Sophie & Siegbert siblings

C-support
Siegbert: [smile] How would you like your mane today, Mathilda? Loose or braided?
Sophie: Hey, bro! Oh, wow, Mati’s looking sharp!
Siegbert: She’s been very well-behaved.
Sophie: Aww, those ribbons look gorgeous! I wish Avel would let me do things like that.
Siegbert: He still doesn’t?
Sophie: [pout] Nope. You know Avel.
Sophie: Him and Mathilda are the total opposite.
Siegbert: [smile, sweat] He has always been very strong-willed.
Sophie: [smile, closed eyes] That’s one way of putting it.
Sophie: Well, nature’s got a lot to do with it, y’know? Avel’s descended from wild horse stock, but Mathilda’s purebred.
Siegbert: [frown] You really think it’s as simple as that?
Sophie: That’s the point of breeding, isn’t it?
Siegbert: [injured] I guess so.
Sophie: What’s wrong, Sieg?
Sophie: [surprised] Hey, I’m not talking about people here!
Sophie: I mean, I love horses, but there are some big differences!
Sophie: [smile] Besides, don’t you want to be like our dads? They’re pretty amazing.
Siegbert: [eyes closed] That’s the problem.
Sophie: Sieg?
Siegbert: [injured] Sorry, sister. I should really get Mathilda tacked up…
Sophie: [worried] Hey, are you okay?
Siegbert: [smile] I’m fine. I promise.
Sophie: If you say so…

B-support
[Siegbert alone]
Siegbert: [sad] Another mediocre performance.
[neigh SFX]
Siegbert: I’m sorry, Mathilda, it’s not your fault at all. It’s just me.
Siegbert: [eyes closed] A nature pre-determined by blood… if only it were that simple.
Sophie: [frown] I knew it!
Siegbert: [surprised] Huh?
Sophie: I knew you were moping!
Sophie: There’s nothing wrong with you, Siegbert! You’re fine the way you are!
Siegbert: [eyes closed, frown] ‘Fine’ isn’t good enough for our kingdom.
Siegbert: Or for our fathers.
Sophie: [frown] That’s not true at all! Our dads love you the way you are – which is amazing, by the way.
Sophie: You’re smart, caring, and you work harder than anyone I’ve ever known!
Siegbert: Not harder than you.
Sophie: [surprised] !
Siegbert: [injured] Forgive me. That was unworthy.
Siegbert: [eyes closed, sad] I’m just… jealous of you sometimes.
Sophie: Of me? Why?
Siegbert: You never let anything get you down. No matter how badly things go, you dust yourself off and try again until you succeed.
Siegbert: [sad] Whereas I obsess over every failure and fault.
Sophie: [sad] Oh, Sieg…
Siegbert: [injured] I’m sorry. I’m complaining like a child.
Siegbert: You deserve better from your broth-
Sophie: [angry] Stop it!
Sophie: If anyone else talked about you the way you do, I’d knock them out!
Sophie: You’re way too hard on yourself! You try every bit as hard as I do, but you don’t cut yourself an inch of slack!
Sophie: [sad] I know it’s hard. But you’re not alone!
Siegbert: [sad, eyes closed] I… I’m sorry.
Sophie: [eyes closed] It’s okay. C’mon, hug time.
Siegbert: [crying] …
Sophie: Shh…

A-support
Siegbert: I’ve been thinking more about inherited nature.
Sophie: [smile, sweat] Which, to remind you, is a horse thing and not a person thing.
Siegbert: [smile] I know.
Siegbert: [thoughtful] In truth, I’m relieved of that.
Siegbert: I want to follow in our fathers’ footsteps more than anything, but… that’s hardly something everyone can say.
Siegbert: For some people in this army, such a thing would be their worst nightmare.
Siegbert: And besides… there’s value in change, too. A world where everyone is the same generation after generation would be stagnant.
Sophie: What turned you around on it?
Siegbert: [smile] Avel.
Sophie: You?!
[neigh SFX]
Siegbert: That’s how our conversation started, wasn’t it? Comparing Mathilda and Avel?
Siegbert: We were comparing their heritage, but not their value.
Sophie: [smile] Right. They’re different, but no better or worse than each other.
Siegbert: That made me realise what a pointless thought exercise it was on the first place.
Siegbert: [sweat, blush] …And now I’ve recounted it all to you, wasting your time.
Sophie: [smile] Heehee. I forgive you, brother.
Siegbert: Honestly, Sophie, I owe you an apology for my recent conduct.
Sophie: [pout] Hey, no apologising! We’re brother and sister – we have to be able to let our guard down around each other!
Siegbert: [blush] Right. Of course.
Siegbert: [smile] I’m lucky to have someone like you to lean on.
Sophie: Right back at you, bro!
Sophie: Now, should we let Avel and Mati really stretch their legs?
Siegbert: [smile, closed eyes] Let’s do it!