[...they come out of the memory, and Yona looks just as furious as Claude had seemed to be at that time.
The memory was so vivid - it was like being there. She has to shake her head to dislodge the echoes of their screams, and she realizes dimly that her hands are clenched so tightly that her nails are digging into her palms. She lets out a breath and forces herself to loosen the grip.]
...if that man is dead now, good riddance to him, too.
[He got away? For a moment, Yona considers the merits of yeeting herself into Claude's world once this is done to hunt him down - but then he continues, and says they caught up to him eventually.]
Good.
[The fewer people who are out there experimenting on humans, the better!]
...it looked like you had some pretty good allies. [Hilda was there! And Lysithea seemed pretty cool... and all the others.]
I mean it! (He rubs his shoulder,) I'm hardheaded, I'm always making them work, I never leave any of them alone...
A house leader should be noble, refined, brave, and honorable... I'm not a knight like Dimitri or a princess like Edelgard. I'm just a schemer that showed up out of no where one day and snatched a free title.
(And he's... not the slightest bit ashamed. He speaks as casually as if he was speaking about the weather.)
Nobility, refinement... who cares about any of that? [Says the princess.] A leader of any kind should be someone who cares about the people who follow them, and who's willing to work with them to make life better for their people. From what I saw in your memory, you're that person.
[She's very, very serious.]
If you have to scheme a little for that - isn't that okay?
(Claude, a p̵̛͎r̸͉̐i̶̼͒͜n̵̼̍̾c̵̛̫͎̑e̵͎͊ and future duke, agrees completely,)
...
Can't argue when you say it like that. (She sounds so serious! And he recognizes how stubborn she'll be about all of it.) But you know, being a leader isn't all glory or a few simple plans, either.
Sometimes a leader means going to pretty great lengths to protect those under your charge.
[She can't really argue that. She would kill so many men without remorse if it kept her people safe. When she listens to Claude talk about the Golden Deer, though, she gets the sense that he'd do that for them in a heartbeat.]
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The memory was so vivid - it was like being there. She has to shake her head to dislodge the echoes of their screams, and she realizes dimly that her hands are clenched so tightly that her nails are digging into her palms. She lets out a breath and forces herself to loosen the grip.]
...if that man is dead now, good riddance to him, too.
[Fuck you Solon you're the worst.]
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Actually, he got away that night. (Unfortunately.) But we caught up to up eventually and put him down.
(He'll just... conveniently leave out the crest stone research, though. Yona doesn't need to know that.)
That guy's long gone so don't waste your emotions on him.
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Good.
[The fewer people who are out there experimenting on humans, the better!]
...it looked like you had some pretty good allies. [Hilda was there! And Lysithea seemed pretty cool... and all the others.]
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(Despite the memory and everything about it, right now, Claude looks quite pleased. He holds his head up high and he looks absolutely proud,)
That's the Golden Deer for ya. They're my classmates and I'm their leader. I really couldn't ask for a better class.
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It sounds like you're lucky to have them - and they're lucky to have you, too.
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(He knows he's difficult and frustrates a lot of them but he loves them.)
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[She leans over and punches his shoulder. Gently, but it's still definitely a punch.]
Hey, don't say that. You're not so bad.
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I mean it! (He rubs his shoulder,) I'm hardheaded, I'm always making them work, I never leave any of them alone...
A house leader should be noble, refined, brave, and honorable... I'm not a knight like Dimitri or a princess like Edelgard. I'm just a schemer that showed up out of no where one day and snatched a free title.
(And he's... not the slightest bit ashamed. He speaks as casually as if he was speaking about the weather.)
Really, I don't deserve them.
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Nobility, refinement... who cares about any of that? [Says the princess.] A leader of any kind should be someone who cares about the people who follow them, and who's willing to work with them to make life better for their people. From what I saw in your memory, you're that person.
[She's very, very serious.]
If you have to scheme a little for that - isn't that okay?
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...
Can't argue when you say it like that. (She sounds so serious! And he recognizes how stubborn she'll be about all of it.) But you know, being a leader isn't all glory or a few simple plans, either.
Sometimes a leader means going to pretty great lengths to protect those under your charge.
(Like killing a man without remorse.)
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[She can't really argue that. She would kill so many men without remorse if it kept her people safe. When she listens to Claude talk about the Golden Deer, though, she gets the sense that he'd do that for them in a heartbeat.]
...you'd go to any lengths for your class, right?
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Anything.
(He can answer that honestly.)
But not just because I'm their leader or they're my classmates. They're my friends, too.
(His first friends.)
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I know that feeling.