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Sylvain ([personal profile] philancer) wrote 2024-01-07 10:24 pm (UTC)

[ The Blue Lion's eternal motto, right there.

But Sylvain pauses for a moment before spreading his hands to either side in a shrug and reaching for his wine glass again. ]


Actually, I'm not sure yet. I'm actually a little relieved for the interruption, if I'm honest. It's a war we're fighting out of necessity, not by choice, but even so... Maybe it's selfish of me, but waking up this morning and not having to step onto a battlefield I didn't want to be on... felt more like a gift than anything else.

[ True, he doesn't know what fate might have befallen his companions in his absence but they were all capable warriors in their own right. And he didn't have to come face to face with any old friends on the other end of his lance, where he had no choice but to press forward, regardless of the cost or consequences. ]

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