[He's about to assure him that he's always just been a supporting character, but that revelation throws him for a loop!]
I have a rival?
[He really doesn't seem to be getting whom Tartaglia means... Jean doesn't count in his book - he's his sworn brother and can't also be his rival! -, but there is a handful of people he's picked up some sort of rivalry with! Even Tartaglia himself is someone he always strives to keep up with on quests... whom does he mean?]
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I have a rival?
[He really doesn't seem to be getting whom Tartaglia means... Jean doesn't count in his book - he's his sworn brother and can't also be his rival! -, but there is a handful of people he's picked up some sort of rivalry with! Even Tartaglia himself is someone he always strives to keep up with on quests... whom does he mean?]