Awakening Supports/Avatar(F) Walhart

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Robin
Ah, Walhart. So this is where you've been hiding.

Walhart
......

Robin
I was actually hoping to ask for your advice. Is now a good time?

Walhart
Groveling ill suits you. Remember that you are my superior in this army. Now state your business, tactician. What advice do you seek?

Robin
We're expecting tough battles ahead, as you know. So I was wondering what your approach would be if you were in charge.

Walhart
I cannot help you in this. I had little need for battle plans and plots. Little need for the cunning trickery of the tactician... I won battles on the mettle of my soldiers and the strength of our beliefs.

Robin
So you rejected strategy entirely?

Walhart
I was the Conqueror! Master of all men. My domain stretched from sea to sea! I held no disdain for your strategy. I simply had no need of it.

Robin
So all was decided on the battlefield? Man-to-man and steel to steel?

Walhart
Yes. But clearly mine was the wrong way. For it is I who stand here as your servant—I who am tarred forever with the ignominy and shame of ultimate defeat.

Robin
Though we question your motives, there is no shame in losing a war. You fought bravely and well. Nobody thinks less of you in defeat.

Walhart
Fool! Of course they do! They think me weak, and they are correct. If a man demands respect at the end of a sword, he has none left when it shatters.

Robin
Walhart, you lost a single battle. That hardly makes you weak.

Walhart
It does in my world. But I know that Chrom believes differently, and he is the victor. The vanquished have no right to their own convictions—they must follow their masters.

Robin
But it's a healthy thing to have a mix of different beliefs, new ways of doing things... Even if we don't agree with them, learning about other ideas only makes us stronger. You must promise not to forsake your views. I could learn something from your ways.

Walhart
You speak as a child that has captured a particularly interesting insect... But no matter. I shall indulge your whim. There are worse ways to pass the time.

B Support

Robin
There you are, Walhart. I was hoping we might talk more.

Walhart
Come again to shake the jar of your captive insect, have you?

Robin
Your words, not mine. I'm simply hoping you can tell me more about your views.

Walhart
I don't know what fascination they hold, but you should remember this... Chrom was the victor, and together you have the power to vanquish all. You don't need the delusions of the defeated to make you stronger.

Robin
That's where you're wrong, Walhart. It was a miracle that we prevailed. The slightest nudge of the scales, and the outcome would've been far different.

Walhart
Pah! There's no such thing as miracles. You won by cunning and might alone. And I lost because of my own weakness. A weakness exposed by you!

Robin
So you believe all victors to be powerful, and all defeated weak. Is this accurate?

Walhart
You have the right of it.

Robin
Furthermore, you assert that the weak are obliged to obey the powerful. Is this so?

Walhart
That, too, is my belief.

Robin
Then change it.

Walhart
...Explain.

Robin
Where there's life, there's a will. And where there's will, there is the power to change. And that is what I want you to do.

Walhart
Your words are wind. They mean nothing.

Robin
To live is to make mistakes. We've all sipped the bitter cup of defeat, but we live to drink another day. What matters is not how often we fail, but what we learn from those failures.

Walhart
Learn from FAILURE? The very idea... Yet, as it comes from my victorious rival, I am obliged to consider it. Very well, tactician. I shall meditate upon your words, and we will speak again.

Robin
That's all I ask.

A Support

Walhart
Robin. What are you doing here?

Robin
It's time I sorted my old tomes, so I've unpacked the entire library. I didn't realize how many books I've collected! Goodness me. Maybe I...shouldn't have...picked up so many... S-starting to...lose...balance!

Walhart
...Idiocy. Here.

Robin
Walhart? What are you doing?

Walhart
You were struggling under the load. I decided to assist.

Robin
Riiight. But you're holding me, not the books...?

Walhart
It seemed the quickest way to help. But if it displeases you... ...There. Safely on your own two feet again.

Robin
*Cough* Er, thank you.

Walhart
Why do you carry your own tomes? Surely such menial work could be assigned to the grunts. Or prisoners of war.

Robin
We do NOT enslave prisoners of war in this army, Walhart! And for that matter, we don't refer to any of our soldiers as "grunts." Everyone is on equal terms here. Menial tasks are shared by all.

Walhart
Why am I not surprised at such a sickening display of misguided democracy? Very well, then. ORDER me to carry your books.

Robin
Er...I don't think I'm comfortable with that.

Walhart
You are an army of equals, yes? Menial tasks are shared by all? Then even the great Walhart should not be above such things! Or do you just pay lip service to "equality" while the hierarchy is alive and well?

Robin
Fine. You win. ...Walhart, I order you to carry my books.

Walhart
Gladly. ...Hmm? This trunk is hardly heavy at all! Bah. The tactician who brought down my army has the strength of a mewling kitten! 'Tis amusing to think such a brilliant warmonger can barely lift a box of papers.

Robin
It wasn't me who brought you down. It was the combined strength of our army. Measured one against one, I'd barely come up to your ankle. ...Figuratively speaking.

Walhart
Yet you have the power to marshal the collective strength of your fellow men. The people of this world could do far worse than to have you as supreme ruler. I wager you could bring the prosperity and peace they've long yearned for.

Robin
I didn't realize you cared so much about the lives of the smallfolk.

Walhart
It was my methods that were wrong, not my motives. ...It all fell apart once I began to worship might for its own sake. That wicked Grimleal fanatic whispering lies in my ear didn't help matters... The responsibility was all mine, but I can't help but think... What if I'd met you instead of Excellus? Perhaps I'd have seen the error of my ways. Perhaps I'd have become the benevolent monarch I first set out to be...

Robin
It's not too late. You still have the power to put things right. To improve the lives of all.

Walhart
I can scarce believe such folly.

Robin
Remember what I told you before? Where there's life, there's a will. And where there's will, there is the power to change.

Walhart
...Very well. As you have spoken truth to me before, I shall trust you and your words.

Robin
It's all true. You'll see...

S Support

Walhart
Ah, here you are.

Robin
Walhart. What can I do for you?

Walhart
It's about what you said the other day. About life and will...and power to change.

Robin
Yes, I remember.

Walhart
I've been thinking about how I might change. About how I SHOULD change.

Robin
Go on...

Walhart
Since you and Chrom defeated me, I've learned a great deal. For example, about Emmeryn's vision for the world... It is a vision I would very much like to see come true.

Robin
That is...very surprising.

Walhart
I don't know rightly if this is what you meant by "change." But I know what my mission is now. I'm going to work for a future where Emmeryn's dream is a reality.

Robin
Why, that's wonderful, Walhart! It truly is.

Walhart
Then I know it is the right decision.

Robin
You know, Walhart, you used to be so intimidating and angry, but now look at you!

Walhart
Yes, I did come across that way...

Robin
Beneath all the bluster and menace, you have...dare I say it? A soft heart? ...Even as you were setting out on a path of conquest and subjugation.

Walhart
I sought to unite the world under my rule and thereby foster peace and happiness. But I chose the wrong path—one which led only to destruction and despair.

Robin
So start anew. Take what you've learned, and try again, but do it differently. Your goal hasn't changed. You just need to follow a new road to reach it.

Walhart
Where there's life, there's a will. And where there's a will...

Robin
Exactly!

Walhart
When I walk this new road, I would have you at my side to lend me strength.

Robin
You mean...as a tactician?

Walhart
No. As a partner in life. ...As my wife.

Robin
Your wife?!

Walhart
It can only be you. You must guide me on this new road, lest I stray from it again. And, more importantly, I've grown...very fond of you.

Robin
Oh.

Walhart
You do not have to give me an answer right away. Think upon it. I'm willing to wait for as long as it takes.

Robin
Actually, I don't need any time at all. We can walk that road together.

Walhart
Then the future is bright, indeed. For both of us, and all the world!

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With you at my side, the path to glory shall be an easier one. Let us become as gods of strength and happiness!