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As they discuss the book On Loss together, they have a sharp disagreement over humanity, humiliation, and morality. Adelheid explains that Anton locked her up and that she has no plans regarding Henburg. Their warm conversation, lasting until midnight, is interrupted by the king's arrival.","key_events":["Woman asks Captain to visit again, reassuring him King never enters study","Woman reflects memories will become things that never happened when life ends","Captain and woman debate book On Loss and whether humiliation is ever justified","Pair talk until midnight about tea, sugar, and woman recalls disliking sweets","Woman confesses she has no plans for Henburg and values her life over homeland","Woman reveals Anton locked her up for knowing too much and stripped her royal honor","King approaches and woman shifts to smiling concubine demeanor, disappointing Captain"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"IT'S BEEN A WHILE.\nTHAT SAME LOOK OF DISPLEASURE, AS ALWAYS...\n\nIT REALLY IS THE CAPTAIN.\nARE YOU LEAVING? WHY?\nSTAY A LITTLE LONGER.\n\nNO, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO HEAD BACK.\nWHAT WERE YOU READING?\n\nAH, THIS BOOK...\nIT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES, TOO.\nON LOSS\n\nWHAT DID YOU THINK OF IT, CAPTAIN?\nWELL... I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.\nJUDGING BY YOUR EXPRESSION, YOU DIDN'T CARE FOR IT.\nI DISLIKED HOW IT PORTRAYED HUMANITY AS SOMEONE SO HUMILIATING.\nHUMAN BEINGS ARE HUMILIATING BY NATURE.\n\nIT'S JUST THAT CIRCUMSTANCES SPARE THEM FROM HAVING TO BE SO.\nHAVE YOU NEVER FACED SUCH A SITUATION, CAPTAIN?\n\nMANY TIMES.\nI SIMPLY CHOSE NOT TO ENDURE IT.\n\n...THAT IS YOUR WORLD, CAPTAIN. MY WORLD ISN'T LIKE YOURS.\nUNLESS IT SERVES A GREATER MORAL PURPOSE,\n\nNO CIRCUMSTANCE REQUIRES ONE TO ACCEPT HUMILIATION.\nHOW CAN YOU BE SO CERTAIN?\nIF SUCH A SITUATION WERE TO ARISE-\nIT WOULD MERELY BE THE RESULT OF CHOOSING HUMILIATION AS THE EASIER, BETTER PATH.\n\n...EVEN IF A LIFE IS AT STAKE?\nTHERE ARE MANY IN THIS WORLD WHO VALUE OTHER THINGS MORE THAN THEIR OWN LIVES.\nAS THIS BOOK SAYS,\nA THINKING MAN WILLINGLY WALKS THE DIFFICULT PATH.\n\nNO.\nMY WORLD ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.\nTHAT 1 CHOSE HUMILIATION\nJUST TO MAKE THINGS EASIER?\nARE YOU SAYING 1 ACCEPT HUMILIATION\nBECAUSE 1 FAIL TO THINK LIKE A HUMAN BEING?\n\nPERHAPS THE WORLD YOU SEE IS LIKE THAT.\nA WORLD WHERE YOU ENDURE HARDSHIP AND PAIN INSTEAD OF HUMILIATION,\nUPHOLD MORALITY, AND ULTIMATELY EMBRACE DEATH...\nA WORLD WHERE THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER CHOICE.\n\nI THINK ALL THE TIME.\nYET I AM STILL HUMILIATED.\n\nMY HUMILIATION COMES FROM THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT,\nAND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE UNAWARE OF THEM DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T EXIST.\n\nI SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE TRUE.\n\nWHAT OTHER BOOKS HAVE YOU READ?\n\nTHAT NIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY THINGS UNTIL LATE INTO THE NIGHT.\n\nIT WAS THE KIND OF HUMAN CONVERSATION I HAD SO DESPERATELY CRAVED WHENEVER I CAME HERE,\nA MIRACULOUS MOMENT WHEN I COULD BRIEFLY FORGET MY HUMILIATION.\n\n...DO YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF RETURNING TO HENBURG?\n\nI FEEL LIKE YOU'LL TRULY COME TO DESPISE ME IF I SAY THIS, CAPTAIN...\nBUT SINCE I DO NOT LIE HERE,\nI WILL TELL YOU THE HONEST TRUTH.\nI HAVE NO PLANS FOR HENBURG.\n\nI'VE EVEN FORGOTTEN WHAT MY HOMELAND MEANS TO ME.\nBECAUSE ANTON DESPISED WOMEN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH,\nHE LOCKED ME AWAY HERE.\n\nSO I WOULD KNOW NOTHING, SMILE BRIGHTLY, AND LOOK ONLY AT HIM.\nUNFORTUNATELY, I WAS BORN INTO ROYALTY AND RECEIVED AN EDUCATION BEFITTING ONE.\n\nWHICH IS LIKELY WHY SO MUCH OF ME WAS WORN AWAY BEFORE ARRIVING HERE.\nMY LIFE MATTERS MORE TO ME THAN MY HOMELAND.\nPERHAPS ONCE, MY HOMELAND MATTERED MORE.\nBUT NOT ANYMORE.\nNOW, HAVING LOST THE DIGNITY AND GRACE OF ROYALTY...\nI'VE BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN AN IGNORANT WOMAN.\n\nWILL YOU COME VISIT ME HERE AGAIN?\nTHAT IS...\nI KNOW WHAT YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT.\n\nBUT THE KING HAS NEVER ONCE SET FOOT IN THE STUDY.\nSO IT'LL BE FINE.\nIF YOU COME HERE TOMORROW, I WON'T SEEK YOU OUT WHILE YOU'RE ON DUTY ANYMORE, CAPTAIN.\n\nI PROMISE.\n\nCAPTAIN, THE MORE I SPEAK WITH YOU, THE MORE I REALIZE...\n\nWE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON.\nISN'T IT BETTER TO HAVE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON AN AUTHOR'S WORK?\n\nPUTTING THAT ASIDE...\nEVEN OUR TEA HABITS COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT.\nSTILL, DOESN'T IT TASTE BETTER WITH SUGAR, JUST AS I SAID?\nIT SEEMS SO.\nWITH THE ANNUAL SALARY OF XENOMES'S KNIGHT COMMANDER,\nYOU COULD EASILY AFFORD PLENTY OF SUGAR.\n\nI WAS CONSTANTLY DEPLOYED ON THE BATTLEFIELD.\nIT WASN'T A MATTER OF MONEY, BUT OF TIME; I HAD NO LEISURE FOR TEA.\nCONSIDERING YOU RECOMMENDED THE SUGAR,\nYOUR HIGHNESS DOES NOT SEEM PARTICULARLY FOND OF IT.\n\nTURNS OUT I DON'T CARE MUCH FOR SWEETS.\nI HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN...\nTHANKS TO YOU, CAPTAIN, I REMEMBERED SOMETHING PRECIOUS.\n\nA TIME WHEN NO ONE KILLS ME OR TRAMPLES ON ME...\nIT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I COULD SIMPLY EXIST AS MYSELF.\n\nYET WHEN THIS LIFE ENDS...\nTHE MAN BEFORE ME WILL FORGET EVERYTHING.\nALL OF THIS WILL BECOME SOMETHING THAT NEVER HAPPENED,\n\nREMAINING ONLY IN MY MIND AS MEMORIES OF THINGS THAT NEVER OCCURRED.\nYOUR HIGHNESS, THE KING IS APPROACHING.\n\nYOUR MAJESTY...!\n\nTHE ADELHEID I MET IN THE STUDY WAS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE RUMORS.\nIN THAT WORLD, SHE WAS CANDID,\n\nAND FAR REMOVED FROM A CONCUBINE BASKING IN THE KING’S FAVOR...\nYET NOW, SHE HAS REVERTED TO THE KIND OF PERSON I DESPISE MOST.\n\nFOR AN EASIER, BETTER PATH,\nSOMEONE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR MORALITY AND WORTH.\nHUMORING THE KING LIKE A PET,\n\nSMILING JUST TO WIN HIS ATTENTION—","bubble_count":103,"pages_count":39,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The Captain encounters Adelheid in the study and asks her to stay.","spoiler_summary":"The Captain encounters Adelheid in the study and asks her to stay. 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