Okay ,first re-write a la Tsuru and Sphira
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IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper
SAY ~(CHARNAME), a moment of your time?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Solaufein, is this another philosophy question? I have something I'd like to ask you instead.~ GOTO soper1
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Not now, Solaufein.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper1
SAY ~Very well, my question can wait. What would you ask of me?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I was wondering.. about your other lovers.~ GOTO soper2
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Never mind. We don't have time for this right now.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper2
SAY ~Does that matter? I have not asked you about your past lovers, have I?~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN ~I was just.. curious, Solaufein. I know about Phaere. But were there others?~ GOTO soper3
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN ~And I have to wonder why you have not. Doesn't it matter to you at all?~ GOTO soper4
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper3
SAY ~I.. have lived a long time, (CHARNAME). Yes, there were others. Does it make a difference to you? Do you love me less now knowing I am no innocent?~
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN ~Of course not. I wasn't an innocent either. Did that matter to you?~ GOTO soper5
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN ~I wouldn't have expected you not to have. But did any of them .. did you love any others?~ GOTO soper6
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper4
SAY ~If you want me to know, you will tell me. Does the past matter so much?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Sometimes. Knowing how a past love might have gone wrong could help prevent it happening to us.~ GOTO soper7
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You know very well there was no lover before you, Solaufein.~ GOTO soper8
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper5
SAY ~Of course not, ussta xukoth, you know that I love you. And you are with me now, and that is what matters.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then indulge me, Solaufein. Did you love others before me besides Phaere?~ GOTO soper6
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Yes, I suppose that's true. Come kiss me now and we'll talk again later. Tonight. In our bed.~ GOTO soper9
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper6
SAY ~Love is not something that often happens in my former home. It is not encouraged or allowed to flourish.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~So it seems. You are a rare man, my love, to have overcome that.~ GOTO soper10
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Then how did you dare to love Phaere?~ GOTO soper11
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper7
SAY ~Perhaps. But is not every love unique, (CHARNAME)?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~This is becoming too philosophical. Kiss me quickly and we will continue this in bed tonight. Though I doubt there will be much talk.~ GOTO soper12
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Perhaps you are right. But we have a lifetime to discuss this. Let's go.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper8
SAY ~And I will never forget that you chose me, ussta xukoth. It meant much to me.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~And to me, my love. Forget I asked about the past. I want to concentrate on our future.~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Well it had to happen sometime. And I wanted to choose who. Now stop trying to distract me and answer me.~ GOTO soper13
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper9
SAY ~Gladly, my love.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper10
SAY ~You flatter me, (CHARNAME). But I believe when I opened my heart to Lady Silverhair, I learned to how to love.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Perhaps. We will have to discuss that some other time.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper11
SAY ~I.. do not know. We were lovers first. Then I found myself caring for her as I had for no other.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I see. It must have been difficult to hide from the Matron Mothers.~ GOTO soper16
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Mmmm. As long as that caring is for me alone now, I will be content with that.~ GOTO soper17
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper12
SAY ~As you wish, ussta xukoth. And may the night come quickly that we may seek privacy to... speak.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper13
SAY ~I was not trying to distract you. And yes, there were others, but none that I loved as I love you.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Even Phaere?~ GOTO soper14
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper14
SAY ~I loved her, (CHARNAME). You knew that. ~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Solaufein, that I know. But I need to know more, why won't you tell me?~ GOTO soper18
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Please, I don't want to keep bringing this up but I just want to know about her.~ GOTO soper19
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~(Say nothing but kiss Solaufein quickly)~ GOTO soper15
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper15
SAY ~Please, ussta xukoth, the others are watching. Let us continue this in private later.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Such shyness. I will teach you not to be so one day. Very well, let's go.~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~You're right. I can't really do what I'd like to do to you right now, anyway.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper16
SAY ~It required much effort. (CHARNAME), this is something I do not wish to dwell on. May we go?~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I understand, my love. Let us go and we will discuss more pleasant things as we walk.~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Very well. But I do wish to discuss this more another time, Solaufein. I am still curious.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper17
SAY ~You are my heart, (CHARNAME). There is no other and will never be as far as I am concerned.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Ussta xukoth, as you say. (Caress his cheek briefly) Come, let's go.~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~We shall see what the future holds, Solaufein. We should join the others now, we will speak more later.~ EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper18
SAY ~Need to know, (CHARNAME)? (His tone is dark, almost angry, and it reminds you of how he spoke before in Ust Natha.) How dare you say that!~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I don't like you keeping secrets from me, Solaufein.~ GOTO soper20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I know that... I'm just afraid that... ~ GOTO soper21
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper19
SAY ~There is nothing you need to know about her, it wasn't your affair! I cared for her, I loved her. I can't erase her memory.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I don't like you keeping secrets from me, Solaufein.~ GOTO soper20
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I know that... I'm just afraid that... ~ GOTO soper21
END
IF ~~ THEN GOTO soper20
SAY ~Do not speak that way to me. I will not tolerate being treated as I was in the Underdark.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I... I apologize. I'm jealous... and afraid.~ GOTO soper21
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~If you're going to hide from that simple question with that retort Solaufein, this isn't going to work out.~ GOTO soper22
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper21
SAY ~Afraid of what? (You hear the anger in his voice and you realize how serious this situation is for him.)~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That I'm... (pause) I'm just a replacement for Phaere.~ GOTO soper23 (pragmatic) or soper26 (compassionate)
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper22
SAY ~Yes, I would agree if you're jealous of a ghost and then resort to accusing me to something that is not there!
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~We *will* discuss this again, Solaufein, when both our tempers have cooled~~ EXIT
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~As much as it saddens me, I cannot stay with a man I cannot trust and who will not answer me.~ EXIT (end relationship)
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper23 (pragmatic)
SAY ~(The anger so rarely seen in Solaufein dissipates into a look of confusion as he stares at you. A moment of silence passes as you avoid looking to his eyes.)~
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~(He suddenly cups your face in his hands, and looks at you tenderly.) You are nothing like her.~
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~She... she was a dreamer... your wisdom and clarity has helped me so much during our time together...~
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~Yes... there are a few parallels between you and her, {Charname}. But they mean nothing, they are nothing to who you are and to who Phaere was and what she became. You are {Charname}, and I love you for that.~
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~And I love Phaere, I cannot lie to you on that. If Phaere came back to me now speaking words of repentance and love, I'd forgive her and wish her well. I would then turn away from her, to you and we would go on with our lives.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Solaufein... ~ GOTO soper24
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper24
SAY ~Don't speak...(He kisses your mouth tenderly, only to let go your lips to whisper softly, only a hair's width from your lips.) I have never thought of you as a replacement, my love.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~I'm sorry I've doubted you. (you wrap your arms about him and he holds you.)~ GOTO soper25
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~That's... that doesn't *You smile in happiness* That doesn't get you off the hook.~ GOTO soper25
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper25
SAY ~I promise you, we will talk about Phaere. Come, let us go.~
IF ~~ THEN EXIT
END
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN soper26 (compassionate)
SAY ~She was never kind, she did not have your heart. I'm in awe of your compassion, how you care despite the odds against you.~
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~(He suddenly cups your face in his hands, and looks at you tenderly.) You are nothing like her.~
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~She... she was a dreamer... your wisdom and clarity has helped me so much during our time together...~
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~Yes... there are a few parallels between you and her, {Charname}. But they mean nothing, they are nothing to who you are and to who Phaere was and what she became. You are {Charname}, and I love you for that.~
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~And I love Phaere, I cannot lie to you on that. If Phaere came back to me now speaking words of repentance and love, I'd forgive her and wish her well. I would then turn away from her, to you and we would go on with our lives.~
IF ~~ THEN REPLY ~Solaufein... ~ GOTO soper24
END
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