[ He'll let that go by with that equivocal response as Sylvain knows Dimitri far better than he does. Claude can't exactly contradict that from what he saw of Dimitri at Gronder, but agreeing beyond that feels like stepping onto treacherous ground of what he hasn't shared.
Far easier to respond to that first than the rest of what Sylvain's said. Something startling, not only because of the idea of the Kingdom reaching out after all but somehow the Alliance - or rather him, specifically - blamed for the demise of those messengers. Then there's the matter of being asked if that's something he would do, and for a fleeting moment Claude can't help being affronted. But the feeling passes as quickly as it came with a bitter truth left in its wake: it was war. What reason did they have to believe he wouldn't? ]
As far as I knew, the Kingdom fell when Cornelia claimed power after Dimitri's execution. None of us knew he was alive until he appeared at Gronder. And I never received any messengers, so I haven't the slightest what happened to them.
You're right, though. If anything, I would've used poison though that would've been a gamble of whether they made it back to you first since not even I'm omniscient enough to predict travel delays.
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[ He'll let that go by with that equivocal response as Sylvain knows Dimitri far better than he does. Claude can't exactly contradict that from what he saw of Dimitri at Gronder, but agreeing beyond that feels like stepping onto treacherous ground of what he hasn't shared.
Far easier to respond to that first than the rest of what Sylvain's said. Something startling, not only because of the idea of the Kingdom reaching out after all but somehow the Alliance - or rather him, specifically - blamed for the demise of those messengers. Then there's the matter of being asked if that's something he would do, and for a fleeting moment Claude can't help being affronted. But the feeling passes as quickly as it came with a bitter truth left in its wake: it was war. What reason did they have to believe he wouldn't? ]
As far as I knew, the Kingdom fell when Cornelia claimed power after Dimitri's execution. None of us knew he was alive until he appeared at Gronder. And I never received any messengers, so I haven't the slightest what happened to them.
You're right, though. If anything, I would've used poison though that would've been a gamble of whether they made it back to you first since not even I'm omniscient enough to predict travel delays.