So Close, Yet So Far (Alcamoth - Audience Chamber)

Shulk: I would have never guessed you were a princess, Melia.
Melia: I’m sorry I hid it from you. I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it never came…
Shulk: I should have figured it out from the way you dress.
Melia: I dress… differently to other girls?
Shulk: [Yeah, your clothes are weird.] –
Melia: You don’t like the way I dress? I suppose that’s to be expected.
Shulk: What do you mean?
Melia: Ignore me… I was just… It’s nothing.
Shulk: Are you suggesting my tastes are a bit less… sophisticated?
Melia: What an absurd question! I would never say something like that!
Shulk: [I swear you were about to.] –
Melia: I was not! I have no need to learn what type of girl you prefer!
Shulk: Yeah… I guess not… Sorry, Melia. You’re not annoyed at me, are you?
Melia: No. It was my fault. It was a silly conversation anyway. Let’s just forget about it. OK?
Shulk: You don’t want to get back to the point you were trying to make?
Melia: I’d like to, one day. But… it will have to be another time.
Shulk: No problem. Just remember I’m here whenever you want to talk.
Melia: I do not intend to forget.

Shulk: I would have never guessed you were a princess, Melia.
Melia: I’m sorry I hid it from you. I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it never came…
Shulk: I should have figured it out from the way you dress.
Melia: I dress… differently to other girls?
Shulk: [Yeah, your clothes are weird.] –
Melia: You don’t like the way I dress? I suppose that’s to be expected.
Shulk: What do you mean?
Melia: Ignore me… I was just… It’s nothing.
Shulk: Are you suggesting my tastes are a bit less… sophisticated?
Melia: What an absurd question! I would never say something like that!
Shulk: [S-sorry, Melia.] + It just felt like you were going for something along those lines…
Melia: Would you be quiet?! Let’s just forget this conversation ever happened. How about that?
Shulk: All right, if you’re sure… But I am really sorry, Melia. That was dumb, what I just said.
Melia: You don’t need to apologise. It was me being silly. I put you on the spot.
Shulk: Melia… I look at you and all I see is you. I don’t care if you’re a High Entia, a Homs, a Nopon or a Machina. You’re my friend. You don’t have to be anything but what you are.
Melia: For you to say so much is appreciated, Shulk.
Shulk: So… don’t worry about it! I like you the way you are.
Melia: Then I shall remember that. And keep being me.

Shulk: I would have never guessed you were a princess, Melia.
Melia: I’m sorry I hid it from you. I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it never came…
Shulk: I should have figured it out from the way you dress.
Melia: I dress… differently to other girls?
Shulk: [It’s not a bad thing.] +
Melia: Really? That is quite a relief. I don’t really know what other girls wear, so I was worried…
Shulk: Clothes really aren’t that important. I like you just the way you are. You could be a princess, a pauper, or even from a crazy alien world! I’d still be your friend. I always will be.
Melia: If you keep talking like that, you’ll get back in my good books. But I do wonder what it would be like if I were not a princess…
Shulk: [I have no idea.] –
Melia: I suspect things might have been somewhat different.
Shulk: How do you mean?
Melia: We might have been closer…
Shulk: Really? You think it would make that much of a difference?
Melia: Sometimes… I’m jealous. I mean… of others. I don’t seem to fit in. And… you do not share the feelings that I have for you…
Shulk: You don’t need to worry about any of this, Melia. Remember, you’re…
Melia: I know. I’m me, and I don’t need to be anyone else. You’re right.
Shulk: And don’t you forget it!

Shulk: I would have never guessed you were a princess, Melia.
Melia: I’m sorry I hid it from you. I was waiting for the right time to tell you, but it never came…
Shulk: I should have figured it out from the way you dress.
Melia: I dress… differently to other girls?
Shulk: [It’s not a bad thing.] +
Melia: Really? That is quite a relief. I don’t really know what other girls wear, so I was worried…
Shulk: Clothes really aren’t that important. I like you just the way you are. You could be a princess, a pauper, or even from a crazy alien world! I’d still be your friend. I always will be.
Melia: If you keep talking like that, you’ll get back in my good books. But I do wonder what it would be like if I were not a princess…
Shulk: [Nothing would change.] +
Melia: I suppose not. I would most likely still have met all of you and travelled with you. But… I don’t know, Shulk. Sometimes I look at everyone and I get very jealous.
Shulk: You do? Why?
Melia: Everyone is so at ease with each other. They get to be themselves. I was brought up as a member of the High Entia imperial family.
Shulk: But you’re not stuck in this stuffy palace anymore. You’re free now. So go on, show it off! Do something really crazy! It’ll be our secret!
Melia: You mean right now, in front of you?! No, I’m too embarrassed. I can’t. Please don’t make me, Shulk.
Shulk: Haha. You don’t have to. It’s fine. But give it some thought!
Melia: I shall take your advice into consideration. And maybe one day you will see me do something… crazy.