Ewan and Lute

I'm honestly surprised this wasn't one seeing how Ewan is striving to be the best and Lute thinks she already is.

Support: C

LUTE: Hmm

EWAN: Excuse me can I help you?

LUTE: I've been watching you for awhile now. Of all the magic users in this army it looks to me like you are a cut above the rest

EWAN: Well thanks, but any skill I have today I owe to my teacher

LUTE: That may be but it still worries me

EWAN: Worries you?! Why would it worry you?!

LUTE: Because I'm the best around here, I knew I was the best mage around here until I met you that is. It's obvious now that you are a threat to my natural superiority

EWAN: Well honestly I'm still just a beginner, but I'm glad to see you think I'm that good

LUTE: Don't get too excited, this only means that I'll have to study more and find out your weakness rest assured I will beat you

EWAN: Oh I didn't realize you were up for a challenge

LUTE: There's no challenging me. I'm just better that's all

EWAN: What makes you think you're better?

LUTE: I have read a great many books and have studied all kinds of things so it shouldn't take me too long to beat you

EWAN: Well if you are up for a challenge how about a nice game of chess?

LUTE: You must be overconfident if you think you can beat me in chess. But I accept the next time we get a break we will play and that will determine who the better of us is

Support: B

EWAN: Lute?!

LUTE:…

EWAN: Lute?!

LUTE:…

EWAN: So what you're not talking to me now?

LUTE: I don't talk with cheaters

EWAN: Cheaters?! Oh come on your still sore about loosing to me?

LUTE: The board was incorrectly arranged, it is the only explanation possible.

EWAN: Actually there is another explanation

LUTE: What would that be?

EWAN: I'm just better than you.

LUTE:…I think it's a little too early to draw that conclusion from only one game. Surely even you must agree

EWAN: Well if you feel that way why don't you pose a challenge to me

LUTE: Very well see if you can answer this riddle. "What flies without wings, hits without hands, and sees without eyes?"

EWAN:…..

LUTE: Ha ha I knew that would puzzle you I'll bet you have no idea what—

EWAN: An avalanche

LUTE: What?! How could you possibly—?

EWAN: Since it's on a mountain it "sees" and has a great view. When an avalanche happens it seems to "fly" down the mountain at incredible speed. And even though it has no hands it "hits" pretty hard and I'm sure it would hurt a lot if you were to get hit by one.

LUTE:…..

EWAN: I got it right didn't I?

LUTE:….

EWAN: What is it Lute?

LUTE: You- you must have heard that somewhere before although I don't see how I- I- thought up that riddle myself and—

EWAN: Oh actually I have my teacher to thank.

LUTE: What?!

EWAN: Before he ever taught me magic he told me I had to improve my brain. He spent a whole year tutoring me in things, before I ever even tried using magic. He read books to me, took me on wonderful trips, taught me chess, and even tested me with riddles. It was partially to build up my patience but he also said that knowledge is priceless. He said, "If all you have is knowledge then it is all you'll ever need." Riddles were a big part of that. Helping me to think and use reason and logic

LUTE: I underestimated you. Now it looks like I'll have to work even harder to beat you, this is unacceptable I can't believe what's happening I— I—I have to go

EWAN: Lute?!

Support: A

EWAN: Lute?!

LUTE: …..

EWAN: Lute?! Come on what's wrong?

LUTE: My career as a mage is officially over

EWAN: Huh?! What makes you say that?

LUTE: You beat me. I never thought it was possible but I finally found someone who was better than me. I suppose this was inevitable. The alpha wolf is overthrown, water erodes against mountains, empires rise and fall, my reign at the top is over. So why should I even be alive anymore? I think tomorrow I'll take more risks in battle

EWAN: Lute, why are you so obsessed with being the best?

LUTE: Because I've always been the best. You had a teacher but I taught myself magic. I heard it had never been done before, that magic took years to master and perfect. But I was able to learn it in less than a year all by myself. And I was the only magic user in my village, except for Artur, but he learned it at the monastery. All the villagers were grateful to me for fighting bandits and dark creatures and I was respected and admired. I guess I always expected to be the best. And now that I know I'm not—

EWAN: But I'm not trying to say I'm better than you. Honestly I thought we were just having fun. I didn't expect you to take it so personally. There honestly aren't that many people in the army I could play chess or ask riddles with.

LUTE: But it still doesn't change the fact that it's clear that you're better than me. And it's just such a harrowing realization

EWAN: Lute have you ever traveled?

LUTE: Not really, I've seen other parts of Renais but this is the first time I've ever left the country.

EWAN: I've been all over the continent. And one of the many things I've learned is no matter how good you think you are there's always someone better. It's like my teacher told me, "Don't waste your time with jealousy, sometimes your ahead, and sometimes your behind." Just because I "beat" you yesterday doesn't mean the you won't "beat" me sometime in the future

LUTE: You think so?!

EWAN: Besides I don't care which one of us is better. I just want to be friends with you. Is that alright?

LUTE:…There's another reason I thought you were better than me.

EWAN: What was that?

LUTE:…I can't explain it. But when I was around you I felt weird. I felt feelings I'd never felt before. It was a little unnerving to say the least and I thought you were messing with me somehow.

EWAN:…What exactly did you feel?

LUTE: It's hard to describe

EWAN: Why don't we hang out some more and see what happens. It just may be that I feel the same way about you

LUTE: You want to feel weird?

EWAN: Yeah it may feel weird at first, but if it's what I think it is then it will feel better after awhile.

LUTE: Oh ok

EWAN: So let's be friends for now and not worry about which one of us is better. Though if you'd like I'd love to have another chess match with you

LUTE: And it doesn't matter who wins or looses?

EWAN: Nah, it's about having fun with each other and enjoying each other's company

LUTE:….Yeah I think I'd like that

End of Game

Lute traveled with Ewan to Cayer Peln after the war was over. For awhile she studied under Saleh perfecting her skills. Ewan took over for his teacher and became a guardian of the village. Eventually the two fell in love and were wed. They had a daughter who shows surprisingly high skill in magic