Fates Supports/Jakob Silas
C Support
Silas: Oh, hi, Jakob. How are things?
Jakob: Silas. Caught up on some new fool's errand of mercy, I trust?
Silas: H-how did you know?
Jakob: It's clear on your face. You have the look of a man acting selflessly. I'm surprised that philosophy hasn't worn you down into a husk of a man by now.
Silas: Say what you want. I'm no hero...
Jakob: Yet you've never met a sob story you won't hear in full.
Silas: Well, you have me there...
Jakob: The more you listen, the more spellbound you become... Until you're more weighted down by the problem than its actual sufferer. Am I wrong?
Silas: Not...exactly...
Jakob: Well! This sounds to me like the very definition of a hero. My condolences.
Silas: Ughhh. He's got me dead to rights...!
B Support
Silas: ...
Jakob: Oh dear, a do-gooder in the dumps. I'd best keep my distance.
Silas: Jakob...
Jakob: Ugh. Kindly keep those puppy-dog eyes to yourself.
Silas: No, just listen for a second.
Jakob: Absolutely not. Whatever is troubling you, keep it to yourself.
Silas: Don't say that! You can at least give me a little of your time.
Jakob: A little is all you want, eh? You have 10 seconds. Talk.
Silas: What do you say to someone who adamantly refuses to battle?
Jakob: So then, some fresh-faced young soldier has cold feet? You care far too much... The idea of getting so involved in someone else's issues is utterly foreign to me.
Silas: He said he doesn't want to die, because he left someone behind when he went to war.
Jakob: Then he should return home.
Silas: That's what I said, but he protested that he can't abandon his unit here.
Jakob: Then he should stay.
Silas: Come on, be serious!
Jakob: I'm being as serious as I need to be. If anyone isn't approaching the problem with sufficient gravity, it's your soldier. If he had time to share his sob story with you... he has time to think seriously about his dilemma and find a solution.
Silas: ...You're right. There's nothing I can tell him he doesn't already know. He needs to decide himself. Thanks, Jakob. I'll go and have a chat with the poor guy.
(Silas leaves)
Jakob: What a waste of my time...
A Support
Silas: Jakob! Wait up!
Jakob: Ah, if it isn't Silas the do-gooder.
Silas: Thanks for your advice the other day. The soldier I was talking to ended up going back home.
Jakob: I don't need a debriefing on this. It's none of my concern.
Silas: Hahah, you're such a sourpuss.
Jakob: Don't laugh at me.
Silas: Sorry. It's just that you keep calling me a do-gooder... And it turns out you're not such a bad guy yourself.
Jakob: ...Excuse me?
Silas: Just take the other day, for instance. I asked you to listen to a problem of mine, and you gave me some advice on it.
Jakob: ...
Silas: I have to say, it was a huge weight off my shoulders. I really owe you.
Jakob: Then repay me at once.
Silas: Sorry, what?
Jakob: I demand you repay the time I wasted listening to your drivel. Me, a do-gooder...it's absurd. It's slander. I won't stand for it. You will restore that time to me at once.
Silas: J-just how do you suggest I give you back your time?!
Jakob: There you go again, expecting me to solve your problems. Reprehensible. I'll be collecting each and every second from you before long.
Silas: All right already! I take back what I said about you being a do-gooder. You're as cold as the wind off the Northern Fortress tower...
Jakob: So long as we understand each other. That way, I won't get caught up in dealing with other people's tedious problems.
Silas: This is ridiculous. How far are you willing to go to hide your embarrassment?
Jakob: Are you still here?
Silas: Not for long!
