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I'm really feeling pretty comfortable with Two's voice, but I'd really just like some general advice.

Something to keep in mind with Two is that she's a very tragic deconstruction of the "spoiled sweet" character trope or "active princess" archetype, and while the world she's in is the kind that feasts on misfortune (Drakengard...), something to keep in mind if you play her is how inexperienced and immature she is with feeling negative emotions, particularly pain and witnessing the pain of others. She can't stand to see her soldiers hurt, so when they have to go take out monsters threatening citizens, she charges ahead and dispatches the monsters herself. When she saw war orphans who were suffering because they had no homes nor families, she took them in. Cent took notice of this and rather than tell her to, y'know, back off, he tried to shelter her from the harsh realities of their world... hence her DLC chapter.

In that DLC and I believe her novella, Two says she doesn't know what she'd do if she lost the things she cherished, like Cent, her subjects and her children. It's not an exaggeration sadly, because she doesn't know how to cope when she has lost the latter of the two and it was technically her fault (her song magic). Cent spoiled her, her kingdom spoiled her, and we could argue One did as well, because Two was on the surface, a competent ruler. So in the end, she becomes so distraught and emotionally broken that her magic takes over this vulnerable Intoner and essentially turns her into a vegetable/puppet.

I guess the main takeaway from this is that Two's spoiled and immature, but in a way that's not actually that aggravating to others (unless they're as cynical as Dito), and she probably comes off on first blush as naive/beat of her own drum/a bit dense (keep in mind she furnished and redecorated the temple in the Land of Sands into a cutesy living space because One told her to "make herself at home there"), but still very sweet and very unable to abandon someone in need. Not that you need to crazy with that, it can definitely be exhausting.

I hope this helps!

Adding on to what anon above mentioned, it's probably worth noting that according to the Drakengard 3 side story, Two (after One) is the closest to realizing what kind of power/influence the Flower has on them, even if it's a subconscious realization.

"Two: It’s…not your…fault. I could…never tell you…that.
Cent: Two?
Two: I was…fighting against…my own power. It was so…excruciating…the whole time. Like at any moment…it would swallow me whole……

In the beginning, she believed that her power was right and never doubted it. She believed that it was through this power that the world could find peace. The power to protect her loved ones could not possibly be evil… or so she thought.

Before long, she had gained a massive amount of power so rapidly that it was difficult to stay in control. She tried to repress it will all her might.

She told herself that this power wasn’t evil and that she simply couldn’t use it well because her mind was weak—that’s all. If she could only strengthen her mind, she could stay in control. But if she was swallowed by her own power, what would happen to Cent? The children and all the people in her land?

Once everyone across the entire world could smile and simply be together with their loved ones, then her duty would be finished. She tried so hard to wait for that time to come."
Source: http://drakengard-3.com/blog/2014/08/30/notes-on-the-dod3-story-side-novel/

I just think it'd probably be a good idea to keep in mind that there's always this undercurrent of...self-control with Two and that she has her own insecurities (fatal as they may be in the end) and inner demons too. From having to open doors gently and quietly so as to not disturb One's heightened senses, to holding back when she's in physical contact with the children, she's in a constant state of self-control, which can be utterly tiring for her.

tl;dr cavia hates happiness and love

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