indulgent. As a book I read long ago had put it, If all that was excess were trimmed, there would be nothing left to call culture.
conversations.prefix: Dorothea: