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[deniles]

C Support

• Niles: Lady Camilla, just the person I was looking for.
• Camilla: Oh? Did you want to ask me something?
• Niles: Yes. I'm curious... Why do you shower so much affection on Lady/Lord Avatar?
• Camilla: What do you mean? I love Avatar! He/She's a sweetie! Plus, he/she had a terrible childhood. I think he/she deserves a little kindness now!
• Niles: As I suspected! Your so-called love is nothing more than pity. You're probably one of those people who brings home lost puppy dogs too.
• Camilla: Of course I would! Who would leave a cute, little puppy out in the cold?
• Niles: Heh heh...
• Camilla: *gasp* You would, wouldn't you?! Niles, you're terrible!
• Niles: There's a reason you fixate on helping poor, pathetic creatures!
• Camilla: Is that so? And what's that?
• Niles: You live a pathetic existence. You're trying to make yourself feel better! (*Niles leaves*)
• Camilla: Niles? Get back here! You can't say something like that and run away! Coward!

B Support

• Camilla: Niles! I've been looking everywhere for you! It's time for you to explain yourself!
• Niles: Ah, I love it when you get all feisty. Your cheeks are turning red! Were you saying something? I can barely concentrate when you're like this!
• Camilla: Enough! You better explain what you meant the other day when you said I was pathetic!
• Niles: Fair enough. Lady Camilla, do you know why people love puppies?
• Camilla: Because they're cute...?
• Niles: No! It's because people want to be loved.
• Camilla: Huh?
• Niles: They want companionship—a person to come home to, and if they can't get it... They'll settle for a furry creature who'll greet them and slobber on their shoes. This is the same relationship you have with that lost, little puppy—Lady/Lord Avatar. You're miserable, so you shower her/him with affection, and that puppy slobbers back!
• Camilla: Are you calling Avatar a dog? That's disgusting!
• Niles: Oh, I like that hostile look on your face. It's giving me chills! Do you want to know where I came up with this theory? I'll tell you!
• Camilla: You better!
• Niles: My parents abandoned me in the slums of Nohr. I was raised by thieves and criminals. I learned fast. I did what had to be done to survive! So forgive me if I'm a little jealous. When I see someone who is oblivious to suffering, I like to give them an education. That moment when they discover their first taste of pain is pure bliss!
• Camilla: Niles, you're a sad person.
• Niles: Am I? For someone so sad, I'm having an outrageously good time!

A Support

• Niles: Lady Camilla, I heard you were looking for me. You know I adore being summoned.
• Camilla: The other day, you said you like to prey on people who've never known suffering.
• Niles: Oh, yes. I like where this is going.
• Camilla: Well, you were wrong to pick me!
• Niles: Huh?
• Camilla: I know what you thought! She's royalty! She must be happy! Her life is perfect! You're wrong! I wasn't born in the slums, but my childhood wasn't all roses either.
• Niles: What?
• Camilla: Oh. Didn't you know? Xander is the only one of my siblings born to the queen. The rest of us—Leo, Elise, and I—we're all children of King Garon's mistresses. Different mistresses, I might add. He loved to pit our mothers against each other.
• Niles: I had no idea.
• Camilla: Our mothers were the lowest of the low, trying to claw their way to a better status. Naturally, they used us as bait in all of their conflicts.
• Niles: Lady Camilla, I'm-
• Camilla: You said I was pathetic, and you were right! My mother loved me, but only as a pawn. Do I dote on Avatar? Yes, I do! I remember what it feels like to be alone!
• Niles: I'm so sorry. I was wrong about you! You disguise your pain well. I didn't realize.
• Camilla: I didn't tell you all this so you could apologize. I want you to think twice before you judge someone else so unfairly!
• Niles: I'm so ashamed. You must beat me! Here, I deserve to be punished.
• Camilla: I'm not going to beat you!
• Niles: Please, strike me across the face. I'll wait.
• Camilla: Seriously, Niles. I'll pass. If you want to be flogged, you'll have to do it yourself.