[Whoa! How unusual! A rational, intelligent response!]
Red lighting! If you're any example of the caliber of captive here, I could actually come to like Mayfield!
[Ponders.]
I have no difficulty agreeing to keep the peace with Herr Wulfenbach, provided he will make similar compact with me. The differences between his family and mine are real in Europa, though I suspect less substantial than he believes -- but here in Mayfield they would appear to be entirely irrelevant and obsolete. Fighting each other here over old rivalries would be like two jackals fighting over prey a lion has already eaten. If I can peacefully ally with Klaus' son in the face of common dangers, in spite of the fact that we both long to marry the same woman, and play the same role in Europa's future, I don't see why I can't ally with the Baron when we have nothing at stake between us here. He is a dangerous, and often impetuous and arrogant enemy, but he's also a man of skill, talent, and ability -- and among the better conquering dictators I'm aware of in history.
That said, I'd also like to meet other men of honor. [Chuckles, softly.] If only so we may squabble in good fellowship over the precise definition and obligations of "honor" over a bottle of wine and a good roast fowl. Like "love," "justice," and the rules of football, "honor" makes for good debate between men and women of good will.
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Red lighting! If you're any example of the caliber of captive here, I could actually come to like Mayfield!
[Ponders.]
I have no difficulty agreeing to keep the peace with Herr Wulfenbach, provided he will make similar compact with me. The differences between his family and mine are real in Europa, though I suspect less substantial than he believes -- but here in Mayfield they would appear to be entirely irrelevant and obsolete. Fighting each other here over old rivalries would be like two jackals fighting over prey a lion has already eaten. If I can peacefully ally with Klaus' son in the face of common dangers, in spite of the fact that we both long to marry the same woman, and play the same role in Europa's future, I don't see why I can't ally with the Baron when we have nothing at stake between us here. He is a dangerous, and often impetuous and arrogant enemy, but he's also a man of skill, talent, and ability -- and among the better conquering dictators I'm aware of in history.
That said, I'd also like to meet other men of honor. [Chuckles, softly.] If only so we may squabble in good fellowship over the precise definition and obligations of "honor" over a bottle of wine and a good roast fowl. Like "love," "justice," and the rules of football, "honor" makes for good debate between men and women of good will.