Harken & Vaida

Level C:

VAIDA:	Eh? That crest on your armor... Are you a knight?
HARKEN:	A black riding wyvern on a crimson shield... You must be Lady Vaida. I have heard of you from Lord Eliwood. I am Harken, a knight of Pherae. I am at your service.
VAIDA:	Eh? What are you saying? Do you walk in your sleep? We are enemies... Or are you an idiot?
HARKEN:	Enemies...?
VAIDA:	You seem...uninformed, so let me tell you: I fought with your rabble here once before.
HARKEN:	What!
VAIDA:	Didn't manage to kill that brat Eliwood then... How about it, fair knight? Why not leave Eliwood and join me? You can make sure I don't kill him, eh?
HARKEN:	You...
VAIDA:	Eh? What's that? Want to fight?
HARKEN:	...No. My lord Eliwood has welcomed you to his side, has he not? If that is so...then we are allies.
VAIDA:	Hrm... What's this "my lord" business? I care for it not one bit...

Level B:

VAIDA:	Ah, we meet again. You disappoint me by your persistent refusal to drop dead.
HARKEN:	You again...
VAIDA:	I saw you fight. Those are some fancy moves. Is that how you plan on living through the coming battle?
HARKEN:	I am a knight of Pherae. I fight in a way befitting my station. Are you not a proud knight of Bern?
VAIDA:	Hah! There, you're wrong. I'm no longer a knight.
HARKEN:	What does that mean?
VAIDA:	I disobeyed the king's orders. Everyone in my troop was stripped of rank, stripped of country... Well, I'm tired of running. I plan to return home and find like souls... We'll sell ourselves to the highest bidder, do any job. A merry band of vagrants and vandals!
HARKEN:	You...disobeyed orders!? Why would you do something like that...?
VAIDA:	I don't recall owing you any explanations. Just--keep your distance. I've no desire to be friends with a tail-wagging knight, eager for a bone from his master. And...watch your tone when you speak with me in the future!
HARKEN:	...

Level A:

HARKEN:	Lady Vaida.
VAIDA:	You again? Do you never learn? How many times must I tell you I've no interest...
HARKEN:	I...once belonged to the Black Fang.
VAIDA:	What!? What did you say?
HARKEN:	In order to avenge Lord Elbert and my companions... I would sneak into the enemy camp alone. It was then... once...I saw you there. It was outside the base... You were talking to their leader's wife, Sonia. I remember you well... A young, earnest wyvern knight, talking to that cold-eyed woman...
VAIDA:	You...were watching? Hmph. You have strange tastes. I trust you found great comedy in our exchange. Me, being reprimanded by that woman...
HARKEN:	No, on the contrary... I was envious of you.
VAIDA:	Eh...? How is that?
HARKEN:	You... You were using Nergal to help you return to the Royal Wyvern Knights. You were willing to use any means necessary to return to your master... At the time, I had lost my master, and my will to live... Seeing your focus of mind... It was impressive.
VAIDA:	...
HARKEN:	Yet, I do not understand. How could you betray a lord to whom you were so faithful?
VAIDA:	Grr... Leave me be. Who swore fealty to any king? Not I! The lord to whom I swore... Was not that plain man, graspin at the coattails of power, but a man born with the presence and manner of a king. Should that man take the throne, a change of fortune would surely come to Bern.
HARKEN:	You speak of Prince Zephiel...
VAIDA:	That name is not to be spoken of so lightly by a knight of Pherae!
HARKEN:	Now I undertand. It is good that we were able to talk.
VAIDA:	...
HARKEN:	Vaida... We are both knights of the same heart. Together, in this army, we are compatriots. I believe this, no matter how you feel about it.
VAIDA:	... Hmph. I care for him not one bit. ...Truly... ...Not one bit...