Yuri & Dorothea C

Dorothea
It's time I fessed up, Yurikins. I saw the whole thing.

Yuri
What was it you think you saw?

Dorothea
It looked like you were singing to the children in the alley out back.

Dorothea
And may I say, you were fantastic. Your performance hit me right in the heart.

Dorothea
That was a song from Mittelfrank's Imperial capital show, right?

Dorothea
Ah, the good old days. You must have come back night after night if you remember it that well.

Yuri
Perhaps a few times... I remember well how you looked upon that stage.

Yuri
You were the talk of the capital among all the nobles. Unsurpassable? Yes, that was it.

Yuri
It's hard to believe I'd run into that unsurpassable songstress in a place like this. Hm. Luck is on my side, as ever.

Dorothea
I couldn't convince you to sing tenor yourself, hm? You're talented enough for it.

Yuri
What are you getting at? Is this an invitation from the Mystical Songstress herself?

Dorothea
Male virtuosos are hard to come by. Would-be divas are a dime a dozen, but men? Not so much.

Dorothea
And they have to be talented. As good as I am, which is very talented indeed.

Dorothea
I think you have what it takes. If you're interested, I can—

Yuri
Sorry, but no. No way in hell am I ever doing that.

Dorothea
Goodness. You could have stopped at "no."

Yuri
I can't think of anything more wretched than getting up on a stage to sing in front of a bunch of people.

Dorothea
You didn't seem to mind singing for those children.

Yuri
The little ones weren't feeling well and couldn't sleep, so I sang them a lullaby to help.

Yuri
That's a far cry from standing on the same stage as you have with all those stuffy nobles staring at me.

Yuri
Truthfully? I'm not brave enough for it.

Dorothea
Rein it in, Yurikins. It's the opera, not the battlefield. This isn't a life or death situation.

Yuri
Heh heh... Fair enough. Sometimes I forget what's a real threat and what isn't.

Yuri
But I must ask you never to bring up singing again. Not to me.

Yuri
Not if you want to keep things amicable between us.

Dorothea
How can someone that good at singing hate it so much?