[Why was he asking her? Really, Marianne was hoping that he would be content to leave it at that, but does she really want to go into all of the misfortune she and her parents have faced because of their crest? No, no, she shouldn't, her adoptive father already paid the church an incredible sum to hide her crest, and she can't just break all of that at once.

No matter how much Marianne's chest aches, how much she likes Hubert--the cold, intimidating man who she let herself get too friendly with--she needs to let go of before something bad happens to him too.]

...That's all I've been able to bring people in my life; there's nothing to imagine about it. I just don't want to bring that to onto you. Especially if you...really are dealing with that.

[Marianne keeps her words vague, but her hand goes near her neck for a moment. The throat tickling is a little bit too much, and she turns away to cough into her hand a bit. Ah, great, that's--]

P-Please, you should-- [Another cough, a little harsher.] --you need to go, Hubert.