=== Boucheron & Alcryst ===
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[Alcryst]
Hello, Boucheron. May I have a moment of
your time?
[Boucheron]
What can I do for you, Prince Alcryst?
[Alcryst]
I... I came here to beg you to be my coach!
[Boucheron]
What?!
[Alcryst]
Ah. You're right. I would make a horrible
student. It was selfish of me to even ask.
[Boucheron]
No, that's not... I just meant to ask, what could
I possibly teach you?
[Alcryst]
Well, I... I was hoping you could teach me how
to build a physique like yours.
[Boucheron]
Oh, you want to bulk up, huh?
[Alcryst]
I know I lack confidence. It occurred to me that
my weak frame might be a part of that.
[Alcryst]
Then I began to picture myself with some
actual muscles, and...well...
[Boucheron]
Heh, I get it. You want to build muscle as a
way of building confidence.
[Boucheron]
Sure. I'd be happy to give you some pointers.
[Alcryst]
You will? Oh, that's wonderful! Thank you,
Boucheron!
[Alcryst]
I'm so honored that you're willing to take a
hopeless case like me under your wing.
[Alcryst]
Compared to you, I'm just so...
[Boucheron]
OK, my first tip is to stop saying stuff like that!
Pull yourself together!
[Alcryst]
It's OK. You need not console me. Just know
that I am worthless putty in your capable hands.
[Boucheron]
I think I'm starting to see the bigger hurdles in
your path.
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[Boucheron]
Seven! Eight! Nine!
[Alcryst]
I─ I can't do any more!
[Boucheron]
What's wrong, Prince Alcyrst? That was only
nine push-ups.
[Boucheron]
You still have 91 more to go!
[Alcryst]
...
[Boucheron]
Was one hundred too much to shoot for at first?
Should we bring it down to ten?
[Alcryst]
No, don't do that. That would dismiss one of
the zeroes from the target number.
[Alcryst]
I'd feel awful for that poor zero, cut from the
team because of a weakling like me...
[Boucheron]
OK. Let's come back to push-ups later and
move on to sit-ups for now.
[Alcryst]
Oh. All right... How many sit-ups should I do?
[Boucheron]
A hundred.
[Alcryst]
Did you say one hundred?!
[Alcryst]
No. I can't back out or give up. I have to build
muscles and grow more confident!
[Boucheron]
That's the spirit! Let's get started!
[Boucheron]
One! Two! Three!
[Alcryst]
F-four! Ugh! I can't do any more! My sides are
being torn apart!
[Boucheron]
Um, Prince Alcryst. You're 96 short of
your goal.
[Alcryst]
I want to make it to one hundred─I really, truly
do─but my body just can't do it...
[Boucheron]
Hmm... That's a problem, all right.
[Boucheron]
Why don't we take a quick break? Let me know
when you've recovered.
[Alcryst]
All right. OK... Ow, ow, ow...
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[Boucheron]
Ninety-eight! Ninety-nine! One hundred!
[Alcryst]
Ah, I did it!
[Boucheron]
You did it, Prince Alcryst! You hit one hundred!
[Alcryst]
Wow. I can't believe it! I'm so happy!
[Boucheron]
I always knew you could. How do you feel?
Think you've gained any muscle?
[Alcryst]
Yes, a little bit. If I flex here, I can feel the
muscle tighten up.
[Boucheron]
Wonderful! And does that help your confidence?
[Alcryst]
Not in the slightest.
[Boucheron]
Oh...
[Alcryst]
I apologize, Boucheron.
[Alcryst]
You wasted your precious time on a lost cause.
[Boucheron]
You really shouldn't talk like that.
[Alcryst]
I still can't compare to my brother, Diamant.
He's so incredible, and I'm so...so...
[Boucheron]
Where does this come from?
[Alcryst]
It's been that way since I was a kid...or, at least,
that's what people have always told me.
[Boucheron]
Well, no wonder you don't have any confidence
if that's what you've always heard.
[Boucheron]
Look, Prince Alcryst. I'm not always so
confident either.
[Alcryst]
Really? Even though you were blessed with an
incredible physique?
[Boucheron]
My muscles are well-developed, but inside, I'm
a softie with a terrible sense of direction.
[Boucheron]
You know what people used to call me?
"Big Crybaby" and "Wrong-Way Strong."
[Alcryst]
I don't believe it.
[Boucheron]
There are some things I'm self-conscious about.
But I still get by.
[Boucheron]
Sometimes I wonder if there's anyone in the
world with true, unshakable confidence.
[Boucheron]
I bet even Prince Diamant has his doubts
about himself.
[Alcryst]
Even my brother?
[Alcryst]
Haha, such supportive words for a scrawny
pipsqueak like me. I appreciate it.
[Boucheron]
Ah, think nothing of it. I'd do the same for any
of my best students.
[Alcryst]
I believe it.
[Boucheron]
You should keep working out. I'd be happy to
coach you anytime.
[Alcryst]
I will. Thank you, Coach Boucheron.
[Boucheron]
Heh heh, the honor is all mine, Prince Alcryst.
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