#petdue

Anonymous Requested:  Honestly baffled that considering how much Petra likes to learn about other cultures, she doesn’t have supports with Dedue. That pair has such potential (would love C-A plus a paired ending)

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C - Support

Location: Greenhouse

OST: A Gentle Breeze

*Dedue is quietly tending to some flowers, quietly humming to himself. He suddenly stops and perks up*

Dedue: Hello Petra.

*Petra comes into view*

Petra: Hello Dedue! I am being surprised that you were of the able to hear me.

Dedue: It was not your sounds. It was your smell.

Petra: Ah, I have understanding. And what smell am I of?

Dedue, after considering for a moment: Cedar, if I had to choose.

Petra: Ah, thank you! I am of enjoying the smell of cedar.

Dedue, slightly confused: You... are welcome. *he turns to return to his work*

Petra: In truth, I was not of the intent to hide from you. I was fascinated by your song. It was such a beautiful tune.

Dedue: ...I see.

Petra: Is something the wrong?

Dedue: No.

Petra: Then... may I request what that song was?

Dedue: Of course... It... it is a Duscur folk song from my youth.

Petra: Ah. You never are of the speaking much of Duscur, Dedue. Why is this?

Dedue, an edge in his voice.: It is not something I wish to talk about.

Petra: Ah, I see. I apologize for the trouble, Dedue.

*Petra leaves*

Dedue: ...I should not have become sharp with her...

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B - Support

Location: The Library

OST: Respite and Sunlight

*Petra is in the library, paging through a book when Dedue comes in*

Petra: Ah, Dedue! I am joyous to be seeing you again.

Dedue: Indeed.

Petra: May I be asking what you are doing here?

Dedue: I... wished to apologize. I should not have become cross with you in the greehouse.

Petra: I am giving forgiveness. There is nothing to be of the apologizing for. I understand you are not of the wishing to speak of Duscur.

Dedue: Thank you, Petra. It is still... painful... to speak of it.

Petra: I am having understanding.

*Dedue gives a quick grateful smile*

Dedue: May I... ask what you are reading?

Petra: Ah! Yes. I was trying with great hardness to find the name of you song from the Greenhouse. 

Dedue: I see. Had you any luck?

Petra: I have not. There are many books about Duscur’s history, but none that are speaking of its culture. Its music and treadition.

Dedue: You will find none.

Petra: I am having understanding. The Imperial Library of Enbarr was similar in regards to Brigid. They speak of our wars and our rebellions, but not our religions and our beliefs.

Dedue: Indeed. Harder to fight your enemy when they are more than words on a page.

Petra: Perhaps if more people were the knowing of our people’s ways, they would want to fight us less?

Dedue: I cannot say, Petra. There is no undoing what was done.

Petra: I am the having understanding. But, Dedue, if I may. May I hear your song again?

Dedue: Of course. But... I do not know the words.

Petra: That is being alright. The tune is more than enough.

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A - Support (note: the support is only available once Dedue has been recruited again, post-timeskip)

Location: Chapel

OST: Recollection and Regret

*Dedue is standing before the ruins at the front of the chapel, silently contemplating, when Petra approaches him*

Petra: Dedue! It is such of a relief knowing you are well.

Dedue: Thank you, Petra. It was a near thing, many times.

Petra: I am having gladness. And, I had a present to be returning to you.

*She hands him a few pages of sheet music*

Dedue: This... this is the song. But... it has the words? And the title?

Petra: Yes. I wondered that you might wish to have the whole thing.

Dedue: Petra, where in Fodlan did you find this?!

Petra: During the war, one of my roads was of taking me to Duscur. I spoke to many old and wise of Duscur, learning of your ways, and eventually I put the song together.

Dedue: I... I thought this lost to me.

OST Change: Somewhere to Belong

Petra: I am being of the understanding that this is a lullaby?

Dedue: Yes... it is. My.... my mother would sing it to me at night, when I was upset or frightened..

Petra: I am the seeing.

Dedue: She... died in the tragedy. I could not remember the words or the substance of the song. Only the tune remained to me.

*A tear falls on the sheet music and Dedue realizes he is crying*

Dedue: I- thank you Petra. This is worth more to me than all the gold in Fodlan. Is... is there anything I can do for you, in turn?

Petra: No. I am the seeing that Brigid was very fortunate. The Empire did little to attack our culture, or our history as the Kingdom did with Duscur.

Dedue: Yes. ...They didn’t simply want to kill us. The Knights. They wanted to eliminate our ways, our culture, our history. They did not want destruction. They wanted annihilation.

Petra: Dedue... I would be the liking to help you restore these things. They are still there, I was of the seeing them. They must be put back together.

Dedue: Petra, I would be honored to have your aid.

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Paired Ending: The Benevolent Soul and the Queen of Brigid