Not specifically to me, but I know she used her connections from the opera house to get to the Academy. There were plenty of rumours of her dating habits while she was there, so she was probably looking for a ticket to guarantee herself a stable life.
[ ... ] Don't blame her if that's what it was. There's a lot of nobles at the academy at one time, and she's a very pretty lady.
I don't think I could ever blame someone for wanting something stable, even if the means are a little shady. That's what it was like for Date, too. [as she recently, like, very recently, found out.]
Do you blame her at all? [the implication is he doesn't, but she's checking.]
Technically speaking, I don't think it is shady. Not really. People arrange marriages for far more nefarious reasons than "I want financial security and support in my life". Although most of the time people are more blunt about what they're after.
Not for that not. And not really, overall. [ ... ] We had a misunderstanding once, but that was more my fault than anything.
Mine specifically? Makes me more aware of when someone's going to counter attack me, so I can prevent it. It's difficult to explain: it's more like an extra sense, or some kind of magic you can't make a conscious choice to use.
Something like that? It's not like a light, it's just... there. And sometimes it kicks in. Crests are a sing of links to ancient bloodlines, powerful ones, first and foremost. And then they give you an edge in battle.
I understand why things revolve so closely around them, even if I don't care for it exactly.
... You know, I'm not sure. I wasn't born with one, like people normally are. It just appeared one day when I was still pretty young. More people are born without them than not, though. Crests are just a sign of prestige people have latched on to.
Houses will arrange marriages based on the likelihood of children born to that family receiving a Crest or not. So houses without many prominent Crests in the bloodline are always at a disadvantage.
It should be. [ ... ] I have some suspicions. My crest is one that is long, long lost to time, so it's kinda weird that it suddenly popped up in some poor little prostitute's son in some backend town in Faerghus, right?
[ he laughs at that. ] Nobility don't seem to have that luxury. Or, not all of them do. It's all about power and titles and what you'll get out a marriage rather than whether the people involved like each other.
I get the idea of arranged marriages, but those aren't so common now where I'm from. I'm sure they still happen but not the way they do where you're from.
I got really ill when I was a kid. Like... closing in on death's door ill. There was an old man my mom had helped in the past -- he was ill, and needed shelter, so we took care of him until he was better. When I was ill he came back and he... did something? Whatever he did it healed me. And after that, I had a crest.
No, it's fine. It helps? It's a Major crest, so it's nice and powerful. And no one who could force me into an arranged marriage to preserve it knows I have it.
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Yeah, that's one of them. She was all the rage in the Empire before she up and left for the academy.
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[ ... ] Don't blame her if that's what it was. There's a lot of nobles at the academy at one time, and she's a very pretty lady.
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Do you blame her at all? [the implication is he doesn't, but she's checking.]
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Not for that not. And not really, overall. [ ... ] We had a misunderstanding once, but that was more my fault than anything.
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You haven't thought about an arranged marriage, have you?
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Nah. I kept my Crest as much of a secret as I could, so it's not like House Rowe knew they had anything worth bargaining with before I ran away.
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[hm?] ...what does your crest do for you?
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I understand why things revolve so closely around them, even if I don't care for it exactly.
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Houses will arrange marriages based on the likelihood of children born to that family receiving a Crest or not. So houses without many prominent Crests in the bloodline are always at a disadvantage.
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That seems weird that it showed up out of nowhere. If it's something you're born with, wouldn't it be one or the other?
That seems stupid though. Just marry for love like the rest of us.
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[ he laughs at that. ] Nobility don't seem to have that luxury. Or, not all of them do. It's all about power and titles and what you'll get out a marriage rather than whether the people involved like each other.
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...what're your suspicions though?
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Do you think...like he passed the crest on to you from himself or something? Can people take other people's crests?
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[ is joke. ]
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