I see... I thank you for your honesty, whoever you are. If you'd now have the courtesy to excuse us. I wish to talk to my daughter in private.

I guess we have a wedding to plan, then! Just leave us to it, Ernald. Geloise and I will handle this... You will be wed in High Rock, yes? I'll book the High Chapel of Mara for you. And you will send me a list of your relatives, won't you, Ernald? We will not be inviting all of them, of course, just the closest hundred or so. Oh, there's so much work to be done!

Confession? What confession? Speak up.

Thank you, Ernald, but this will be all. I must say that you've made quite an impression. You have my blessing to marry my precious little Geloise.

Thank you, Ernald, but this will be all. I must say I don't really know what to think of you. Some of the things you said didn't make a whole lot of sense. But I trust my Geloise knows you better. You have my permission to marry her.

Good. Only the best for my little girl.

What did you say, Ernald? That must've been the most terrible, distasteful joke I have ever heard!

I think I've had enough of this nonsense. You better stop playing me for a fool and tell me what is going on.

That sounds nice. A manor. Certainly anything less wouldn't do. And will you promise me you will treat her like a lady of the manor should be?

Why on earth would you force my little girl to live in the middle of a smelly swamp? Geloise mentioned in her letters that you owned a mansion in Old Ebonheart!

I think I've had enough of this nonsense. You better stop playing me for a fool and tell me what is going on.

But, but... Geloise mentioned in her letters that you owned a mansion in Old Ebonheart. Why would you buy a house in Almalexia?

I think I've had enough of this nonsense. You better stop playing me for a fool and tell me what is going on.

My goodness, Ernald, that is indeed rather well. But that certainly doesn't show in the way you two are currently living. When you do marry, I trust you will offer my precious Geloise better accommodation?

Are you trying to be humorous, Ernald? Because I am not laughing. As your future mother-in-law I demand to know how much money you make! Be serious this time.

I think I've had enough of this nonsense. You better stop playing me for a fool and tell me what is going on.

I don't believe I have ever heard of such type of mining. That certainly has an exotic sound to it. And is the egg-mining business financially productive?

Oh? I was under the impression that you were in the mining business.

I think I've had enough of this nonsense. You better stop playing me for a fool and tell me what is going on.

What was it that you do for a living? I wish to make sure that my precious Geloise isn't marrying a slacker.

Well, love is known to be blind. I, on the other hand, am not. The reason for this visit is to figure out whether or not you're worthy of marrying my precious Geloise. Only then will you have my blessing.

I must say, Ernald, I'm rather surprised. Based on your name, I pictured Geloise's betrothed being a little more... masculine.

I must say, Ernald, I'm rather surprised. For some reason, I pictured Geloise's betrothed being a little less... scaly.

I must say, Ernald, I'm rather surprised. For some reason, I pictured Geloise's betrothed being a little less... feline.

I must say, Ernald, I'm rather surprised. For some reason, I pictured Geloise's betrothed being a little more... handsome.

Excuse me? Geloise always refers to you as 'Ernald' in her letters.

Stop this nonsense at once! You clearly aren't the person my daughter has told me about. What's going on here?

How do you do. My name is Parnilla Marard, Geloise's mother. And you must be...?