Look, I have a feeling Edelgarde's idea of 'risk' is very different from what Dimitri would have considered risk. If he'd known? He would have come. It wouldn't have been that big an ask. [ Which makes him hesitate a moment, recalling something else, something he'd wanted to ask before but hadn't. ]
We sent messengers, you know. Before Gronder. To meet with you, to discuss an alliance on that field to stop the Empire from moving any further. The messengers were found the morning of the battle with their throats slit. Dimitri said your answer was pretty clear but the Professor was more inclined to believe the Empire might have stopped them from reaching you at all. I'm more inclined to believe her, considering you never struck me as the slitting throats kind of person, but... WOULD you have considered it?
[ He wondered how differently that day would play out, if the Alliance and Kingdom could stand united against the Empire's conquest? Wishful thinking on his part, he knows, but he can't help but wonder.
There's a lot of telling information in that pause and if this messenger can figure out how to convey Sylvain's deep, deep sigh, Claude sure will get that reaction. ] You mean 'fucked up and obsessed with vengeance beyond all reason'?
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Date: 2022-10-22 01:20 pm (UTC)We sent messengers, you know. Before Gronder. To meet with you, to discuss an alliance on that field to stop the Empire from moving any further. The messengers were found the morning of the battle with their throats slit. Dimitri said your answer was pretty clear but the Professor was more inclined to believe the Empire might have stopped them from reaching you at all. I'm more inclined to believe her, considering you never struck me as the slitting throats kind of person, but... WOULD you have considered it?
[ He wondered how differently that day would play out, if the Alliance and Kingdom could stand united against the Empire's conquest? Wishful thinking on his part, he knows, but he can't help but wonder.
There's a lot of telling information in that pause and if this messenger can figure out how to convey Sylvain's deep, deep sigh, Claude sure will get that reaction. ] You mean 'fucked up and obsessed with vengeance beyond all reason'?